Golf fans in the United States are accustomed to televised golf tournaments being produced by either CBS, which has several decades of experience producing television productions of golf tournaments, or Golf Channel, which is a 24-hour cable channel devoted to golf ( except when NBC can't find another channel to air NHL ice hockey playoff games on ) that is owned by NBC's parent company, Comcast, and produces NBC's golf telecasts. Both CBS and Golf Channel are known for high-quality productions of golf tournaments. However, the broadcast rights for the United States Golf Association (USGA) national golf championships, including the U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open, are currently held by Fox, which doesn't have a lot of experience covering golf tournaments (they've held the USGA broadcast contract since 2015) and only airs a few golf tournaments per year on Fox and its co-owned cable sports channel FS1. Fox's golf tournament coverage tends to have a lot more...
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