This is absolutely fantastic news! I love watching golf but absolutely abhore it in SD and therefore rarely watch it. However when the majors are in HD I'm there all weekend at the very least. A big step in the right direction for sports broadcasting.

Oh man....God be praised!!

Lets hope CBS gets a greater share of the available tournaments. They are by far the best at PGA golf.

Watching this past weekend Deutche Bank from Boston on ABC was painfull. ABC should never be allowed to broadcast gold after what I saw this weekend. Endless commercial breaks, and when they returned from commercial they missed Tiger and Vijay's tee shots, only showing them in split screen. Losers.

The 2007 FedEx Cup Schedule, with TV listings...ABC only has 1 event, ESPN only 1. The rest are on The Golf Channel, NBC and CBS

Date Tournament TV
Jan. 1-7 Mercedes Championships TGC
Jan. 8-14 Sony Open in Hawaii TGC
Jan. 15-21 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic TGC
Jan. 22-28 Buick Invitational TGC, CBS
Jan. 29-Feb. 4 FBR Open TGC, NBC
Feb. 5-11 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am TGC, CBS
Feb. 12-18 Nissan Open TGC, CBS
Feb. 19-25 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship TGC, NBC
Feb. 19-25 Mayakoba Classic at Riviera Maya (Mexico) TGC
Feb. 26-March 4 The Honda Classic TGC, NBC
March 5-11 Tampa Bay Championship TGC, NBC
March 12-18 Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard TGC, NBC
March 19-25 World Golf Championships-CA Championship TGC, NBC
March 26-April 1 Shell Houston Open TGC, NBC
April 2-8 The Masters USA,CBS
April 9-15 Verizon Heritage TGC, CBS
April 16-22 Zurich Classic of New Orleans TGC, CBS
April 23-29 EDS Byron Nelson Championship TGC, CBS
April 30-May 6 Wachovia Championship TGC, CBS
May 7-13 THE PLAYERS Championship TGC, NBC
May 14-20 BellSouth Classic TGC, CBS
May 21-27 The Colonial Invitational TGC, CBS
May 28-June 3 the Memorial Tournament Presented by Morgan Stanley TGC, CBS
June 4-10 Stanford St. Jude Championship TGC, CBS
June 11-17 U.S. Open ESPN, NBC
June 18-24 Travelers Championship TGC, CBS
June 25-July 1 Buick Open TGC, CBS
July 2-8 The INTERNATIONAL TGC, CBS
July 9-15 John Deere Classic TGC, CBS
July 16-22 British Open TNT, ABC
July 16-22 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee TGC
July 23-29 Bell Canadian Open TGC, CBS
July 30-Aug. 5 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational TGC, CBS
July 30-Aug. 5 Reno Tahoe Open TGC
Aug. 6-12 PGA Championship TNT, CBS
Aug. 13-19 Carolina Classic at Greensboro TGC, CBS
Aug. 20-26 Barclays Classic TGC, CBS
Aug. 27-Sept. 3 Deutsche Bank Championship TGC, NBC
Sept. 3-9 BMW Championship TGC, NBC
Sept. 10-16 THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola TGC, NBC

wow the Canadian Open in on CBS. its usually covered by Canadian broadcasters CTV or TSN.

if your like me, you like to see the big American networks come to Canada and show show our golf courses on national tv, its just a patriotic feeling...

Watching this past weekend Deutche Bank from Boston on ABC was painfull. ABC should never be allowed to broadcast gold after what I saw this weekend. Endless commercial breaks, and when they returned from commercial they missed Tiger and Vijay's tee shots, only showing them in split screen. Losers.

Couldn't have said it better.

wow the Canadian Open in on CBS. its usually covered by Canadian broadcasters CTV or TSN.
It's on ESPN this year. We won't see the ESPN coverage (obviously) but TSN/CTV should cover it well in HD anyways. CBS will be a different story next year...who knows what/who we'll see.

According to Bob Weeks, the PGA Tour did not grant TSN/CTV rights for the Canadian beginning in 2007, meaning we will only get TGC/CBS coverage, which will be limited. This year (tomorrow actually) TSN will offer coverage 1-6pm allowing viewers to see Canadian players. It will be odd not to have a Canadian national championship broadcast by a Canadian TV network.

It will be odd not to have a Canadian national championship broadcast by a Canadian TV network.

I won't mind. The American stations are much better at broadcasting golf. I find it painful to watch a Canadian golf broadcast becasue the commentators are so booring.

I won't mind. The American stations are much better at broadcasting golf. I find it painful to watch a Canadian golf broadcast becasue the commentators are so booring.

But Rod Black is soooooooo insightful.

But Rod Black is soooooooo insightful.

Gee..how did you guess I was thinking about him with my comment :rolleyes:

I won't mind. The American stations are much better at broadcasting golf. I find it painful to watch a Canadian golf broadcast becasue the commentators are so booring.Agree in general, but this a national championship with lots of Canucks in the field, and it's nice for viewers to get to see players from their areas or hometowns. It's the only time all year most of these players will get on the tube. I doubt this will happen with TGC's Thursday/Friday coverage. However, Ross of the RCGA said that scenario could change once a title sponsor is secured for next year. So it's not a done deal.

http://broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/sports/ctv_wireless_ryder_20060908/?r=3

Ryder cup using wireless cams? 100% HD? I'll see it when I believe it since its NBC! (awful nfl and notre dame hd coverage the past weekend).

Go europe!

But since the Ryder Cup is in Europe it is likely that NBC is outsourcing most of the production to, in the case according to the article, CTV. I assume that is not the CTV from Canada!

unbelievable, its on tape delayed, and its still screwed up.

Audio sync off by at least half a second, probably more, both on TSNHD and the normal TSN.

HD cameras have blacked out several times.

Black bars top and bottom on normal TSN now. ? huh?

And if those are really wireless HD cameras around the green, Im disappointed. :( Doesnt have the same sharpness of the tower hd cameras.

The PQ on both NBCHD channels is the same as yesterday on TSNHD.... not great but certainly better than watching SD. The audio on NBC is 2 channel.....on TSN its all channels...

Anyone notice the second guys following the camera guys with the wireless HD cameras. The second guys seem to be holding the antenna attached to a pole to rest it on. They are connected to the camera by what looks like a couple of cables.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to TSN/TSNHD from dropping the coverage at 11am for the NFL PRimetime thing. Yes, the cup had been decided, but there was tons more.

I cant believe they did that. I know my neighbor with his PVR is going to be pissed.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to TSN/TSNHD from dropping the coverage at 11am for the NFL PRimetime thing. Yes, the cup had been decided, but there was tons more.

I cant believe they did that. I know my neighbor with his PVR is going to be pissed.

It was still available on NBC/NBC-HD for those who wanted to continue to watch it. I was happy to see TSN go with the NFL gameday show myself.

Anyone notice the second guys following the camera guys with the wireless HD cameras. The second guys seem to be holding the antenna attached to a pole to rest it on. They are connected to the camera by what looks like a couple of cables.
Hey otown47, yes I did notice those guys. I actually first noticed them a couple weeks ago when I was at the Canadian Open. I had always wondered how they did the whole "wireless" deal. Turns out that there are a couple cranes at the shows that have a receiver on that the guys on the ground point their antenna towards. Kinda like satelite in reverse I guess :rolleyes: I had always thought that those cranes had cameras on top now I know they are the central point for the wireless cameras.
There is also another guy walking around with a pole that extends up that he uses to measure wind speed and direction. I saw him do this on the 7th green as he was right beside me.
(disclaimer... this is all assumption on my part and nothing was actually verified by talking to anyone... it could be something else completely. I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken ;) ).

Now.. my question... did anyone happen to notice that there was at least two wireless cameras that had no idea how to clean their lenses? There was always a hazy, foggy spot right in the middle of the shot, often blurring out the intended target of the shot. Somebody in the control room obviously was not paying attention.