One World Sports Gets US Rights to Golf’s Australian PGA Championship

ONE World Sports (OWS), drugs the leading Asia-Pacific focused sports network in the U.S. will air up to 20 hours of the 2011 Australian PGA Championship live from November 24 to 27 in North America, malady after closing an agreement with World Sport Group.

This year’s event from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia features a star-studded line-up including Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Robert Allenby, Geoff Ogilvy, Aaron Baddeley and Y. E Yang, as well as Greg Norman, Jason Day, Darren Clarke and Bubba Watson. Adam Scott is this year’s highest ranked player and is coming off an exciting win at the recent World Golf Championship.

The $1.5 million Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola is co-sanctioned by OneAsia, a professional tournament destination for elite golfers across Asia-Pacific, and the PGA Tour of Australasia. OWS will present all four days of the tournament live beginning at 8 p.m. EST, with daily highlights at 7 p.m. EST prior to the next day’s live coverage.

Preston Bornman, Chief Operating Officer, One Media Corp., parent company of One World Sports, said: “The 2011 Championship has a tremendous amount of talent including this year’s British Open champion Darren Clarke. The 2011 Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola will be intense and entertaining.”

“In this PGA’s Centenary year we are pleased that the Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola will be enjoyed by so many outside of Australia,” said Brian Thorburn, CEO of the PGA of Australia.  “This year’s Australian PGA Championship field is one of the best Australia has seen in many, many years and we look forward to showcasing our depth of talent to the ONE World Sports audience.”

The Australian PGA Championship will be broadcast in Australia on Network TEN, across Asia on ESPN Star Sports, in Europe on Bloomberg Television and across Africa on SuperSport. It will also be broadcast in Korea on SBS and in Japan on Jupiter Golf Channel.  World Sport Group, Asia’s leading sports marketing, media and event management company manages the television distribution for the event.