OregonLive.com: SportsFlash - PGA Tour for 2007 goes to CBS, NBC: "PGA Tour for 2007 goes to CBS, NBC
1/11/2006, 5:02 p.m. PT
By DOUG FERGUSON
The Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) ? There won't be as much channel-surfing to find the PGA Tour next year, the start of a six-year deal that includes only two major networks and gives The Golf Channel exclusive cable rights for 15 years.
The announcement Wednesday culminates a major shake-up in the structure of the PGA Tour, which also revamped its schedule to create a season-long points race and a blockbluster finish designed to get Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and other stars to play together more often.
And while financial terms with CBS Sports and NBC Sports were not disclosed, commissioner Tim Finchem conceded that prize money that was escalating at a bullish rate will flatten over the next six years."
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