UK pay-TV heavyweight Sky Sports has agreed an extension to its broadcast rights agreement with US golf’s USGA governing body, covering major events such as the US Open Championship.
The new partnership will run through 2030, ensuring that USGA events such as the US Open (one of the sport’s four men’s majors) and the US Women’s Open (one of five elite women’s majors) remain on the Sky Sports linear channels and the Now TV OTT service.
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Other events covered by the deal include the US men’s and women’s Amateur Championships, the US Senior Open, and the Curtis Cup, a biennial showcase between amateur women’s teams from the UK and Ireland against the US.
This move maintains Sky Sports' consolidation over elite golf broadcast rights in the UK.
Alongside the US Open, Sky Sports also broadcasts the sport’s other three men’s and five women’s majors on exclusive broadcast contracts, alongside the elite PGA Tour, the Ladies PGA Tour, the DP World Tour, the Ladies European Tour, and the biennial Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup team tournaments.
Recently, the USGA also extended its broadcast deal with US media giant NBCU through 2032.
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By GlobalDataSky Sports and NBCUniversal both share an owner in the form of telecoms giant Comcast, which, through the pair of deals, has strongly reaffirmed its commitment to elite golf.
NBCU’s relationship with the USGA began in 1995, two years after Sky first broadcast the US Open in 1993, in what was the first major covered by the network (Comcast did not acquire Sky until 2018).
The 2025 edition of The Open, another of the four men’s majors, was a strong viewership draw on both Sky and NBCU.
Indeed, with an average of 681,000 on the final day, it was the most-watched edition ever on Sky, while the NBCU coverage delivered a total final day audience of 4.1 million, up 21% year-on-year.
