Movistar Plus, the Spanish pay-TV operator owned by telecoms giant Telefonica, has bolstered its golf offering after regaining PGA Tour rights through 2027.
Under the new agreement, Movistar Plus will air the remainder of the 2026 PGA Tour season and the 2027 season, with its coverage to feature iconic tournaments including The Players Championship, the tour’s Signature events, and the season-ending FedEx Finals.
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The move sees PGA Tour events back on Movistar after rights holder Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) ended its sublicensing agreement with the Spanish operator last year.
WBD, which has held Spanish rights to the PGA Tour since 2019, had a sub-licensing agreement in place with Movistar Plus from 2002 to 2025. However, the long-standing deal ended when WBD decided to stream the tour exclusively on Max.
PGA Tour event will still be available via WBD’s Max streaming service.
In a statement, Movistar said: “After 25 years dedicated to golf with a specialized channel that has become a benchmark for fans, Movistar Plus continues to strengthen a proposal based on the best competitions, analysis from the house experts and total coverage that accompanies the fan throughout the year.”
Meanwhile, the rights consolidate Movistar’s position in Spain as the ‘home of golf,’ having launched a dedicated channel, Movistar Golf, to house its expansive rights.
Earlier this month, the pay-TV broadcaster extended its partnership with the DP World Tour for another five years, retaining exclusive rights to air all events from the tour, including the biennial men’s Ryder Cup tournament between teams from Europe and the US.
Alongside the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, Movistar Plus holds rights in the country to all four men’s majors – The Masters, PGA Championship, US Open, and The Open Championship – as well as LIV Golf, the Asian Tour, LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour, and the five women’s major championships.
This deal comes as Movistar continues to consolidate its rights portfolio, having recently secured an agreement with sports streaming service DAZN that will see games from Spain’s top-tier Liga ACB made available to all Movistar Plus subscribers.
The deal came after Liga ACB announced its decision to end its long-standing domestic broadcast partnership with Movistar and move to DAZN in a new multi-year deal last July.
Movistar Plus also covers Spanish soccer’s top-tier LaLiga domestically until 2032, alongside DAZN, and last month added rights to England's iconic FA Cup competition through 2027-28.
