Golf Channel is a multimedia, golf entertainment company based in Orlando, Florida serving the most-affluent audience in all of television. Golf Channel – co-founded by Arnold Palmer in 1995 and part of NBC Sports Group – is available to nearly 500 million viewers in 80 countries and 9 languages around the world.

Watch on the Golf Channel app for access to all streams and live scores. Sign-In with the Username or Email address and Password you use with your cable, satellite, or telco TV provider.

Via the Golf Channel unit, Comcast also owns other golf-related businesses, including the course reservation service GolfNow, online golf instruction provider Revolution Golf, and the World Long Drive Championship. Some of these associated properties operate from the network's former home of Orlando, Florida.

Co-founded by World Golf Hall of Famer Arnold Palmer, GOLF Channel debuted in 1995 as the first single-sport cable network in the United States and now is available to almost 500 million viewers in nine languages across 70 countries.

Golf is a very popular sport worldwide. It is a game played on a large outdoor course, the object being to propel a small hard ball into a series of 'holes' with as few strokes as possible, using a variety of wood or iron-tipped sticks or 'golf clubs'.

Arnold PalmerJoseph E Gibbs Golf Channel/Founders

I'd recently started using an X-golf facility, and then I was made aware of this app. After downloading and paying the membership fee, I was excited to have a chance to use it.

Best Apps to Watch Golf on Your Smartphone

• Golf Live Extra App (by Golf Channel)
• WatchESPN App (by ESPN)
• PGA TOUR App (by PGA TOUR, LLC)
• Apps for Watching the Majors.
• The Masters App (by Augusta National, Inc)
• The U.S. Open App (by USGA)
• The Open Championship (by The R&A)
• The PGA Championship App (by PGA.com)

About us. Originally launched in January 1995 as the first single-sport cable network in the United States by network co-founder and golf/sport icon Arnold Palmer, the multimedia, golf entertainment and services company based in Orlando, Fla., has grown into much more than a TV network.

January 17, 1995Golf Channel / Founded About us. Originally launched in January 1995 as the first single-sport cable network in the United States by network co-founder and golf/sport icon Arnold Palmer, the multimedia, golf entertainment and services company based in Orlando, Fla., has grown into much more than a TV network.

Connecticut (January 31, 2021) – Golf Channel, the only network devoted entirely to our sport, has officially become a Connecticut operation, moving this year to NBCUniversal's Stamford studio.

In match play the game is played by holes, and each hole is won by the player who holes his ball in the fewest strokes. If both players score the same number of strokes, the hole is halved. When a player has won one more hole than his opponents, he is said to be one up.

Golf, although not requiring brutal strength, is a sport. Golf is a legitimate sport because it is highly competitive, requires mental capacity, and demands physical extortion and muscle use. A big part of any sport, especially golf, is being competitive. Golf is seen as just a game, but golfers are highly competitive.

Mike McCarley Mike McCarley serves as the CEO / President of Golf Channel.

This adoption has significant reach, with NGF's recent consumer surveys indicating that more than three-quarters (78%) of Core golfers who play 8-or-more rounds annually have at least one golf-specific app on their phone. This is up from 56% in 2018 and 37% in 2011.

BEST GOLF SCORE KEEPING/ RANGEFINDER APPS

• Golf GPS & Scorecard (free) Golf GPS & Scorecard is an excellent GPS rangefinder that works on over 33,000 courses across the globe!
• Golfshot: GPS + Scorecard + Tee Times (free)
• Golflogix (free)
• Golf Pad: Free Golf GPS Finder & Scorecard (free)
• Golfshake (free)