R&A's chief executive on decision to award Open Championship rights to Sky Sports
The R&A has awarded live coverage rights of the Open Championship to Sky Sports, thus ending a 61 year association with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and its free-to-air coverage.
The new deal starts in 2017 but also involves a two hour highlights package across the event's four days on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ peak time programming.
The R&A's chief executive, Peter Dawson, explained the decision.
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