With the definitive interruption of Golf Channel France and regardless of the presence of Céline Boutier within the European workforce for the 4th time, the nineteenth version of the Solheim Cup which begins Friday in Virginia has nonetheless not discovered a purchaser in France.
A scenario which underlines to what extent Girls’s Golf nonetheless has a protracted approach to go in France.
Solheim Cup, television
That is a fully unimaginable scenario if it had involved the broadcasting of the Ryder Cup, the lads’s counterpart of the USA – Europe match whose rights are negotiated a number of years upfront and for a number of editions.
But 4 days earlier than the primary departure on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership course, in Gainesville in Virginia and regardless of the presence of the French no 1 within the workforce of Norwegian captain Suzann Pettersen, Céline Boutier, French golf followers usually are not sure of having the ability to observe the Solheim Cup on their small display screen.
How did we get up to now? All of it begins with the scheduled shutdown of Golf Channel France (which occurred definitively on September 1st). The channel created in partnership with NBC UNIVERSAL had been the official broadcaster of the competitors for a few years.
In 2023, viewers had hardly missed something of the third consecutive victory (draw) of the European gamers. Negotiations underway?However up to now (Monday) the rights to the competitors, pitting the 12 greatest American golfers towards the 12 greatest Europeans, to be negotiated with the Girls European Tour have nonetheless not been acquired.
On the aspect of the European physique, contacted by us, we guarantee that “negotiations are persevering with and this with a number of broadcasters in France”. It might be time, we’d be tempted to jot down. On the French Golf Federation which recovered the rights to the LPGA with L’Equipe TV, Pascal Grizot explains that the discussions concern the value to be paid.
“We’re able to broadcast with our accomplice however the Girls European Tour should give us the inexperienced mild.” Which implies that the LET should agree to scale back its claims for rights that will be valued between 30 and 40,000 euros.
Based on the most recent information, Golf+, which broadcast the Evian Championship and the AIG Girls’s Open this summer time, will not be within the operating.
