The LIV Golf League finally has a network TV partner as the Saudi-funded tour enters its fourth season, announcing a multiyear deal with Fox Sports to broadcast all three rounds of the 54-hole, no-cut tournaments across its channels and streaming app.
Terms of the deal were not revealed as part of Thursday’s announcement from the league, and it was not clear if Fox was paying a traditional rights fee to LIV Golf.
LIV said more than half of the league’s schedule would be shown on Fox or FS1. Select rounds will air on FS2, Fox Business Network and the network’s app, along with subscribers to the LIV Golf Plus app.
LIV was shown on the CW Network the past two years, which failed to gain any real traction as some reruns received a bigger audience than the live competition. Overseas events were shown on tape delay in the United States on CW.
“LIV Golf is getting bigger and bolder, and this relationship signals the next phase of growth as our league joins the company of the nation’s premier sports leagues and conferences, said Scott O’Neil, the CEO of LIV Golf.