Editing Golf Channel (section)

{{Short description|American television channel devoted to golf}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = Golf Channel
| logo = Golf Channel Logo 2018.png
| logo_size = 270
| logo_caption = 
| image = 
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1995|1|17}}
| closed_date = 
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| owner = [[NBCUniversal]] ([[Comcast]])
| parent = [[NBC Sports Group]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| area = United States<br />Canada<br />Caribbean<br />Europe
| headquarters = Stamford, Connecticut
| former_names =
| replaced = 
| replaced_by = 
| sister_channels = [[NBC]]<br />[[NBC Sports Regional Networks]]<br />[[Universo (TV network)|Universo]]<br />[[CNBC]]<br />[[NBC Sports on USA Network|USA Network]]
| timeshift_service = 
| website = {{url|www.golfchannel.com}}
| online_serv_1 = Service(s)
| online_chan_1 = [[Sling TV]], [[DirecTV Stream]], [[YouTube TV]], [[FuboTV]], [[Hulu with Live TV]]
}}
'''Golf Channel''' (also verbally referred to as simply "Golf" or "NBC Golf") is an American [[sports television]] [[television network|network]] owned by the [[NBC Sports Group]] division of [[NBCUniversal]], a subsidiary of [[Comcast]]. Founded in [[Birmingham, Alabama]],<ref name="cgnopwt">{{cite news|date=June 29, 1993|title=Cable golf channel on par with times|page=2B|newspaper=Victoria Advocate|location=Victoria, TX|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BzdSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=STYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=965%2C252014}}</ref> it is currently based out of NBC Sports' headquarters in [[Stamford, Connecticut]].

The channel focuses on coverage of the sport of [[golf]], including live coverage of tournaments, as well as factual and instructional programming. It is the cable television rightsholder of the [[PGA Tour]], [[LPGA Tour]], and [[PGA European Tour]], and also holds rights to selected [[USGA]] tournaments and the [[NCAA Division I]] golf championships. Since 2016, it has also participated in [[NBC Olympic broadcasts|NBC's coverage of the Summer Olympics]], focusing on its [[golf at the Summer Olympics|golf]] competitions.

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]].

{{As of|2023|12}}, Golf Channel is available to approximately 59,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2012 peak of 85,000,000 households.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wrestlenomics.com/u-s-cable-network-households-universe-1990-2023-nielsen-data/|title=U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023|website=wrestlenomics.com|date=May 14, 2024|access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref>