Lights, camera, action CNBC and golf are a perfect match. The network, which provides business news and real time-financial market coverage, replaced ESPN to broadcast the Senior PGA Tour events this season, including this week's Emerald Coast Classic at The Moors Golf Club. It will air the event 5-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The first round, broadcast by PAX, will be shown on WFGX from 7-9 p.m. Friday.
All shows are tape-delayed.
CNBC reaches 79 million households in the United States and Canada. Certainly, in terms of being able to have 32 or 33 events on the air and in the same time frames every week is a plus. In April, the network will begin utilizing ShotLink, a computerized system that can measure the length of shots and putts to the inch. Mark Rolfing will be the host and Brian Barnes will be the analyst in the 18th tower. Ed Sneed and Robert Wrenn will be the on-course reporters, while Jay Randolph will handle interviews.