Fox USGA

Fox USGA
Created by	Fox Sports
Starring	Joe Buck Paul Azinger Brad Faxon
Opening theme	"USGA" by Brian Tyler
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	6 hours or until tournament ends
Release
Original network	Fox Fox Sports 1
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Original release	2011, 2014, 2015 – present

Fox USGA is the branding for Fox Sports' television broadcasts of the professional (open) and amateur championships of the United States Golf Association.

Fox Sports partnered with Greg Norman in the early 1990s to create a world golf tour, which would have consisted of six events televised on Fox. However, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem threatened to suspend any player participating in the events, and as a result created the World Golf Championships events, which were televised by CBS and ABC.

Fox Sports bid for a portion of the television rights starting in 1999, but the PGA Tour declined the offer.

Fox Sports Net served as a simulcast outlet for The Golf Channel's early round telecasts from 1999–2002. The Golf Channel had limited carriage, and FSN expanded the viewing audience, however the telecasts were complete Golf Channel telecasts and made no reference to Fox.

In 2011, Fox Sports gained the rights to the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, which is an unofficial money event on the PGA Tour, and had been previously televised by Golf Channel. The coverage aired on Fox Sports Net, with Kraig Kann hosting. Fox did not renew its rights for 2012.

On August 6, 2013, Fox Sports announced a 12-year deal to broadcast the three open championships of the USGA: the U.S. Open, Women's Open, and Senior Open, beginning in 2015. Fox succeeded the USGA's long-term relationships with NBC Sports and ESPN. Fox, which has televised just one PGA Tour sanctioned event in its history (the unofficial CVS Charity Classic in 2011), paid $1 billion for rights for full rights to all USGA championships.

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