PGA Tour now on Premier Sports 2/TAP Go

PGA on TAP

TAP DMV has snapped up another sports property, as it officially announced its partnership with Discovery and the PGA Tour for 2022.

Discovery and the PGA Tour recently entered into a strategic alliance that allows the former to help in the optimization of the latter's international rights and distribution.

The deal officially commenced starting last week. with Cameron Smith claiming the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Kapalua Plantation in Hawaii.

PGA Tour Senior Vice President for International Media Thierry Pascal shares, "The PGA TOUR and Discovery continue to look for opportunities to further grow the TOUR’s international audience around the world.  Partnerships with the best and most innovative broadcast partners are key in this regard, so we are particularly looking forward to live PGA TOUR action coming to the Philippines with Premier Sports 2 and TapGo."

He adds, "We look forward to providing more live coverage than ever before for all the passionate golf fans across the Philippines."

From TAP DMV's end, Chief Technology Officer Gonzalo “Bogie” De Guia says, "We are very excited to bring the Filipino golf fan regular live action of the best players and so many of the greatest tournaments in the world that the PGA TOUR offer. Our 2022 lineup for Premier Sports 2 and TapGo will feature the very best coverage from the PGA TOUR starting this weekend.  We can’t wait to get started."

The PGA Tour tweaked its schedule for 2022, which includes among other things:

• A Saturday finish at the Farmers Insurance Open
• The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Waste Management Phoenix Open swapping spots, allowing the latter to remain as the tournament that takes place before the Super Bowl.
• The Genesis Scottish Open will be co-sanctioned by both the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour for the first time, allowing its participants to earn points in both the FedExCup and the Race to Dubai.
• Two World Golf Championships events in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play this March and the WGC-HSBC Champions this October.
• The FedEx St. Jude Championship becoming the first of three FedExCup Playoff events in the summer. After those three events, the remainder of the FedExCup Playoffs commence in August.
• The Mexico Open is officially a regular full-field event on the PGA Tour schedule.
• Delaware is hosting its first PGA Tour event, with the South Course of the Wilmington Country Club being the venue of the BMW Championship.
• Quail Hollow Club is set to host the upcoming President's Cup, and as a result, the Wells Fargo Championship will take at the TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Maryland.

TAP DMV has crafted a new linear television channel to host these events, called Premier Sports 2, with over a hundred local cable providers, including industry leaders Cignal TV and SkyCable.

It is also available on TAP's OTT platform, TAP Go. Subscribers will be able to watch the events with the Premium Plus package, which is PhP 599/monthly.