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Interview: Richard Kaufman, Sky Sports

The voice of women's golf on Sky Sports golf, Richard Kaufman talks to Women & Golf at this week's AIG Women's Open at Carnoustie

You may be familiar with the voice of Richard Kaufman who is a regular commentator for Sky Sports golf coverage. He joined the team at Sky Sports in 2017. As a lead commentator, Richard covers Ladies European Tour and European Tour events around the world, including major Championships and team events such as the Solheim Cup. He is also a lead commentator on the Asian Tour, presenter on The Open Radio and commentates on other sports such as football.

We got ten minutes with him here at the AIG Women's Open at Carnoustie to get his thoughts on the women's game, what his role is this week and how he prepares to commentate so that we, the viewer, are always up to date with what is happening on the golf course.

Before we get into talking about commentating, what are your thoughts on the increase in the prize fund for this year’s AIG Women’s Open?

I think the prize fund announcement is a really significant statement. It’s fantastic. It's not the first step because there's already been steps made. But I predict that the U.S. Women's Open and the AIG Women’s Open will have the same prize fund within 10 years as the men's equivalent.

It’s all very well, people saying we want to support women's golf and then there's doing it. This is doing it!

Do you think it will be a catalyst for a jump in the U.S. Women’s Open prize fund?

As we all know the new man in charge of the USGA [former LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan] is obviously very invested in women's golf and the US Open has always been very proud of the fact that it has had the biggest prize funding women's golf. I'm sure it won't want to lag behind.

Next time you join us in the comms box @NiallOfficial can you create a little less chaos 😉 Well done to you and @modestgolf on putting on a first class week. Hope you enjoyed as much as we did. pic.twitter.com/l44lIzfWyY — Richard Kaufman (@KaufmanRichard) August 2, 2021

Let’s move on to commentating. How do you normally prepare for a week of commentating?

I'm always juggling a lot of balls, in terms of trying to do work. I try and look a couple of weeks in advance, so I'm commentating at the Curtis Cup and the Solheim Cup – those are a little different as there’s a limited field. Then there’s the BMW PGA at Wentworth after that, so switching to the men’s game.

I've got quite a big database of information on golf and then I also commentate on some football too!

What do you need to do in advance before the play starts?

I don’t want to come to the course go on air on Thursday at 11 o’clock, look at the leaderboard and not know something about every single player who is in the top 10. And of course, you have no idea who that’s going to be. In other words, I want to know something about everybody.

Talking about equality every year, it’s amazing as we have been given player bios for the first time. When you go to The Open championship, you get this amazing media guide with all the player bios. We’ve never had it before in the women’s game until this week where the R&A have provided it. I know that some in TV in America get bios but this is the first time it’s ever been provided here for everybody to access.

There’s amazing information on there but I want to do my own research. I could be lazy and just print that out and start reading but I’m quite keen to try and find out stuff about the players myself.

How does a major week differ from a regular Ladies European Tour event?

This week I am lead commentator. Normally it is just two of us, this week there’s eight or nine voices you will hear. With three commentators always in the commentating box. So, my job this week which may sound a little weird as the lead commentator, I shouldn't really commentate. I still need to know about each player but I should be editorializing, setting things up when it comes to actually commentating. The golf shot and knowing the golf holes that should be down to the golfers commentating who know how these golf shots should be played because they have played on this golf course, either in the open or elsewhere. That's their role. If need be, I will obviously commentate on a shot.

I want to know the course because I want to feel the comfort of knowing what's coming up. I want to know in the closing stages that 12 and 14 are two par fives and then you’ve got that really tough stretch. Why are the closing holes so hard? How's the course going to play different than when the women came here in 2011? I want to know those things but more from an editorial story point of view as opposed to knowing for commentary purposes. Things like if you go in this bunker here, you're dead – that's the role of the on course commentator.

Is a major one of the best ones to commentate?

I have commentated on Swedish football, I’ve commentated on all sorts of things that would be considered minor. I always go into every week, as if it's the most important thing because if anyone's watching it, to them, there's a reason they are watching it. It's important. I could be covering the most minor of tournaments or I could be doing this week at the AIG Women's Open. I get paid to do the same job, which is to bring excitement and bring the story to life and add to the pictures. They’re all important to me.

But yes, of course, after a long stretch of doing tournaments, I feel energised coming here and seeing a golf course like this. And the field that we've got, working with the people that I'm working with, it's great.

I also wanted to ask you about last week at Dumbarnie. How does that work when you're commentating on a course that viewers probably haven't seen before? Does that make any difference?

It doesn’t usually happen for Ladies European Tour events that we cover that I haven’t seen before but I was introduced to Clive Clark, who designed the course at Dumbarnie. While I was away in Spain at the Aramco Team Series, the previous week, I was asked would I like to speak to him and we got introduced via email. I was able to speak to him and then have a call with him ahead of the tournament, just to get his perspective and all the insights into the course.

He was really interesting when he came on air on Saturday as well. That's quite a rarity but it is a big help to get an insight into what the golf course looked like three to four years ago. I could then say it was farmland, and there were cattle on there, and there's a train track going through the middle of it.

In comparison to this week, Dumbarnie was nice and gentle, the weather obviously made it less than gentle at times, but the fairways there are like runways compared to the single file traffic coming down these fairways here at Carnoustie. For me, if I were hacking my way round, Dumbarnie is a nice course, you look at the fairways and you are thinking how can I miss these. Whereas this week, you'll be looking at a few holes like 14 for example and thinking is there a fairway there, I can't see anything?!

Sky Sports have very much committed to increasing the exposure of women’s golf, especially with their free to air coverage on the Sky Sport Golf YouTube channel. Do you think that has made more people aware of what women’s golf has to offer?

Well, I think it's fantastic that it is available. Does it make a difference? It's really hard to tell. I'm not sure how many people are aware that it's there, that it’s free and available and also golf’s audience isn't that young generally. So, getting people onto YouTube, even though it's the simplest thing to do once you know how to do it. I don’t think people naturally gravitate to that. However, it has to be applauded, what Sky Sports are doing and it’s not the only place you can find it.

Finally, do you have a favourite golf course?

I mean, this is ridiculous. I’m not saying that this is my favourite course but embarrassingly on Sunday, I played Crail Golf club and that was the first time I’d ever hit a shot on a links golf course. Crail wasn’t just nice, it was fantastic. It was so great to actually play some golf!

What a treat! So, after yesterday's final round, a first for me. I played links golf. Thanks to @SophWalks and @Gowferboy I got to strike off some special turf @CrailGolf and loved every minute of the 2 hours. Stunning scenery, beautiful holes and some mediocre golf. Perfect 🥰 pic.twitter.com/vJXyPfOYaa — Richard Kaufman (@KaufmanRichard) August 16, 2021

Favourite golf course, I can’t pick just one but Pebble Beach and of course St Andrews – The Open is going to be fantastic there next year.

Watch live coverage of the AIG Women's Open on Sky Sports Golf and on Sky Sports Golf YouTube .

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Sky Sports Golf will continue to show all five women's majors, with more LPGA Tour and LET events than ever before being shown in 2022 live on Sky Sports.

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Sky Sports has announced a three-year extension of its existing rights deals for both the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The extension of the LPGA deal will see Sky Sports continue to be the home for all five women's golf majors: the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, the Evian Championship, ANA Inspiration, the US Women's Open and the AIG Women's Open until 2024.

The Women's Scottish Open and the Solheim Cup will be shown on Sky Sports Golf in a three-year deal extension (including 2021) up to 2023.

Women's golf has continued to grow and attract big audiences, both on the course and on TV. The Solheim Cup this week has attracted 100,000 fans over three days and the AIG Women's Open produced excellent TV numbers for an exciting final day, as did all three days of the Curtis Cup.

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The DP World Tour and Sky Sports Extend Broadcast Partnership in the UK & Ireland

Today the DP World Tour and Sky Sports have announced an extension to their broadcast partnership in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with Sky Sports remaining the home of the DP World Tour until 2024 and the Ryder Cup until 2025.

The deal will see all DP World Tour events broadcast live exclusively across Sky’s platforms, including both its linear and on demand services. That means Sky Sports customers will be able to enjoy a minimum of 32 live events each season across the Tour’s global tournament schedule.

Fans will also be able to enjoy new featured group coverage for the Tour’s flagship Rolex Series events, and the Tour will also be working closely with Sky’s VIP loyalty programme to offer access to a selection of UK and ROI tournaments. Sky Sports customers will also enjoy a range of golf programming across both linear and digital platforms, including masterclass sessions with former DP World Tour winners, behind the scenes access ahead of the world's biggest events, and much more.

The deal will also see Sky Sports broadcast both the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, and the 2025 Ryder Cup in New York, to its UK and Ireland customers on a dedicated Sky Sports Ryder Cup channel.

This agreement extends an already successful partnership between the Tour and Sky Sports that stretches back almost 30 years. Sky Sports’ award-winning golf analysis is provided by some of the biggest names in golf, including former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley, Butch Harmon, Laura Davies and Nick Dougherty.

Speaking about the extended partnership Managing Director of Sky Sports, Jonathan Licht said; “As we kickstart a record-breaking year of golf on Sky, we are thrilled to be extending our long-term partnership with the DP World Tour, further cementing Sky Sports as the home of golf in the UK and Ireland.

“This year our customers can enjoy the DP World Tour alongside our live coverage of all four men's majors, all five women's majors, the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour, all whilst they countdown the days to next year’s Ryder Cup in Rome, live exclusively on Sky Sports.”

Keith Pelley, Chief Executive of the European Tour group, added: “Sky Sports have been a trusted partner to our Tour as we continue to grow and transform, ensuring that fans of our sport in the UK and Ireland remain as close to the action as possible – with comprehensive live coverage of our events, world class analysis, and behind the scenes features. We’re delighted that our partnership will continue until the end of the 2024 season for the DP World Tour and will continue until 2025 for the Ryder Cup. As a Tour, we are focused on giving fans innovative and insightful content, so we’re excited about what is to come in collaboration with the talented team at Sky.”

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TV Times: How to Watch Charles Schwab Challenge and Senior PGA Championship

John schwarb | may 21, 2024.

PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge

Site: Fort Worth, Texas.

Course: Colonial CC. Yardage: 7,289. Par: 70.

Field size: 133 players .

Prize money: $9.1 million. Winner’s share: $1,638,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Emiliano Grillo.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Xander Schauffele won the PGA Championship .

Notes: Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is in the field after his wild week at the PGA Championship. The arraignment on his arrest for not following police orders was postponed until June 3 , the week of Memorial. ... Scheffler has finished in the top 10 in all but one tournament this year. That was a tie for 17th in The American Express. ... Colonial has gone through a course renovation led by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner that was completed in about 11 months. ... Colonial is the longest-running host course of a regular PGA Tour event dating to 1950. The 1949 tournament was canceled by historic rain. ... Ben Hogan (1946-47 and 1952-53) is the only player to repeat. Jordan Spieth finished second, won and finished second from 2015 through 2017. ... The top 50 in the world ranking after this week are exempt from British Open qualifying. ... Club pro Michael Block received another sponsor exemption after missing the cut last week in the PGA Championship. ... The field features four of the top 10 in the world.

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Next week: RBC Canadian Open.

PGA Tour Champions: Senior PGA Championship

Site: Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Course: Harbor Shores Resort. Yardage: 6,852. Par: 71.

Prize money: $3.5 million. Winner’s share: $630,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-4 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 3-4 p.m. (Golf Channel), 4-6 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Steve Stricker.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steven Alker.

Last tournament: Doug Barron won the Regions Tradition.

Notes: Steve Stricker, who decided to withdraw from the PGA Championship last week because of a crammed schedule, is back to defend his title. ... Hale Irwin, Sam Snead and Eddie Williams are the only players to successfully defend since the Senior PGA Championship began in 1937. ... This is the sixth time the Senior PGA has been held at Harbor Shores. Players from Britain have won three of the previous five — Roger Chapman, Colin Montgomerie and Paul Broadhurst. ... The field includes 40 club professionals 50 or older. ... Tracy Phillips of Cedar Ridge Golf Club in Tulsa, Okla., is the only club pro to compete in the PGA Championship and the Senior PGA this week. ... Padraig Harrington, Rich Beem, John Daly, Shaun Micheel and Y.E. Yang also competed at Valhalla last week as past PGA champions. None made the cut. ... This is the first of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions schedule.

Next week: Principal Charity Classic.

DP World Tour: Soudal Open

Site: Antwerp, Belgium.

Course: Rinkven International GC. Yardage: 6,940. Par: 71.

Prize money: $2.5 million. Winner’s share: $416,667.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel); Sunday, 7 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Simon Forsstrom.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: Xander Schauffele won the PGA Championship.

Notes: The tournament starts the continental European part of the schedule. Except for the U.S. Open in North Carolina next month, the European tour won’t leave the continent again until October. ... The Belgian players in their national open include Thomas Pieters, who is now with LIV Golf, and Nicolas Colsaerts, a Ryder Cup assistant captain. Thomas Detry is playing on the PGA Tour this week, fresh off his tie for fourth in the PGA Championship that got him into the U.S. Open and next year’s Masters. ... The field includes Adrian Otaegui, who narrowly missed the cut in the PGA Championship. He is three spots behind LIV’s David Puig in the race for the final spot in the Olympics for Spain. Otaegui won the tournament in 2018. ... The tournament dates to 1910 and features past champions Henry Cotton and Walter Hagen, the only American to win the Belgium Open.

Next week: European Open.

Korn Ferry Tour: Visit Knoxville Open

Site: Knoxville, Tennessee.

Course: Holston Hills CC. Yardage: 7,222. Par: 70.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: None.

Previous winner: Rico Hoey.

Points leader: Tim Widing.

Last tournament: Harry Higgs won the AdventHealth Championship.

Next week: UNC Health Championship.

Last week: Nelly Korda won the Mizuho Americas Open.

Next week: U.S. Women’s Open.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

LIV Golf League

Last tournament: Brooks Koepka won LIV Golf Singapore.

Next tournament: LIV Golf Houston on June 7-9.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Other Tours

Japan Golf Tour: Mizuno Open, JFE Setonaikai GC, Okayama, Japan. Defending champion: Kensei Hirata.

Challenge Tour: Danish Golf Challenge, Odense Eventyr Golfc, Odense, Denmark. Previous winner: Matteo Manassero.

Ladies European Tour: Jabra Ladies Open, Evian Resort GC, Evian-les-Baines, France. Previous winner: Linn Grant.

Sunshine Tour: KitKat Cash & Carry Pro-Am, Irene CC, Centurion, South Africa. Defending champion: Louis Albertse.

Japan LPGA: ResortTrust Ladies, Kansai GC, Hyogo, Japan. Defending champion: Miyuu Yamashita.

Korea LPGA: E1 Charity Open, Ferrum GC, Yeoju-gun, South Korea. Defending champion: Shinsil Bang.

JOHN SCHWARB

John Schwarb is the Senior Editor of SI Golf. He has covered golf for the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times), PGATour.com and Visit Florida; and has also written for ESPN.com, The Golfers Journal and several magazines. He lives in Indianapolis and graduated from Indiana University.