Sky and the DP World Tour have introduced a four-year partnership extension that may see Sky Sports activities and NOW stay the house f the Ryder Cup and DP World Tour till at the very least the tip of 2029 within the UK & Eire.
The brand new deal, ranging from 2026, will see Sky Sports activities completely broadcast the subsequent two instalments of golf’s most iconic group competitors – the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor, Eire and the 2029 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine, USA.
File numbers of sports activities followers have tuned into Sky Sports activities golf protection this 12 months. This extension follows an historic 2025 Ryder Cup victory for Group Europe little over a month in the past which was central to the most-watched weekend in Sky Sports activities historical past, with 5 million tuning in throughout the three-day event.
Sunday’s singles session attracted the highest-ever peak viewers for golf on Sky Sports activities, with one in 4 TV viewers watching the dramatic finale, together with greater than 40% of under-35s.
Sky Sports activities social channels additionally generated 55 million whole views throughout all platforms, whereas digital engagement noticed 12.4 million web page views throughout Ryder Cup week on the Sky Sports activities app and skysports.com.
Underneath the brand new settlement, Sky Sports activities viewers will proceed to get pleasure from unrivalled protection of the DP World Tour’s international schedule that visits 25 nations in 2026, together with 5 Rolex Collection occasions – the Hero Dubai Desert Traditional, Genesis Scottish Open, BMW PGA Championship, Abu Dhabi Championship, and DP World Tour Championship.
Sky’s Chief Sports activities Officer, Jonathan Licht, stated: “Extending our long-standing partnership with the DP World Tour comes at a time when golf viewership is reaching file heights. This 12 months’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black as soon as once more proved why it stays probably the most compelling occasions in world sport and we look ahead to bringing followers the subsequent two. We additionally noticed file audiences for the Tour on the Amgen Irish Open this 12 months and we all know there will probably be many extra unmissable moments from the season-long Race to Dubai over the subsequent 4 years.”
Man Kinnings, Chief Government Officer of the DP World Tour, added: “As golf’s international Tour, the DP World Tour’s unparalleled variety of areas and gamers is absolutely resonating with followers, with an elevated viewership on Sky Sports activities this season and elevated spectator numbers at our occasions. This 12 months’s Ryder Cup additionally strengthened that golf’s best group contest produces the degrees of drama that few different sporting occasions can match. With the storytelling prowess of Sky Sports activities for 4 extra years, we’re properly set to proceed rising our fan base.”
Sky Sports activities stays the house of golf within the UK and Eire, showcasing the largest moments from the game all year-round together with all 4 males’s majors and all 5 girls’s majors completely dwell. Golf protection on Sky Sports activities offers followers an unrivalled viewing expertise, combining cutting-edge expertise and storytelling to convey audiences as shut as doable to the dwell motion.
