Report: PGA Tour may bring back hit golf show that first aired in 1962
According to Sports Business Journal, the PGA Tour have filed a trademark for "Wonderful World of Golf"
One of the most iconic golf shows could be coming back to our screens, according to a report.
Per Sports Business Journal, the PGA Tour has been quietly plotting a reboot of the legendary series "Wonderful World of Golf".
Earlier in the year, the Tour registered a trademark for "Wonderful World of Golf", an obvious nod to the show once sponsored by Shell.
The show launched in 1962 and ran until 2003 with a brief hiatus in-between.
It pitted the sport's biggest stars against each other in 18-hole shootouts on world-famous courses like Pebble Beach and Pine Valley.
Early stars included golf legends Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Tom Watson and Arnold Palmer.
Sir Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, David Duval, Sam Torrance and Fred Couples were among those to take part in the revival era.
SBJ are reporting that Pro Shop Holdings, the golf media company behind this year's reinvented Skins Game, is teaming up with PGA Tour Studios to bring the series back.
But is is unclear which network it will air on, who will be the lead sponsor and when it will debut.
No official launch date or platform has been announced.
The PGA Tour declined to comment on the story.
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Year | Players | Course |
2003 | Fred Couples vs. Michael Campbell | Kauri Cliffs |
2002 | Gary Player vs. Tom Weiskopf | Double Eagle Club |
2002 | Phil Mickelson vs. David Toms | Cabot Citrus Farms |
2002 | Fred Couples vs. Mark Calcavecchia | The Preserve Golf Club |
2001 | Sam Torrance vs. Curtis Strange | Carnegie Abbey Club |
2001 | Phil Mickelson vs. Sergio García | Querencia |
2001 | Craig Stadler vs. Shigeki Maruyama | TPC Ichihara |
2001 | Karrie Webb vs. Annika Sörenstam | Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort |
2001 | Jack Nicklaus vs. Arnold Palmer | World Golf Village, The King and The Bear Course |
2001 | Jack Nicklaus vs. Ben Crenshaw | Las Campanas |
2000 | David Duval vs. Ernie Els | Cherokee Plantation |
2000 | Notah Begay III vs. Hal Sutton | White Witch Golf Course |
2000 | Paul Azinger vs. Jesper Parnevik | Grand Bear Golf Course |
2000 | Fred Couples vs. Phil Mickelson | Gaillardia Country Club |
2000 | Jack Nicklaus vs. Gary Player | Sunningdale Golf Club (New Course) |
1999 | Nick Price vs. Ernie Els | Leopard Creek Country Club |
1999 | Jim Furyk vs. Colin Montgomerie | Paris Golf Club |
1999 | Dottie Pepper vs. Karrie Webb | Longaberger Golf Club |
1999 | Fred Couples vs. John Daly | Crosswater Club |
1999 | Hale Irwin vs. Tom Watson | TPC Jasna Polana |
1998 | Tom Lehman vs. Phil Mickelson | Bay Harbor Golf Club |
1998 | Fred Couples vs. Ernie Els | Nicklaus North Golf Course |
1998 | Payne Stewart vs. Nick Price | Tierra Del Sol Golf Course |
1998 | Justin Leonard vs. Davis Love III | Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course) |
1998 | Gary Player vs. Lee Trevino | World Golf Village |
1997 | Tom Lehman vs. Nick Faldo | Royal Westmoreland Golf Club |
1997 | Tom Kite vs. Seve Ballesteros | Real Club de Golf de Pedreña |
1997 | Fred Couples vs. Tom Watson | Mount Juliet Golf Course |
1997 | Phil Mickelson vs. Colin Montgomerie | Cordillera |
1997 | Jack Nicklaus vs. Johnny Miller | Olympic Club (Lakeside Course) |
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