From Golf Rewind Wiki

The Golf Channel, or TGC, is a 24 hour a day golf cable network. It was launched on January 17, 1995 and is owned by Comcast. Joseph E. Gibbs came up with the concept for TGC and secured $80 million in funding with legendary golfer Arnold Palmer to launch the Golf Channel. The first live tournament televised by TGC was the Dubai Desert Classic, from January 19 to 22 in 1995.

In January of 2006, the PGA Tour announced that the Golf Channel would become the exclusive cable television home for 48 PGA Tour events starting in 2007. The Golf Channel would provide early round coverage for 33 events and full four round coverage for 15 events. (Golf Channel Goes Big Time thread)

[edit] Golf Reality Television

The Golf Channel also started airing a golf reality television show called The Big Break on October 6, 2003. There have been seven seasons up to now. Here are discussion threads from Golf Rewind for each season of the show.

The Big Break I thread

The Big Break 2 thread

The Big Break 3 thread

The Big Break 4 thread

The Big Break 5 thread

The Big Break 6 thread

The Big Break 7 thread

One of the most popular, or most talked about, contestants to ever come from The Big Break was Danielle Amiee. She had her own thread on Golf Rewind with over 90 posts to discuss her sponsors exemption into the Michelob Ultra Open. (http://www.golfrewind.com/tour-talk/10354-barbie-big-break-iii.html Barbie Big Break 3] thread)

TGC continued with their golf reality television efforts with two more shows. First, they created The Natalie Gulbis Show featuring none other than LPGA Tour professional Natalie Gulbis. (Natalie Gulbis Show thread) Next, a show revolving around PGA Tour golfer John Daly called Daly Planet was created. (Daly Planet thread)