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Article: The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Steve Elling column: Golf Channel set to tee off.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- January 3, 2007
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Byline: Steve Elling
Jan. 3--Now it can be told. One reason the PGA Tour stunned media analysts last spring by signing a whopping 15-year deal with the Golf Channel apparently had nothing to do with the Orlando-based network's growing potential or its inherent expertise in the sport. Evidently, the batteries in the TV remote control used by Commissioner Tim Finchem's dad are a bit short of electrical juice. Starting Thursday, his Pops won't need to channel-surf much, if at all, to locate his favorite fare. "My father watches the Golf Channel about 60 hours a week," Finchem said with a smile. "He's 87. When he can't find something on the Golf Channel, he ...