The U.S. Golf Association will help the new media company known as Versant keep swinging into sports after it is spun off from NBCUniversal.

USA Network and Golf Channel will get rights to present live coverage of 11 USGA championships through 2032 — including the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open — featuring live event and studio coverage of the championships across the networks struck under a new deal that is unveiled at the same time as a USGA renewal with NBCU.

Under terms of the new deal, USA will present about 35 hours of live U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open coverage each year. Golf Channel will carry expanded live coverage of the USGA championships, serving as the exclusive home of the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Women’s Amateur, U.S. Junior Amateur., U.S. Girls’ Junior., U.S. Senior Wo

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