Sky has secured Ryder Cup and DP World Tour rights through to 2029 in the UK and Ireland under a four-year extension with the DP World Tour.
The new agreement, which runs from 2026, keeps Sky Sports and NOW as the exclusive home of the next two editions of golf’s flagship team event – the 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in Ireland and the 2029 contest at Hazeltine in the United States. It follows Team Europe’s 2025 victory at Bethpage Black, which delivered the most-watched weekend in Sky Sports’ history, with 5 million viewers over the three days. Sunday’s singles produced Sky’s highest-ever peak audience for golf, with one in four TV viewers – and more than 40% of under-35s – watching the finale, alongside 55 million views across Sky Sports’ social channels and 12.4 million digital page views across the week.
Sky will also continue to carry the DP World Tour’s global schedule, which in 2026 will visit 25 countries and include five Rolex Series events: the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, Genesis Scottish Open, BMW PGA Championship, Abu Dhabi Championship and DP World Tour Championship. Sky’s coverage will span live linear broadcast, streaming on NOW and extensive news and highlights on Sky Sports Golf, Sky Sports News, the Sky Sports app, skysports.com and social platforms.
Sky Sports chief sports officer Jonathan Licht said the extension comes as golf viewership “reaches record heights”, citing Ryder Cup ratings and record audiences for the Amgen Irish Open, while DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings pointed to growing TV and on-site audiences and described the Ryder Cup as producing “levels of drama that few other sporting events can match”. Sky Sports remains the exclusive UK and Irish broadcaster of all four men’s majors and all five women’s majors, positioning the platform as the year-round home of premium golf coverage in the market.
This is a major win for Sky Sports, which in addition to the DP World Tour, also has rights to the PGA Tour. Rival DAZN carries every LIV Golf event live in the UK.
