[limpalong]

On our cable system, TGC requires the purchase of a premium package. My kids gave me that package for Christmas a couple years ago. I did not renew... and don't have TGC. Didn't see any advantage in watching nothing but infomercials and Tiger. If the NFL network spent as much time showing nothing but the Patriots replays as TGC spends on Tiger, they would have closed up long ago.

As another poster stated, TW will go down as one of the greatest in history. It is difficult to understand why TGC would not have more viewership if they would become more involved in current tour players... PGA, LPGA, Seniors, European, and Nationwide. When it was the Nike tour, there were many events televised. I really enjoyed watching the up and coming youngsters struggling to get to the "big dance". There were even some of the mini-tour events televised. Watching players carrying their own bags... watching players folding under the pressures like we "common men"... was good viewing. TGC lost, in my opinion, when they moved from being The GOLF Channel to their current status as The TW Channel.