The 2021 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP will provide golf fans with a dedicated Live pop-up channel in a week-long celebration of the 149th Open Championship on FOXTEL and Kayo.
Played at the scene of Greg Norman’s 1993 triumph – Royal St George’s, the revered English course will play host to the best golfers in the world this week and viewers will receive wall-to-wall coverage of every round.
Teeing off on Thursday, July 15 Live at 3.30pm AEST, the Open Championship will continue across Friday and the weekend with Live Final Round coverage on Sunday, July 18 from 6.00pm AEST.
Throughout the week, the channel will feature a host of special programs, providing an immersive destination for fans throughout the tournament.
- Live from The Open (11 hrs)
- All 4 Rounds exclusively Live (47 hours). Majority of these hours are in primetime.
- Aussies at the Open. Fox Sports local vodcast. (1 x 30min)
- The Open Preview (1 x 30min)
- Finest moments from The Open – Official Films, Final rounds and Great Aussie Wins
In the build-up to the event, Australian golf fans can enjoy Aussies at The Open, a local vodcast premiering tonight – July 12 – at 6.30pm AEST hosted by Geoff Ogilvy alongside Paul Gow, Braith Anasta and 1991 Open Champion Ian Baker-Finch, as well as The Open Preview on Thursday morning at 11.00am AEST ahead of the tournament.
Vying for the $11.5 million purse and claret jug will be a stellar field including world number one Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka. Leading the Australians are Jason Day, Adam Scott, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones and Cameron Smith.
The 2021 Open pop-up channel will be available on Foxtel, and to stream on Kayo, Foxtel Go and Foxtel Now.
