NCAA golf returns to TV with Golf Channel | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

Why isn’t the NCAA Championship on TV?

It’s a question I’d get asked more often than any other from casual golf fans with a curiosity about the college game. It was generally posed more philosophically than literally, where the answer comes down to dollars that didn’t make sense for the broadcasting entity.

With the announcement Dec. 17 that the Golf Channel will televise the NCAA men’s Division I championship starting in 2014 and the men’s and women’s championship in 2015, the question of costs remains unclear—there was no reference in the press release detailing the agreement regarding how much the Golf Channel is paying for the rights to broadcast or how it will offset the costs of production.

At this time, however, that doesn’t really matter. The more important point is that college golf’s biggest event will finally be back on the small screen for the first time since 2000.

“We are committed to covering all facets …