Golf Central is The Golf Channel's news program. It was launched in 1995, the same year the network it airs on did.
| Golf Central | |
|---|---|
| File:Golfcentrallogo.png Golf Central Logo | |
| Genre | Sports |
| Starring | Mike Ritz Steve Sands Megan West Kraig Kann Rich Lerner Vince Cellini Iain Page Brian Hammons Inga Hammond Stephanie Sparks |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jeff Hymes |
| Producers | Jennifer Mills-Headley Eric Saperstein Glenn Savadski |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | The Golf Channel |
| Release | January 17, 1995 – Present |
| Related | |
| College Central Golf Central UK | |
A nightly half-hour show, Golf Central features news and highlights from the major golf tours and events of the world, in addition to on-site reports from tournaments.
The show's format involving anchors varies — sometimes there is just one anchor on the desk for a show; sometimes an anchor is joined by an analyst for tournament recaps; or two anchors will be used. With the recent additions of new talent for the show, the latter format has been utilized more recently. It should also be noted that there is never one mainstay anchor team, as anchor teams vary from night to night.
From Thursdays through Sundays during tournament play, from 9 AM Eastern to 4 PM, one single anchor will give half-hourly updates on current tournament leaderboards.
As mentioned earlier, talent on the show varies from night to night, but in the show's rotation are about 10 people who appear on the show in anchor roles. Those people are Mike Ritz, Steve Sands, Megan West, Kraig Kann, Rich Lerner, Vince Cellini, Iain Page, Brian Hammons and Inga Hammond. Stephanie Sparks is not a regular anchor on the half-hour show, but she does occasionally anchor the brief, half-hourly updates during tournament play.
Golf Central has a weekly spin-off — College Central. There is also a separate edition for The Golf Channel's United Kingdom network, titled Golf Central UK. They use the same hosts and reporters as the American version, but it is more adjusted to cover major tours in that specific region, including the PGA European Tour, Ladies European Tour and the Challenge Tour.
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