closed 23 june 2009 owned by setanta sports audience share 0.0 % january 2009 barb sister channel s setanta sports 1 setanta sports 2 setanta sports news website www.setanta.com availability at time of closure satellite sky digital channel 429 cable virgin media channel 543 upc ireland channel 407 iptv tiscali tv channel 557 setanta golf was a television channel from setanta sports dedicated to the sport of golf . contents 1 broadcasting 2 content 3 demise 4 references broadcasting edit the channel was available in the uk on sky digital channel 429 tiscali tv channel 557 and virgin media channel 543 . it was a premium channel on sky but included on virgin s xl pack . in the republic of ireland it was available on upc ireland and sky digital . content edit from its launch the united states based pga tour was the mainstay of setanta golf s programming schedule . the channel also included coverage of the over 50s champions tour . other programs included the big break and highway 18 from the golf channel and shell s wonderful world of golf . many programming hours were also taken up with advertising features mainly for jjb sports licensed slazenger and nike products . pga tour coverage started with the first two tournaments from hawaii and included all the regular season tournaments except for the majors for which the rights are held by bbc sport and sky . demise edit having run into financial difficulties on 23 june 2009 setanta ceased broadcasting all its channels in the united kingdom . 1 references edit setanta goes off air in great britain digital spy 23 june 2009 v t e eir sport general channels ireland eir sport 1 eir sport 2 eir sport hd current channels international setanta sports eurasia setanta sports asia now owned by discovery networks international still branded as setanta sports setanta sports cis previous channels international setanta sports 2 ireland & uk setanta sports news ireland setanta golf ireland & uk racing uk uk racing world ireland & uk setanta sports usa setanta sports canada setanta sports australia setanta africa setanta action arsenal tv europe celtic tv europe lfc tv europe rangers tv europe sports competitions sponsored by setanta setanta sports cup setanta shield retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title setanta golf & oldid 734329402 categories sports television channels in the united kingdomtelevision channels and stations established in 2007television channels and stations disestablished in 2009defunct british television channelsgolf on televisionhidden categories use dmy dates from august 2016use british english from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 august 2016 at 16 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view