Netflix team up with golf, ATP to document 2022 season

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Netflix team up with golf, ATP to document 2022 season

Jan 14 Reuters -- Netflix and the production company behind its popular Formula 1 Drive to Survive '' series will document the season's ATP and WTA tours as well as all four Grand Slam tournaments, as well as all four Grand Slam tournaments, the online streaming platform said. The statement said that filming is already underway at the Australian Open, but a release date and title for the documentary is yet to be confirmed.

The series will be the first sports program of its kind to provide an equal platform for the men and women's competitors of the sport, in keeping with the equal stage they share throughout the year, Netflix said.

They will be teaming up with the PGA Tour and golf's major championships to produce a series documenting the 2022 season, according to netflix-tees up-documentary series-set inside-the-pga-tour and golf's major championships.

Collin Morikawa, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Sergio Garcia are among a number of high-profile golfers who have committed to participating in the documentary.

Both series are produced by Box to Box Films, whose Drive to Survive' series has been credited with boosting the popularity of Formula 1 worldwide.