CBS Sports has announced that it will broadcast 13 PGA Tour events totalling 80 hours in high definition (HD) in the US.

The broadcast will consist of 1080 lines of picture resolution -- and 5.1 digital surround sound. The unified productions for the Standard Definition and HD telecasts will feature the same announcers, camera angles, replays and graphics.

CBS Sports claims to be the industry leader in HDTV broadcasts. This year the broadcaster stated that it will broadcast 39 weekends of premiere event sports programming in HD. Historically, CBS Sports’ coverage of the 2000 Masters was the first golf tournament ever presented live in HDTV on network television, and it is still the only major tournament broadcast in high definition. CBS Sports also presented the first HDTV broadcast of a PGA Tour event at the 2001 Sony Open.

For the last four years, CBS has aired HD productions of the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four and Championship Games, the Masters® Tournament and for the last five years, the US Open tennis championships.

CBS broadcasts on an average 25 hours of HD programming each week. This is more than any other broadcast network, and more original HD programming per week than any other network, broadcast or cable or satellite. 179 of CBS's owned and affiliated stations are currently broadcasting in digital, covering approximately 97 per cent of the US.