LPGA
As a general rule: radios and cell phones are prohibited items during competition days at the course.
If you bring a scanner, you must be very discrete. Since UHF is the predominant frequency range, an antenna tuned for that band works best. Many operations are simplex so 1/4 wave antennas are preferable to UHF stubby antennas.
[edit] Tour Frequencies
BearCom provides the radios used by the LPGA (source). Numerous UHF radios have been seen at LPGA events in the last few years.
LPGA frequencies:
- 461.0250 (114.8) LPGA - scoring [repeater]
- 462.4000 (136.5) LPGA - scoring [repeater]
- 461.4625 (114.8) LPGA [simplex]
Other frequencies not yet determined if they are used nationally or just locally are listed here.
[edit] Media frequencies
Golf Channel and ESPN have been observed using frequencies in the 450 MHz and 455 MHz ranges at LPGA events. More info can be found here.
[edit] Course and Event Frequencies
As a result of the collaboration project, all event frequencies have been absorbed into the following articles;
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