I was out yesterday and missed the big announcement: NBC has extended its Ryder Cup deal with the PGA of America through 2030. How long is that? Well, Jordan Spieth, now 20, will be a seasoned veteran at 37 when this deal expires.

Given the outrage from both the PGA of America and NBC over the USGA’s timing and wording of awarding the U.S. Open to Fox on the eve of the first round of the PGA Championship, it hardly was a surprise that some thinly veiled shots were fired.

As always, Geoff Shackelford on his site had his own unique take.

I’ve sobered up after the drinking game gone bad that was today’s PGA of America/NBC conference call to announce a Ryder Cup rights extension to 2030.

Considering the USGA pre-empted this year’s PGA Championship to rush their Fox Sports broadcast deal in a woefully unsuccessful attempt to generate a few more cents per FSN1 subscriber, I had budgeted for three shots in the “jabs at the USGA-Fox deal” jello-shot game.

Before a question could even be asked, I was already sounding like Foster Brooks.

Now a zinger from PGA of America president Ted Bishop:

Finally, from my standpoint, it became apparent to me on the night that we announced that Bethpage would host the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup, that this exciting extension was going to take place.

September the 17th was truly a great day for the PGA of America. It’s been hard to contain our excitement.

We had very productive conversations with Commissioner Finchem and certainly respected the President’s Cup last week, and that’s why we’re doing this announcement this week. So thanks to all involved.

No, Fox Sports 1 isn’t the Golf Channel:

PGA of America CEO Pete Bevacqua: And, Mark, if I can just add to this, what was such an attractive component of the continuation of this relationship for us is if you look at the Golf Channel as the broadcast voice of golf on a daily basis in America, and the PGA of America is really the tangible connection between the game, and quite frankly everybody who plays it in this country, what we can do together to promote the game and to attract new golfers into the game is really one of the most exciting components of this relationship.

And regarding the USGA saying it wanted a fresh look and innovation with Fox, the Ryder Cup is happy with NBC and golf producer Tommy Roy.

Bishop: When you look at NBC’s ability to produce golf telecasts, who knows whether Tommy Roy will be around in 2030, but he just does a phenomenal job. I think that the PGA of America cares greatly about the quality of the product and the production.

I don’t think that when it came to the Ryder Cup, there was anybody that we would feel more comfortable with in entering into a long-term agreement, based on what they’ve done in the past, what we expect in the future in terms of their innovation, and their ability to be always on the cutting edge of the production aspect of golf than NBC.

Yep, if I had played Shackelford’s drinking game, I’d be gone too.