The Golf Channel has been in the clear on my AT-200 subscription for some time now. It's not listed on the free preview channel, and it does not "behave" like a channel in free preview mode on my 622 (i.e. any channel in preview mode will not stay on if I turn off the 622 and then back on, it jumps to ch 101 every time on a preview channel while regularly subbed channels stay on when the receiver is turned back on).