NEW YORK, April 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today
announced its most comprehensive coverage yet for the 2014 Masters
Tournament, airing nationwide on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio (XM
channel 93, Sirius channel 208).
Listeners will hear live hole-by-hole coverage from Augusta
National each day of play - Thursday, April
10, through Sunday, April 13.
Live play-by-play begins each day at 2:00 pm ET on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio and will
cover each day's on-course action with up-to-the-moment reports
from around the course and updates on golfers moving up and down
the leaderboard. Subscribers can access the live broadcasts
on satellite radios, through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and at
SiriusXM.com.
In addition to Tournament play-by-play, SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio
will present a full week of Masters-focused programming.
Listeners will hear special shows hosted by past Masters Champions
and other pros who have played their way onto the leaderboard on
the final day, plus interviews throughout the week with some of the
greatest players to compete at Augusta.
"Every spring the Masters captures the attention of sports fans
everywhere and we'll proudly present our most extensive coverage of
the tournament to date on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio," said
Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's
President and Chief Content Officer. "With access to live
play-by-play and programming featuring some of the tournament's
greatest players, our listeners will feel as though they are there
at Augusta, walking some of the
game's most storied holes."
Highlights from the week include:
Two-time Masters Champion Ben
Crenshaw will host a new edition of his SiriusXM PGA
TOUR Radio show, Crenshaw on Golf, airing tomorrow at
10:00 am ET. The show will
replay Wednesday at 11:00 am ET.
Fuzzy Zoeller, the 1979 Masters Champion, will host a
special Masters edition of the SiriusXM series Legends of
Links, airing Wednesday at 10:00 am
ET.
Ian Poulter, who has two
top-10 finishes in the Masters and is currently ranked 20th in the
world, will host a new edition of his SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio show,
Unfiltered with Ian Poulter,
airing Wednesday at 12:00 pm ET.
Chris DiMarco, who
finished second to four-time Masters Champion Tiger Woods after a
sudden-death playoff in the 2005 Masters, will host his weekly
show, Opinionated, tomorrow at 11:00
am ET.
1982 Masters Champion Craig
Stadler is scheduled to be the featured guest on a
special edition of Looking Back with Lorne Rubenstein, airing tomorrow at
7:00 pm ET.
Renowned coaches Hank
Haney and David
Leadbetter will host special extended versions of their
shows. Leadbetter's Locker Room will air live from
9:00 am to 11:00 am ET on Friday. Hank Haney Golf
Radio will air live from 10:00 am to
12:00 pm ET on Saturday and Sunday.
Matt Adams and former PGA
TOUR pro John Maginnes will
host a special Masters Preview show airing tomorrow and
Wednesday from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET,
and Thursday through Sunday from 12:00 pm to
2:00 pm ET leading into each day's Tournament broadcast.
After the conclusion of each day's play, former PGA TOUR pro
Mark Carnevale and
Brian Katrek will host
Masters Tonight, giving listeners a full recap of the day's
action.
Among the all-time great players that are scheduled to be
interviewed on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio throughout Masters Week
include past champions Gary Player,
Tom Watson, Bernhard Langer and Sandy Lyle.
Listeners will also get Masters focused talk on SiriusXM PGA
TOUR Radio's other featured shows, including those hosted by
Jim McLean and Jeff Warne, Rich
Beem, Dennis and Carl
Paulson, Matt Adams,
Brian Katrek, John Maginnes and Ben
Shear, plus Golf Channel programming.
Play-by-play broadcasts of the Masters will be produced by
WestwoodOne.
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