NEW YORK, June 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
offer listeners nationwide live coverage of the 114th
U.S. Open Golf Championship with live play-by-play all four days of
the tournament (June 12-15) as well
as live talk programming throughout the week on SiriusXM PGA TOUR
Radio.
Live tournament play-by-play, provided by ESPN Radio, will air
on XM channel 93, Sirius channel 208 and SiriusXM channel 85 on
Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13 from 10:00
am to 5:00 pm ET, and on Saturday,
June 14 and Sunday, June 15
from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm/conclusion
ET. Subscribers can access the live broadcasts on satellite
radios, through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and at
SiriusXM.com.
In addition to play-by-play of all four tournament days,
SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio (XM channel 93, Sirius channel 208) will
present a full week of U.S. Open focused talk programming,
including shows hosted by World Golf Hall of Famer Ben Crenshaw, 1977 U.S. Open champion
Hubert Green and others.
The U.S. Open is returning to Pinehurst No. 2 for the third time
and the first since the course underwent a significant renovation
and restoration, led by Ben Crenshaw
and Bill Coore, which reestablished
many of the features in the course's original design.
Crenshaw will host a special live edition of his show, Crenshaw
on Golf, from the media center at Pinehurst on Wednesday,
June 11 at 1:00 pm ET.
On the two-hour program, Crenshaw and co-host Ed Clements will preview the tournament and
discuss the Coore & Crenshaw led restorations that will feature
prominently in this year's tournament.
This year's field will include World No. 1 Adam Scott, 2013 Masters Champion Bubba Watson, Henrik
Stenson, Rory McIlroy,
Matt Kuchar, Jordan Spieth, Phil
Mickelson and many more of the world's best golfers, plus
many non-PGA TOUR card carrying players who earn open spots in the
tournament by competing in local and sectional qualifiers.
"With live play-by-play and our expanded SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio
schedule our subscribers will get an exceptional level of coverage
for this year's U.S. Open," said Scott
Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content
Officer. "Our hosts will bring their listeners closer to
everything happening at Pinehurst
next week, particularly Ben
Crenshaw, who will deliver extraordinary insight into this
course and what it takes to play it."
Additional highlights from the week on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio
include:
World Golf Hall of Famer Hubert
Green will host a special show airing Monday, June 9 at 10:00 am
ET and 9:00 pm ET. Green
won the 1977 U.S. Open, memorably doing so after receiving a death
threat on the 15th tee during the final round.
Matt Adams and former PGA
TOUR pro John Maginnes will
host a special U.S. Open Preview show that will air Tuesday
at 1:00 pm ET, Wednesday at
11:00 am ET, and Saturday and Sunday
from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET leading
into the tournament broadcast. U.S. Open Replay,
hosted by Taylor Zarzour and
Brian Katrek, will air each
evening after tournament play-by-play.
Listeners will also get U.S. Open talk on SiriusXM PGA TOUR
Radio's other featured shows, including those hosted by
Matt Adams, Brian Bateman, Rich Beem, Mark
Carnevale, Chris
DiMarco, Hank
Haney, Brian
Katrek, David
Leadbetter, John
Maginnes, Jim
McLean, Sandy
McIlree, Carl
Paulson, Dennis
Paulson, Larry
Rinker, Lorne
Rubenstein, Ben
Shear, John
Swantek, Jeff Warne,
Greg Warmoth and Taylor Zarzour, as well as Golf Channel
programming.
Visit www.SiriusXM.com/SiriusXMPGATOURRadio for a daily
schedule.
USGA, the national governing body of golf in the USA and Mexico, annually conducts the U.S. Open, U.S.
Women's Open, U.S. Senior Open and 10 national amateur
championships. The USGA writes the Rules of Golf, conducts
equipment testing, provides expert course maintenance
consultations, maintains a Handicap System and celebrates the
history of the game. For more information about the USGA, visit
http://www.usga.org
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