NEW YORK, July 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
offer comprehensive coverage of the 2014 Open Championship, golf's
oldest major championship, from Royal Liverpool Golf Club in
Hoylake, England (July 17-20) on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio.
Live play-by-play, provided by ESPN Radio, will air on XM
channel 93, Sirius channel 208 and SiriusXM channel 84 on
Thursday, July 17, and Friday, July 18, from 7:00
am to 1:00 pm ET; Saturday, July
19, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
ET; and Sunday, July 20 from
8:00 am ET to the conclusion of
play. Subscribers can access the live broadcasts on satellite
radios, through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and at
SiriusXM.com.
Royal Liverpool has hosted The Open Championship 11 times and
has seen some of the game's greatest players raise the Claret Jug
on its links, including Walter
Hagen, Bobby Jones,
Roberto De Vicenzo and, most
recently, Tiger Woods in 2006. This year's field will include
defending Open Champion Phil
Mickelson; World No. 1 Adam
Scott; World No.2 Henrik
Stenson, who finished as runner-up in last year's
tournament; three-time Open Champion Tiger Woods, in his second
start after a long layoff from injury; Bubba Watson and many more of the world's
best.
In addition to the live tournament coverage, SiriusXM will offer
daily golf talk and analysis throughout Open Championship week on
SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio.
Highlights for the week include:
Ian Poulter, who finished
third in last year's Open Championship at Muirfield, will host a
new edition of his SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio show, Unfiltered,
which will air tonight at 8:00 pm
ET. The show will replay Tuesday at 8:00 pm ET and Wednesday at 1:00 pm ET.
1973 Open Champion Tom
Weiskopf, a 16-time PGA TOUR winner, will host a special
one-hour program that will air Wednesday at 2:00 pm ET and again at 8:00 pm ET. Weiskopf, who has three top 10
finishes in the Open Championship, will host alongside veteran
broadcaster Jim Kelly.
Former PGA TOUR pro Chris
DiMarco, who finished as runner-up to Tiger Woods at the
last Open Championship played at Royal Liverpool (2006), will host
his weekly show, Opinionated, live on Tuesday from
11:00 am to 1:00 pm ET.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Hubert
Green, who finished sixth or better four times in Open
Championship play, will host a one-hour special airing tonight at
9:00 pm ET.
Matt Adams will host his
weekday morning show, Fairways of Life, live from
Royal Liverpool Monday through
Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 am
ET.
Former PGA TOUR pro Carl
Paulson will host a two-hour preview show leading into
the live tournament coverage Thursday through Sunday, and
SiriusXM's Taylor Zarzour
will host a two-hour post-round show on Saturday and Sunday to
recap each day's play.
Listeners will also get Open talk throughout the week on
SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio's other featured shows, including those
hosted by Brian Bateman,
Rich Beem, Mark Carnevale, Brian
Katrek, John Maginnes,
Jim McLean, Sandy McIlree, Dennis
Paulson, Larry Rinker,
Lorne Rubenstein, Ben Shear, John
Swantek, Jeff Warne, and
Greg Warmoth, as well as Golf
Channel programming. Visit
www.SiriusXM.com/SiriusXMPGATOURRadio for a daily schedule.
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