NEW YORK, June 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
again be the exclusive national radio broadcaster for the
118th U.S. Open Championship, offering listeners
nationwide extensive coverage from Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in
Southampton, NY.
SiriusXM's programming will feature a minimum of 32 hours of
live hole-by-hole coverage across all four rounds of play -
June 14th through the
17th - and will include a playoff if one occurs.
Live championship coverage will begin each championship day at
12:00 pm ET on SiriusXM PGA TOUR
Radio (Sirius ch. 208, XM ch. 92), which is available exclusively
on satellite radios, on the SiriusXM app and SiriusXM.com.
SiriusXM's Brian Katrek
will anchor the play-by-play broadcast with former PGA Tour pro
Mark Carnevale serving as the
analyst in the booth. A team of roving reporters, including
Fred Albers, Maureen Madill, John Maginnes, Dennis Paulson and Bill Rosinski will provide commentary from
around the course. SiriusXM's Debbie Doniger will be on site conducting
pre- and post-round interviews with the competitors.
SiriusXM's Taylor Zarzour
and former Tour pros Carl
Paulson and Mark
Lye will host live pre- and post-round broadcasts from
Shinnecock each championship day. Three-time U.S. Open
champion and SiriusXM host Hale
Irwin will co-host the pre- and post-round show on
Sunday.
The U.S. Open Championship, conducted by the USGA, is the
ultimate test of golf for the best players in the world, and truly
open, as evidenced by its global qualification process. This year,
the USGA accepted 9,049 entries from professional and amateur
golfers to compete for its most prestigious championship.
"As this exciting field competes for the U.S. Open for the fifth
time at historic Shinnecock Hills, we're proud to present SiriusXM
listeners with the best audio coverage available of the
championship," said Scott
Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content
Officer. "We're also pleased to enhance the week's coverage
with on-site broadcasts from multiple shows which will offer a
unique perspective and add to the excitement leading up to
championship play."
Throughout U.S. Open week, SiriusXM's PGA TOUR Radio channel
will offer daily programming, including exclusive shows hosted by
major champions Fred Couples,
Ben Crenshaw, Craig Stadler and Dave Stockton; current and former PGA TOUR
pros Pat Perez,
John Cook, Chris DiMarco, Mark Lye, John
Maginnes, Carl
Paulson and Dennis
Paulson; as well as renowned PGA Professional
Bob Ford, who serves as the
first tee starter for the U.S. Open.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Greg
Norman will host the debut of his new SiriusXM show,
Attack Life Radio today at 2:00 pm
ET. Norman finished in the top-ten in the U.S. Open
five times and his guests on the premiere episode will include the
past two U.S. Open Champions – Brooks
Koepka (2017) and Dustin
Johnson (2016).
SiriusXM's programming lineup will also feature shows hosted by
top instructors Hank Haney,
David Leadbetter, Jim McLean, Larry
Rinker and Michael Breed, as
well as Matt Adams, David Armitage, Michael
Collins, Brian Crowell,
Frank Darby, Kyle Gentry, Trey
Jones, Conrad Ray,
Angela Garcia, Hally Leadbetter and Jeff Warne.
SiriusXM.com/SiriusXMPGATOURRadio
The USGA and FOX Sports have a comprehensive multi-media
agreement that makes FOX Sports and FS1 the principal domestic
media partner of the USGA. The 118th U.S. Open
Championship will air on FOX, FS1, FOX Deportes and the FOX Sports
App beginning Thursday, June 14 at
9:30 AM ET on FS1. FOX's TV
broadcast will also air on the FOX Sports channel on SiriusXM
(channel 83).
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio company measured by revenue and has approximately 33.1
million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers commercial-free
music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive
talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin music, sports and
talk programming. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every
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well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are
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SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™. SiriusXM delivers
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SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to a
variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest in
SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.6 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services,
giving customers access to a suite of safety, security, and
convenience services including automatic crash notification, stolen
vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside assistance and
turn-by-turn navigation.
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