NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
offer subscribers nationwide comprehensive live hole-by-hole
coverage of one of golf's most exciting and anticipated events –
the 43rd Ryder Cup – as a team of the best
golfers from the United States
faces off against their counterparts from Europe. The
43rd Ryder Cup, delayed a year due to the Covid-19
pandemic, will be played September
24-26 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.
SiriusXM will air 28 hours of live on-course play-by-play –
co-produced with Westwood One – that will give fans access to the
event in its entirety, from the first tee shots on Friday through
the final hole on Sunday. The play-by-play will begin on
Friday and Saturday, September 24 and
25, at 8:00 am ET, and on
Sunday, September 26, at noon ET, and continue through the final hole of
each day's play. SiriusXM's Ryder Cup programming will be
available to subscribers in their car (SiriusXM channel 92) and on
their phone and connected devices at home with the SXM
App.
World Golf Hall of Fame Member Greg Norman will be the lead
analyst, alongside play-by-play voice Brian
Katrek. A former World No. 1, Norman brings the unique
perspective of someone who has been both a player and captain in
international team golf events.
Taylor Zarzour and Carl Paulson will serve as host and analyst for
the morning matches each day. John
Maginnes, Fred Albers and
Mark Carnevale will be the on-course
reporters delivering live shot calls and updates on matches
happening around the course. Colt
Knost will serve as a roving on-course analyst.
Gary Williams, Dennis Paulson and Mark
Lye will host a Ryder Cup pregame show each morning leading
into the play-by-play. Chantal
McCabe will join to co-host the pregame show on
Sunday. After the matches end each day, Drew Stoltz, Jason
Sobel and Gary McCord will
wrap up the day's play on a three-hour Ryder Cup postgame show.
Listeners will also hear commentary during the week from two
SiriusXM hosts who are former Ryder Cup stars - Dave Stockton, who captained the victorious U.S.
Team at the 1991 Ryder Cup and played on two winning Ryder Cup
teams ('71 and '77); and Hale Irwin,
who competed for the U.S. on five victorious Ryder Cup teams ('75,
'77, '79, '81 and '91).
In addition to serving as lead analyst for the play-by-play
broadcast, Greg Norman will host a
new episode of his SiriusXM show, Attack Life Radio, live
from Kohler on Thursday, September 23 (8:00 pm ET), the eve of the Ryder Cup, to preview
the event for his listeners.
Immediately following Attack Life Radio, popular golf
commentator David Feherty, who
played for the European Team in the 1991 Ryder Cup, will join
SiriusXM's John Maginnes to host an
hour-long show (9:00 pm ET).
"The Ryder Cup is one of the most exciting competitions in all
of sports and we're thrilled to once again deliver fans the best
and most comprehensive audio broadcast of the event," said
Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's
President and Chief Content Officer. "Our broadcast team will
take our listeners inside the ropes at Whistling Straits, so they
can experience all the pressure-packed moments live and feel as
though they are walking the course alongside these great
players."
World Golf Hall of Fame member and SiriusXM host Fred Couples, who will serve as Vice Captain for
the U.S. Ryder Cup Team, will host a new episode of The Fred
Couples Show the Tuesday after the Ryder Cup (September 28 at 5:00 pm
ET) to recap the event. Couples played on five U.S.
Ryder Cup Teams.
The Ryder Cup showcases teams of 12 of the best players from
the United States and Europe facing off in match play. The
event features foursome and four-ball matches on Friday and
Saturday, and culminates with an exciting series of 12 head-to-head
singles matches on Sunday. The American team last won the
Ryder Cup in 2016 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota, and are looking to reclaim the
title they lost to the Europeans in 2018 at Le Golf National in
France.
The U.S. Ryder Cup Team will be captained by Steve Stricker. Representing the United
States on the course will be Dustin
Johnson, Daniel Berger,
Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, Tony
Finau, Brooks Koepka,
Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Justin
Thomas.
Captained by Padraig Harrington,
this year's European Ryder Cup Team features Jon Rahm, Paul
Casey, Matt Fitzpatrick,
Tommy Fleetwood, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell
Hatton, Viktor Hovland,
Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Ian
Poulter, Bernd Wiesberger and Lee
Westwood.
SiriusXM's talk programming during Ryder Cup Week features a
daily lineup of shows hosted by noted instructors and coaches,
current and former Tour pros, and other golf insiders.
Several shows will broadcast live from Whistling Straits and
listeners will hear interviews with players, including every member
of the U.S. Ryder Cup Team. SiriusXM will also air coverage
of the Celebrity Match, played Thursday,
September 23, and will air the Ryder Cup Opening Ceremony
live on Thursday evening.
SiriusXM host Dave Marr III, the
son of the former Ryder Cup Player and Captain Dave Marr, Jr., hosts a Ryder Cup History
Special that is available now on the SXM App.
For a full schedule of SiriusXM's programming visit:
SiriusXM.com/GolfonSXM.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio
entertainment company in North
America, and the premier programmer and platform for
subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products.
SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million
listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free
tiers in North America, and
deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and
podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest
ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S.
SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz
make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution,
analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales
organization, which operates as SXM Media, leverages its scale,
cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to
deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM,
through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite
radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment
businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to
automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go
to: www.siriusxm.com.
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