NEW YORK, June 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
be the exclusive national radio broadcaster for the
119th U.S. Open Championship, offering listeners
nationwide extensive coverage from Pebble Beach Golf Links in
California.
SiriusXM's programming will feature 44 hours of live
hole-by-hole coverage – more than ever before – across all four
rounds of play - June 13th
through the 16th - and will include a playoff if one
occurs. Live championship coverage will begin Thursday and
Friday at 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT and Saturday and Sunday at
1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio (Sirius
ch. 208, XM ch. 92), which is available nationwide on SiriusXM
radios, on the SiriusXM app and SiriusXM.com.
SiriusXM's Taylor Zarzour
and Brian Katrek will anchor
the play-by-play broadcast with former PGA Tour pros
Carl Paulson and
Mark Carnevale serving as the
analysts 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.
Former Tour pro Mark Lye
and Kraig Kann will host live
post-round broadcasts each championship day.
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 9,125 entries from professional and amateur
golfers to compete for its most prestigious championship.
"Pebble Beach is one of the most exciting venues in golf and
will be the stage for another terrific U.S. Open
Championship. We're very pleased to expand our coverage this
year to deliver listeners more live tournament hours, with a
first-rate broadcast team calling more action from the course than
ever before," said Scott Greenstein,
SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer. "Our live
play-by-play and the insight of our expert hosts throughout U.S.
Open Week will truly bring golf fans inside this event."
Highlights from SiriusXM's talk programming during U.S. Open
week will include:
- Three-time U.S. Open champion Hale Irwin will host a special edition of
The Starter on Wednesday at 3:00 pm
ET/12:00 pm PT alongside
Taylor Zarzour and renowned PGA
Professional Bob Ford, who
serves as the first tee starter for the U.S. Open.
- Stanford golf coach Conrad Ray, who led the Cardinal to the
program's ninth NCAA men's golf championship last month, will host
his weekly SiriusXM show, Golf U, on Monday at 9:00 pm ET/6:00 pm
PT.
- Throughout U.S. Open week, SiriusXM's PGA TOUR Radio channel
will offer daily programming, including exclusive shows hosted by
major champions Fred Couples,
Bernhard Langer and
Ben Crenshaw; and current and
former PGA TOUR pros Pat
Perez, Colt
Knost, John
Cook, Mark Lye,
John Maginnes,
Carl Paulson and
Dennis Paulson.
For a full schedule of SiriusXM's U.S. Open week programming
please visit: 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 119th U.S. Open Championship will
air on FOX, FS1, FOX Deportes, FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports App
beginning Thursday, June 13 at
12:30 PM ET on FS1. FOX Sports'
broadcast will also air on the FOX Sports channel on SiriusXM
(channel 83) through the conclusion of the championship.
About SiriusXM
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audio entertainment company, and the premier programmer and
platform for subscription- and advertising-supported audio
products. With the recent addition of Pandora, the largest
streaming music provider in the U.S., SiriusXM reaches more than
100 million people with its audio products. For more about the new
SiriusXM, please go to: www.siriusxm.com.
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