NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
be the exclusive national radio broadcaster for the
120th U.S. Open Championship, offering listeners 40
hours of live hole-by-hole coverage across all four rounds of play
– September 17-20 – from Winged Foot
GC in Mamaroneck, New York.
The U.S. Open Championship, conducted by the USGA, is the
ultimate test of golf for the best players in the world. This year,
the USGA welcomes an all-exempt field of 144 players filled through
28 exemption categories, including professional and amateur
golfers. All will compete for its most prestigious
championship, which will be taking place for the sixth time on
Winged Foot's West Course.
SiriusXM's production will provide up-to-the-moment coverage
with a team of voices broadcasting both from on the grounds at
Winged Foot and from remote broadcast studios around the
country. On Thursday and Friday, with the full field on the
course, SiriusXM's coverage will extend from sunup – including the
day's first tee time at 6:45 am ET –
through the end of play at sundown. On the weekend,
SiriusXM's coverage will begin at 10:00 am
ET on Saturday and Sunday and run through the completion of
play both days. If a playoff occurs, SiriusXM will provide
live coverage of every shot played.
U.S. Open Championship coverage will air nationwide on the
SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio channel (SiriusXM.com/golfonsxm), which is
available on SiriusXM radios (channel 208 or 92), on the SiriusXM
app, and at home with Amazon Alexa, the Google Assistant or however
subscribers stream at home.
The SiriusXM broadcast team will feature the following
voices:
Hosts: Taylor Zarzour,
Colt Knost, Drew Stoltz, Brian
Katrek
Analysts: Gary
McCord, Mark Carnevale,
David Marr III, Jason Sobel, Michael
Breed, Jim McLean
Reporters: John Maginnes,
Carl Paulson, Fred Albers, Michael
Breed
Zarzour, Breed, Marr, Paulson and Maginnes will be on location
at Winged Foot. The other members of the broadcast team will
utilize remote studio set-ups and comprehensive video feeds that
enable them to call action happening around the course.
Katrek, Carnevale and Sobel will broadcast from Florida, Knost and Stoltz will broadcast from
Arizona, McCord will broadcast
from Colorado, and Albers will
broadcast from Texas. Former Tour pro Mark Lye and Kraig
Kann, broadcasting from their home studios in Florida, will host live post-round broadcasts
after play ends each championship day.
"As the U.S. Open plays out at Winged Foot, SiriusXM's exclusive
radio broadcast will take listeners inside the ropes every day of
the tournament," said Scott
Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content
Officer. "With our hole-by-hole coverage, plus shows hosted
by U.S. Open winners Hale Irwin,
Scott Simpson and many others, we're
proud to offer our subscribers an exceptional level of
coverage."
In addition to SiriusXM's Thursday through Sunday tournament
coverage, listeners get a full lineup of golf talk programming on
the SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio channel leading up to the
championship. This includes exclusive shows hosted by major
champions Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw and Justin
Leonard, as well as current and former PGA Tour pros
including Pat Perez, Brad Faxon, Colt Knost, John Cook,
Mark Lye, John Maginnes, Carl
Paulson and Dennis
Paulson.
On Saturday, "Moving Day," listeners can begin the day with the
insights and expertise of U.S. Open champions Hale Irwin (1974, 1979 and 1990) and
Scott Simpson (1987), as well as
1978 U.S. Open runner-up Dave
Stockton – who will join David
Marr for a special two-hour pre-round show starting at
8:00 am ET.
On Sunday, Marr, Irwin, Stockton and Simpson will host a special
virtual fan party, via video conference, from 1:00-2:00 pm ET, where they will gather with a
group of golf fans to watch and discuss the final round.
Renowned PGA Professional Bob Ford, who has served as the first
tee starter for the U.S. Open., will host a new episode of his
SiriusXM show, Playing for Pride, with Taylor Zarzour today at 3:00 pm ET.
For a full schedule of SiriusXM's U.S. Open week programming
please visit: SiriusXM.com/SiriusXMPGATOURRadio
SiriusXM's U.S. Open broadcast rights come through its agreement
with NBCUniversal, the principal domestic media partner of the
USGA. The U.S. Open Championship and other USGA events will air on
NBC, Golf Channel and Peacock, NBCUniversal's new streaming
service.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio
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platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio
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ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S.
SiriusXM and Pandora together reach more than 100 million people
each month with their audio products. 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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