NEW YORK, June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
announced today its programming schedule as the exclusive national
radio broadcaster for the 121st U.S. Open Championship,
played June 17-20 at Torrey Pines
Golf Course in San Diego,
California.
SiriusXM's extensive production will provide listeners with 45
hours of live shot-by-shot coverage from the course across all four
rounds of play. On Thursday and Friday, with the full field
on the course, SiriusXM's coverage will extend from the day's first
tee time at 9:45 am ET/6:45 am PT – through the end of play. On
the weekend, SiriusXM's on-course coverage will begin at
10 am ET/7 am
PT 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.
SiriusXM's U.S. Open broadcast team will feature the following
voices:
Thursday-Friday
8am-10am ET/5am-7am PT: Michael
Breed, Carl Paulson
10am-1pm ET/7am-10am PT: Drew
Stoltz, Gary McCord,
Jason Sobel, Carl Paulson
1pm-5pm ET/10am-2pm PT: Taylor
Zarzour, Dennis Paulson,
Mark Lye, Carl Paulson
5pm-10pm ET/2pm-7pm PT: Brian
Katrek, Mark Carnevale,
Dennis Paulson, John Maginnes, Fred
Albers, Jason Sobel,
Taylor Zarzour
Saturday
10am-noon ET/7am-9am PT: Drew
Stoltz, Gary McCord,
Jason Sobel, Carl Paulson
noon-4pm ET/9am-1pm PT: Taylor
Zarzour, Dennis Paulson,
Mark Lye, Carl Paulson
4pm-9pm ET/1pm-6pm PT: Brian
Katrek, Mark Carnevale,
John Maginnes, Fred Albers, Taylor
Zarzour, Jason Sobel
Sunday
10am-noon ET/7am-9am PT: Drew
Stoltz, Gary McCord,
Jason Sobel, Carl Paulson
noon-3pm ET/9am-noon PT: Taylor
Zarzour, Dennis Paulson,
Mark Lye, Carl Paulson
3pm-8pm ET/noon-5pm PT: Brian
Katrek, Mark Carnevale,
John Maginnes, Fred Albers, Taylor
Zarzour, Jason Sobel
San Diego native and PGA Tour
winner Dennis Paulson, who counts
Torrey Pines as his home course, will play multiple roles in
SiriusXM's broadcast throughout the week. At various times he
will serve as the in-booth analyst, a roving reporter on the
course, and one of SiriusXM's post-round hosts. Dennis will
also host his regular SiriusXM show, Inside the Ropes, along
with Carl Paulson, from the Torrey
Pines driving range today, Tuesday and Wednesday, where they will
interview players, coaches and caddies preparing for the year's
third major.
Immediately following each round, listeners will hear a wrap-up
of the day's play, hosted by David Marr
III, Mark Lye, Paulson and
multiple U.S. Open champions and top performers, including
three-time U.S. Open champion Hale
Irwin, 1987 U.S. Open champion Scott
Simpson, 1978 U.S. Open runner-up Dave Stockton and 2009 U.S. Open runner-up
Ricky Barnes.
The U.S. Open Championship, conducted by the USGA, is the
ultimate test of golf for the best players in the world. Played on
America's greatest courses the U.S. Open annually provides
thousands of golfers of all backgrounds the opportunity to qualify
through a rigorous two-stage process. Ultimately From Many,
One will triumph and be crowned champion.
U.S. Open Championship coverage will be available to subscribers
nationwide in their car (SiriusXM channel 92), and on their phone
and connected devices at home with the SXM App. Go to
SiriusXM.com/golfonsxm for more.
"This golf season, and the majors in particular, have produced
some memorable and historic moments. We're excited to deliver
comprehensive coverage of this U.S. Open – which will feature a
talented field competing at a challenging venue in Torrey Pines – and deliver another exciting
event to listeners around the country," said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief
Content Officer.
U.S. Open Week programming on SiriusXM will also feature several
specials including the following:
- Fred Couples, who competed in 23
U.S. Opens, including a third place finish in 1991, will host a new
episode of the The Fred Couples
Show on Tuesday at 6 pm
ET/3 pm PT.
- Jason Kokrak, who has won twice
on the PGA Tour this season and will be in the field at Torrey
Pines this week, will host his show, Crushing It with
Kokrak, tonight at 8 pm
ET/5 pm PT with Taylor Zarzour.
- SiriusXM will also air an audio documentary that looks back at
the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines that featured a memorable duel
between Tiger Woods and Rocco
Mediate. Playing on a severely injured left leg, Woods
defeated Mediate on the first hole of sudden-death, following an
18-hole playoff. The victory was Tiger's 14th major title, and he
joined Jack Nicklaus in the history
books as the only two players to win the career grand slam three
times. The special airs tonight at 10
pm ET/7 pm PT and can be heard
anytime on the SXM App.
SiriusXM's lineup during U.S. Open week also features the
popular No Laying Up podcast and shows hosted by coaches
Jim McLean, Frank Darby, Brian
Crowell, David Armitage,
Trey Jones and Jeff Warne; former tour pros Colt Knost and Justin
Leonard; as well as Michael
Collins, Conrad Ray,
Kyle Gentry, Jeff Cameron, Chantel
McCabe, Kraig Kann,
Bruce Murray and others.
SiriusXM's U.S. Open broadcast rights come through its agreement
with the United States Golf Association and 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.
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