NEW YORK, June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will be the
exclusive national radio broadcaster for the 116th U.S.
Open Championship, offering listeners nationwide extensive coverage
from historic Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania throughout U.S. Open week,
including all four days of Championship play - June 16th through the
19th.
Few courses in the world are as challenging and steeped in
championship tradition as Oakmont,
which has hosted more major championships than any other course in
the U.S., including eight U.S. Opens, five U.S. Amateurs, and two
U.S. Women's Opens. SiriusXM's programming will feature more
than 30 hours of live hole-by-hole coverage across all four rounds
of play, as well as a possible Monday playoff. Live
championship coverage will begin each championship day at
12:00 pm ET.
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, featuring
veteran broadcasters and Tour pros Fred
Albers, Doug Bell,
Maureen Madill,
John Maginnes and
Dennis Paulson, will provide
commentary from around the course.
All programming will be available to subscribers nationwide on
satellite radios (Sirius channel 208, XM channel 92) and on the
SiriusXM app.
Leading up to the Championship, SiriusXM will also present a
series of specials hosted by esteemed Oakmont head professional Bob Ford, who joined SiriusXM as a host in
2015:
"Jack's First Major"
This Saturday, June 4 (11:00 am
ET), SiriusXM will debut an hour-long retrospective on
Jack Nicklaus' first major victory,
which came at the 1962 U.S. Open played at Oakmont. Ford and
his co-host, Taylor Zarzour, sat
down for a long-form conversation with Nicklaus, who looks back at
his playoff victory over heavily-favored Arnold Palmer. After Saturday's debut, the
special will air several times leading up to the U.S. Open.
"Major Champions at Oakmont"
On Monday, June 6 (8:00 pm
ET) Ford and Zarzour host a special featuring interviews
with several players who won major championships at Oakmont, including Nicklaus (1962 U.S. Open),
Johnny Miller (1973 U.S. Open),
Ernie Els (1994 U.S. Open), John
Mahaffey (1978 PGA Championship) and others.
"18 Holes at Oakmont with
Bob Ford & Eric Church"
On Saturday, June 11 (11:00
am ET) Ford will give listeners a hole by hole look at the
U.S. Open course at Oakmont
alongside country music superstar and avid golfer Eric Church. Ford and Church, who played
the course together last month, will share their unique
perspectives on what players will face – lightning fast greens, the
famous Church Pew bunkers, and more – when they play one of the
world's most challenging courses.
"Playing for Pride Live"
Ford will also host
his regular SiriusXM show, Playing for Pride, live from the
media center during U.S. Open week (June
14 at 4:00 pm ET).
"Nobody knows Oakmont and its
history better than Bob Ford.
To hear him interview Jack Nicklaus
and other greats of the game as they share their perspective on the
championship will be a very special experience for all who listen,"
said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's
President and Chief Content Officer. "Our talented broadcast
team will cover the action from tee to green every day from the
course and our roster of experts will provide a full week of live,
original talk shows. It will be an exceptional week of
programming, and we are excited to bring our listeners closer to
one of the world's great venues for one of golf's marquee
events."
The U.S. Open Championship, conducted by the United States Golf
Association, is the most democratic of the major championships, as
evidenced by its global qualification process. In 2016, the USGA
accepted more than 9,800 entries from professional and amateur
golfers to compete for its most prestigious championship.
In addition to live Championship coverage, SiriusXM's daily U.S.
Open coverage will feature exclusive shows hosted by World Golf
Hall of Famers Ben Crenshaw
and Hale Irwin; major-winners
Mark Calcavecchia,
Larry Mize and
Craig Stadler; former tour
pros Chris DiMarco,
Mark Lye and Carl Paulson; as well as top instructors
Hank Haney, David Leadbetter, Jim McLean, Larry
Rinker, Dave
Stockton and Golf Channel's Michael Breed.
Martin Davis will host a
special devoted to the history of the U.S. Open at Oakmont, featuring archival audio highlights
from past events dating back to the 1920s. The special debuts
Sunday, June 12 at 11:00 am ET and airs multiple times during U.S.
Open week.
SiriusXM's programming lineup will also feature shows hosted by
Matt Adams, Fred Albers, David Armitage, Brian Crowell, Frank Darby, John
Feinstein, Greg
Warmoth, Jeff
Warne Taylor
Zarzour and others. Visit
www.SiriusXM.com/SiriusXMPGATOURRadio for a daily schedule.
SiriusXM airs live coverage of all four major championships –
The Masters, U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship – as
well as the Ryder Cup and most of the PGA Tour events throughout
the season, including the PLAYERS Championship and all FedExCup
Playoff tournaments.
In 2013, the USGA and FOX Sports announced a comprehensive
multi-media agreement that makes FOX Sports and FS1 the principal
domestic media partner of the USGA. Within the agreement, FOX
Sports holds the exclusive national television broadcast rights for
the presentation of all USGA championship events, highlighted by
the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Senior Open
Championships. Additionally, FOX Sports serves as the home for
coverage of the USGA's national amateur championships and other
live content.
About SiriusXM
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SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to
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in SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.7 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services
to major automakers, 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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