Sports Media Report
SiriusXM will be the exclusive national audio broadcaster for the 125th U.S. Open Championship, and will offer live shot-by-shot coverage across all four days of Championship play – June 12-15 – from Oakmont Country Club, outside Pittsburgh, PA.
On Thursday and Friday, SiriusXM’s coverage will extend from the day’s first tee time (approximately 7 am ET) through the end of play. On the weekend, SiriusXM’s on-course coverage will begin at 10 am ET on Saturday and Sunday and run through the completion of play both days. If there is a tie atop the leaderboard after 72 holes, SiriusXM will provide live coverage of every stroke of the ensuing playoff.
U.S. Open Week on SiriusXM programming is available to subscribers nationwide in their cars (channel 92) and on the SiriusXM app.
SiriusXM’s U.S. Open Championship broadcast team will feature Taylor Zarzour and Brian Katrek as the play-by-play voices, alongside analysts Steve Melnyk and Brendon de Jonge. Three-time U.S. Open Champion Hale Irwin will join the SiriusXM team on air to provide analysis during the Saturday and Sunday rounds.
Fred Albers, Emilia Doran, Andres Gonzalez, John Maginnes and Carl Paulson will be on-course reporters. Jason Sobel will provide commentary and conduct interviews with players. Immediately following each round, listeners will hear a two-hour wrap-up of the day’s play, hosted by Gary Williams.
“Our SiriusXM U.S. Open broadcast team does an extraordinary job of bringing listeners inside the ropes at one of the best events in golf,” said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM’s President and Chief Content Officer. “Well before the opening round, fans have SiriusXM to prepare them for the Championship with in-depth analysis of the course, the field and the latest news from the week. Then once the first tee shot is in the air and through the finish, our hosts and analysts are calling the action throughout the day, ensuring our audience won’t miss a moment.”
In addition to the live Championship broadcasts, SiriusXM will offer a daily lineup of original talk programming hosted by current and former U.S. Open competitors and other golf insiders that will deliver all the latest news and analysis leading up to the Championship. SiriusXM’s live programming begins at 7 am ET each weekday.
2009 U.S. Open Champion Lucas Glover will host a live episode of his SiriusXM program, “The Lucas Glover Show,” Tuesday at 8 am ET, as he prepares to compete in his 17th U.S. Open Championship.
New episodes of “The Rocco Hour,” hosted by Rocco Mediate, will air Monday and Tuesday at 7 pm ET. Mediate competed in 14 U.S. Open Championships in his career with three top-10 finishes, including his epic 19-hole playoff duel with Tiger Woods in 2008 that lives on as one of the most exciting finishes in U.S. Open history.
For more on SiriusXM’s daily golf programming go to SiriusXM.com/golfonsxm.
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. 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.
