NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will
offer listeners nationwide comprehensive play-by-play and talk
coverage for the 2015 PGA Championship, the final major golf
championship of the year, running August
13-16, on Sirius Channel 208
and XM Channel 92.
SiriusXM's live coverage will cover all four days of play from
the Straits Course at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin. Lead
host Earl Forcey will anchor the
play-by-play broadcast and PGA Professional Charlie Rymer will
serve as analyst. Former tour professionals Mark Carnevale, Carl
Paulson, Dennis Paulson and
1979 British Ladies Open champion Maureen
Madill will provide live commentary from around the
course.
SiriusXM's Championship broadcasts will offer 30 hours of live
play-by-play from the course, more than ever before. The
coverage will air Thursday and Friday from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET and on Saturday and Sunday
from 12:00 pm ET through the
conclusion of play. Subscribers can access the broadcasts on
satellite radios, through the SiriusXM app and at SiriusXM.com.
With one of the strongest and unique fields in golf, the PGA
Championship currently has commitments from 98 of the top 100
players in the Official World Golf Rankings. The Championship
makes its third appearance at the Straits, a throwback links-style
course off the shore of Lake
Michigan that has also hosted the U.S. Senior Open and will
be home to the Ryder Cup in 2020.
"The PGA Championship's extraordinary field of competitors,
playing at a unique and exciting venue like Whistling Straits,
makes the season's final major one of the year's most anticipated
events," said Scott Greenstein,
SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer. "SiriusXM's
broadcast team will present more hours of live play-by-play than
ever before, and with a programming schedule featuring shows hosted
by Hall of Famers and some of the game's best instructors, we will
give our listeners a level of access and insight that no one else
can."
Beyond the play-by-play coverage, the SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio
channel will provide fans with an extensive schedule of daily golf
talk and PGA Championship analysis throughout the week.
Highlights include:
World Golf Hall of Fame member Ben
Crenshaw, who has six top-10 finishes in PGA
Championship play, will host his show, Crenshaw on Golf, on
Tuesday at 2:00 pm ET.
Six-time major winner Nick
Faldo, who was runner-up in the 1992 PGA Championship,
will host Nick Faldo Radio on Wednesday at 2:00 pm ET.
SiriusXM's programming lineup during PGA Championship Week will
also feature shows hosted by renowned coaches Hank Haney, Claude
Harmon III, David Leadbetter,
Jim McLean and Larry Rinker, as well as Peter Oosterhuis, Brian
Bateman, Fred Albers,
Mark Carnevale, Debbie Doniger, John
Feinstein, Brian Katrek,
John Maginnes, Carl Paulson, Dennis
Paulson, Ben Shear,
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 most of the PGA Tour events throughout the season,
including the PLAYERS Championship and all FedEx Cup Playoff
tournaments.
About SiriusXM
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radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 28.4 million
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