XM Satellite Radio will be airing coverage of the 2008 U.S.
Open golf championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, June 9-15, on XM's PGA Tour channel (ch 146).U.S. Open press conferences at Torrey Pines will air on XM on June 10th starting at 4pm ET/1pm PT. A two-hour preview of the championship will air June 11th starting at 2pm ET/11am PT with replays through the evening.
Play- by-play coverage will start June 12th at 3pm ET/12 noon PT and air through June 15th.
XM's morning golf program "Making the Turn with Peter Kessler" will be at the show from the Torrey Pines media center June 11-13. Pro golfer Chris DiMarco
will host a U.S. Open edition of his weekly XM show "oPINionated" on
June 10th, and best- selling author Matt Adams will weigh in on the U.S.
Open on his weekly program "Fairways of Life" on June 13th.
Angel Cabrera will be defending the U.S. Open title he won a year
ago at Oakmont Country Club. Top-ranked Tiger Woods announced on May 27th
that he plans to compete in the championship, which would be his first
event since his arthroscopic surgery on his left knee April 15th.
Yes, that's right. First comment after how many days? I may be an avid golfer, but I certainly know that golf coverage on the radio is by far, one of the worst programming decisions ever!
Reminds me of George Carlin and his famous bit about what is and is not a sport...
"And that brings us to golf. Did you ever watch golf on tv? It's like watching flies f*ck. I get more excited picking out socks."
I'd be more inclined to agree with him had he been talking about the PGA on XM.