NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will offer
listeners nationwide comprehensive play-by-play and talk coverage of the 2017 PGA Championship, taking place August 10-13 at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC. PGA Championship
programming will air on Sirius channel 208 and XM channel 92.
Live hole-by-hole coverage, which SiriusXM will co-produce with Westwood One, will air from 12:00
pm-7:00 pm ET all four days of Championship play, for a total of 28 hours of live coverage from the course on satellite
radios and on the SiriusXM app.
The broadcast will be hosted by play-by-play voice Taylor Zarzour, with PGA Professional
Charlie Rymer serving as the analyst in the booth. Former tour professionals Mark Carnevale,
John Maginnes and Dennis Paulson, and broadcasters Fred Albers, Doug Bell and Bill Rosinski will
provide live commentary from around the course.
"Golf fans will get an exceptional level of coverage of the year's final major, which annually features one of the strongest
fields in golf," said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief Content Officer. "With four
days of play-by-play from Quail Hollow and exclusive shows hosted by two-time PGA Championship-winner Dave Stockton, PGA of America president Pete Bevacqua and more of the game's
greats, our listeners will get an excellent perspective on the course, the event and the competitors."
Beyond the play-by-play coverage, SiriusXM will provide fans with an extensive schedule of daily golf talk and PGA
Championship analysis throughout Championship week:
During the week of the Championship, SiriusXM's exclusive talk programming lineup will include shows hosted by Dave Stockton , who won the PGA Championship in 1970 and 1976, major champions Mark Calcavecchia , Ben Crenshaw , Hale
Irwin , Larry Mize , and Craig Stadler ,
as well as current and former PGA TOUR pros Pat Perez , Chris
DiMarco , Mark Lye and Carl Paulson .
SiriusXM's programming lineup also features shows hosted by top instructors Hank Haney,
Jim McLean, Larry Rinker and Golf Channel's Michael Breed, distinguished PGA professional Bob Ford, as well as John Feinstein, Debbie Doniger, Matt Adams,
Fred Albers, David Armitage, Michael
Collins, Brian Crowell, Frank Darby, Kyle Gentry, Trey Jones, Conrad Ray,
Jeff Warne and others. Visit www.SiriusXM.com/SiriusXMPGATOURRadio for a daily
schedule.
About SiriusXM
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major car company and on smartphones and other connected devices as well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and
accessories are available from retailers nationwide and online at SiriusXM. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data
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addition, SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to a variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority
interest in SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.8 million subscribers. SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected
vehicles services, 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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