FOX Sports will broadcast the U.S. Open for a second time – Greg Norman will not be part of the crew. The Shark was let go after one year with FOX. The network was scrutinized for their coverage of last year’s U.S. Open at Chambers Bay – to be fair, Nantz and Miller have been at this for a long time and would make most look green. FOX sports… here’s your mulligan.
U.S. Open Championship coverage begins Thursday, June 16 at 10 a.m. EST on FS1, Joe Buck, Paul Azinger and Brad Faxon will anchor 18th tower at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Hole announcers Mark Brooks and Steve Flesch and on-course reporters Ken Brown, Juli Inkster, Scott McCarron and Curtis Strange provide insight from a variety of perspectives across Oakmont’s fairways and challenging greens. FOX Sports’ U.S. Open preview programming kicks off on Friday, June 10 at 2:05 p.m. EST, when Azinger joins THE HERD WITH COLIN COWHERD on FS1 to reveal and react to the U.S. Open groupings for next week’s opening round.
Highlighted by more than 40 hours of live golf action across the FOX family of networks, FOX Sports airs 22.5 hours on FOX, matching 2015’s inaugural broadcast, up from 19 hours on broadcast television in 2014. Thursday and Friday, June 16 and 17, the first seven hours of action are televised on FS1 from 10 a.m. EST to 5 p.m. EST, before moving to local FOX stations from 5 to 8 p.m. EST. FOX airs coverage from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST on Saturday, June 18 and from 11 a.m. EST to 7:30 p.m. EST on Sunday, June 19. In the event of a tie at the conclusion of Sunday’s final round, an 18-hole playoff airs Monday, June 20 at 12:00 p.m. EST on FOX. In addition, FS1 airs 30-minute wrap-up shows following each of the championship’s four rounds, Thursday through Sunday. FOX Deportes televises 6.5 hours of U.S. Open coverage in Spanish for the second time in the championship’s storied history, from 4 to 7:00 p.m. EST on Saturday and 4 to 7:30 p.m. EST on Sunday.
The full broadcast schedule for championship play follows (all times EST):
- June 16 First Round 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. FS1; 5 to 8 p.m. FOX
- June 17 Second Round 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. FS1; 5 to 8 p.m. FOX
- June 18 Third Round 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. FOX; 4 to 7 p.m. FOX Deportes
- June 19 Final Round 11 to 7:30 p.m. FOX; 4 to 7:30 p.m. FOX Deportes
- June 20 Playoff (if necessary) 12 to 4 p.m. FOX
Check the FOX Sports GO live-stream for updates from the office on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday and Friday, use the FS1 and FOX Sports GO streams. On Saturday and Sunday, use the FOX and FOX Sports GO stream.
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