FOX Sports lines up US Open barrage

With its first US Open on deck next week, FOX Sports unveiled its full broadcast schedule and programming plan for the famed tournament with more than 38 hours of live golf action on FOX and FOX Sports 1 in the cards, in addition to continuous live-streaming available throughout the championship on FOX Sports GO. Unofficial coverage launches June 18 at 10:59a when FOX Networks team up to simultaneously show a featured group of golfers hitting their first tee shots from No. 1 at Chambers Bay with all cable networks in the FOX family expected to take part.

The first eight hours of action on June 18 and 19 will be carried on FOX Sports 1 from noon-8p before moving to the local FOX stations for the primetime 8-11p window. Coverage on June 20 and 21 that takes root on FOX from 2-10p on Saturday and 2-10:30p on Sunday. In the event of a tie at the conclusion of Sunday’s final round, an 18-hole playoff then runs on June 22 at 3p on the broadcast channel.

FOX Sports GO’s live streams will also offer ‘bonus’ content on three alternate streams created specifically for the event: the first follows two featured groups on Thursday and Friday and one group on both Saturday and Sunday; the second spotlights holes No. 12 and 15 throughout the week; while the third stream, U.S. Open 360 offers users “a fast-paced, technology-themed, all-access look from the grounds of Chambers Bay, taking viewers behind the scenes and to the action on the course. “

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