Joe Buck, Paul Azinger and Brad Faxon lead Fox’s coverage

With the U.S. Open just two days away from teeing off, FOX Sports revealed its full programming schedule and crew of broadcasters for golf’s second major championship of the year, set for June 14-17 at New York’s Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

FOX will feature more than 160 hours of live coverage, highlighted by over 45 hours on the FOX Sports family of networks, including 23.5 hours scheduled for the FOX broadcast network. Coverage begins Tuesday, June 12 at 4:30 PM ET on FS1 with a new “Celebration of Champions” event, an exhibition featuring reigning USGA champions playing in a foursomes competition.

The main broadcast starts Thursday with the tournament’s opening round, televised on FS1 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM ET, before moving to the FOX broadcast network from 4:30 to 7:30 PM. The following day, second-round action airs on FS1 from 10 AM to 4:30 PM, before shifting to FOX from 4:30 to 7:30 PM ET. FOX televises third round coverage from 11 AM ET to 7:30 PM on Saturday, followed by final-round coverage from 10 AM ET to 7 PM ET on Sunday. FOX Deportes will televise six hours of U.S. Open coverage in Spanish, from 4:30 to 7:30 PM ET on Saturday and 4 to 7 PM ET on Sunday. FOX Sports’ full U.S. Open coverage can be heard live on the radio via the FOX Sports SiriusXM channel (Channel 83).

Leading FOX Sports’ 2018 U.S. Open coverage is seven-time Emmy Award winner Joe Buck, who returns for his fourth championship and is joined in the 18th Tower for the third year by 1993 PGA Championship winner and lead analyst Paul Azinger. Play-by-play announcer Shane Bacon and eight-time PGA Tour winner Brad Faxon also contribute to the call throughout the championship.

Two-time U.S. Open Champion Curtis Strange returns as an on-course commentator and is joined on the fairways by four-time PGA Tour winner Steve Flesch, PGA Tour veteran Brett Quigley and four-time European Tour winner Ken Brown. Brown also brings Shinnecock Hills to life with his popular “Brownie Points” series throughout the week.

Holly Sonders hosts studio coverage throughout the championship, while reporter Shane O’Donoghue conducts pre- and post-round interviews. Renowned course architect Gil Hanse provides course and design analysis, and former USGA Executive Director David Fay weighs in as rules expert.

Related Stories

Whoopi Goldberg and cast mates will take The Stand on CBS All Access Dec. 17

whoopi-goldberg

The Stand, CBS All Access’ television adaptation of the storied 1978 Stephen King novel, will debut December 17. Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgard, James Marsden, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo and Amber Heard, the limited series unfolds around King’s apocalyptic struggle between good and evil after a plague destroys most of the country. Ben Cavell serves […]

McKinnon lands unprecedented Exotic deal

Get ready cats and kittens. Joe Exotic (working title), UCP’s limited series starring and exec-produced by Kate McKinnon, scored a straight-to-series order by both the NBCU television and streaming divisions. In an unprecedented move, project will roll out across broadcast net NBC, streamer Peacock, and a basic cable net USA. Series is based on the […]

Cat’s meow: Quaid will star in his own animal rescue story

Cat's meow: Quaid will star in his own animal rescue story

Dennis Quaid is the cat’s meow. He’s partnering with ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures for unscripted TV project Saving Dennis Quaid, which he’ll star in and exec produce. Project documents the animal lover’s recent headline-making pet rescue where he and partner Jimmy Jellinek set out on a mission to adopt a 6-year-old black cat from Lynchburg, […]

Turner Sports Shaq’s up

Big news at Turner Sports, as the company lands a multiyear extension of its partnership with Shaquille O’Neal. Shaq’s expanded role gains the Basketball Hall of Famer more airtime, including on TNT’s Inside the NBA and NBA on TNT, as well as contributions to NBA.com. He also will develop projects throughout the WarnerMedia portfolio including […]

The Tonys go digital

The Tonys go digital

The 74th Annual Tony Awards ceremony will go on, presented digitally sometime in the fall. Date and platform are TBA. The event had originally been scheduled for June 7, but was replaced by plans for a streaming special on the same date due to COVID-19. That special was postponed amid unrest over the George Floyd […]

CynCity

Cynsiders

Instagram