We had a very busy last week in the ATVN Sports family!
In addition to broadcasting our usual Blue Mountain League Baseball “Game of the Week,” our cameras were out at several Lehigh Valley and Northampton County league baseball games, featuring teams and players in our viewing area that we’re featuring on our “SportsTalk” program.
Then, we’ve spent the last few days at the 42nd U.S. Senior Open held at Saucon Valley Country Club, interviewing officials with both the USGA and the SVCC, local fans and business people in attendance, as well as some of the biggest “golf names” in the world.A few observations from the championship…
- The people from the USGA, MSG productions and the Saucon Valley Country Club themselves were absolute joys to work with all week long. This was the third time I covered a major event at this site and each time the people get more and more accommodating and great to work with in covering the event. It was great to meet some new faces for the first time at this year’s major but also good to catch up with some familiar ones from the previous championship back in 2009 when it hosted an LPGA major.
- I got to speak with a large number of spectators, not only from our coverage area but also from New Jersey, New York and Central Pennsylvania. While it was great hearing compliments from people who traveled in specifically to see this event, it was also wonderful to hear and even see the genuine pride felt by the Lehigh Valley residents in attendance. I honestly did not come across one person who had a major negative about the event. It was awesome to see the Valley represented on a national scale and have so many local spectators be part of such a successful accomplishment.
- Although one-time Pennsylvania resident Jim Furyk was one of the hometown favorites (I particularly enjoyed speaking with him about fishing during his down time), the international field of competitors was all incredibly generous with their time and wonderful to speak with … on and off the record.
It was truly a great experience all the way around, as was my previous PGA/USGA coverage experiences, and I look forward to hopefully covering another major golf event in the near future.
Below, here are some photos I took from this past weekend’s championship…
We’ll have much more on this weekend’s activities for this year’s U.S. Senior Open Championship, coming up on our next “SportsTalk” program. Co-hosting the show with me will be The Morning Call’s Golf Writer Tom Housenick to recap the proceedings.
Tune in Thursday or set your DVRs to catch all of our exclusive interviews and behind the scenes footage of this major golf championship!
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