If you have been driving around the Lehigh Valley over the last couple weeks, you probably noticed a sudden surge in the billboards promoting the 42nd US Senior Open Championship being held at Saucon Valley Country Club this June.
The defending champion is someone who was born in our Delaware Valley viewing area – Jim Furyk.
Among his most impressive career accomplishments: he is one of just eight golfers EVER to win both a U. S. Open title and a U. S. Senior Open championship.
He also still boasts the tour record with a score of 58 set back in 2016 at the Travelers Championship.
I had the chance to meet Jim last week as he stopped by the Saucon Valley Country Club to get an early bird’s look at the course ahead of next month’s U. S. Senior Championship in Bethlehem.
You can see our interview with Jim on this week’s “ATVN SportsTalk.”
In addition to our interview with Furyk, tune in this Thursday at 7pm as ATVN’s Scott Barr joins me to recap last week’s Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and Colonial League baseball playoffs action.
If you tune in, you’ll know that we had some very entertaining ball games!
Hats off to our crew for bringing you all the action, but especially the championship day of baseball. Their day started last Thursday morning and we first came on the air at 3:30pm, but because of rain earlier in the day and delays in repairing the fields, the first pitch of our first game didn’t start until 4:24 pm and I signed off the air at 11:33pm (the second game went 10 innings!).
Between curfew issues, stadium lights potentially turning off, great plays and interesting in-game decisions, we will have PLENTY to discuss on Thursday’s show.
We’ll also be looking ahead to next week’s District XI postseason coverage which will be live on the Astound Broadband TV Network. Make sure you bookmark our website for the latest programming information on our schedule for next week.
Don’t forget to chime in with a question or comment during our live show or suggestions of which teams we should try to focus on this summer by emailing us.
Now, here’s our next installment of the best plays from our ATVN sports broadcast season to date:
- Astound Sports: Notre Dame vs. WIlson (3/22)
- Astound Sports: Bangor vs. Bethlehem Catholic (3/22)
- Astound Sports: Northampton vs. Fox Chapel (3/22)
- Astound Sports: Parkland vs. Pennwood (3/22)
- Astound Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Lehighton (3/22)
Come back next week for more information on ATVN’s coverage of local sports in our area and also to see more of our top highlights from the past sports season to see if your favorite teams and players make our weekly list! We’ll also have more information on the local summer basketball programs that kicked off last week.
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