U.S. Women’s Open Golf First, Second Rounds Live on ESPN Platforms

With the national championship of women’s golf being showcased in the New York City area, ESPN2 and WatchESPN will air four hours of live play in both of the first two rounds of the U.S. Women’s Open from the Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., on Thursday and Friday, June 27-28.

Coverage will air from 3-7 p.m. ET each day. The event is being held on golf-rich Long Island for the first time in its 68-year history and the Sebonack course, jointly designed by Jack Nicklaus and Tom Doak and only seven years old, is hosting its first championship golf event.

The stellar field of players is expected to include defending U.S. Women’s Open champion Na Yeon Choi, who won last year’s event in Kohler, Wis., as well as 2011 champion So Yeon Ryu and 2010 winner Paula Creamer. Na Yeon Choi will try to become the first player since Karrie Webb in 2001 to win the prestigious championship in consecutive years.

Also expected to compete are World No. 1 Inbee Park and top-ranked players Stacy Lewis and Suzann Pettersen.

Sean McDonough will anchor ESPN’s coverage, joined for analysis by World Golf Hall of Famer Judy Rankin and two-time women’s major winner Dottie Pepper. ESPN’s U.S. Women’s Open team for the Thursday and Friday telecasts also will include two-time U.S. Open champion Andy North, who will report from the course.   

The U.S. Women’s Open on ESPN Digital Platforms

WatchESPN

All Women’s U.S. Open programming on ESPN2 and ESPN3 is also available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox and Apple TV via WatchESPN, accessible to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliate provider including Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast Xfinity TV, Midcontinent Communications, Cablevision, Cox, Charter Communications and AT&T U-verse.

espnW.com

espnW’s mission is to connect female fans with the sports they love and follow and espnW.com will offer extensive coverage of the U.S. Women’s Open. Reporter Mechelle Voepel will be on-site at Sebonack with daily coverage and blogs by ESPN golf analyst Dottie Pepper will preview the event, examine the field after the cut and recap when it’s completed. espnW also will have a live scoreboard with hole-by-hole updates and video highlights.

The centerpiece feature leading up to the event, “Shots Heard Round the World,” recalls eight of the greatest shots in U.S. Women’s Open history. Among them: Birdie Kim holing out from the bunker on the 18th hole for a stunning victory at Cherry Hills; Se Ri Pak taking her shoes and socks off and wading into the water to hit a shot in the rough on the edge of the water, a miraculous save that extended the match; and Annika Sorenstam holing out from the fairway on the 18th hole of her last major, sending the crowd into a frenzy.

LPGA star Cristie Kerr knows the course at Sebonack well and in another feature tells readers where the course plays tough, where players can take advantage and how the course sets up.

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Media Contact: Andy Hall, 386-492-2246 or andy.hall@espn.com