XM Satellite Radio to Broadcast Ryder Cup

The historic Ryder Cup golf tournament will air live across the continental U.S. on XM Satellite Radio channel 146 from the tournament at K Club in Kildare, Ireland, Sept. 22-24, 2006. The broadcast will mark the first time that the Ryder Cup will be carried on satellite radio.

Jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, the biannual event will pit the best golfers of the United States against the best players of Europe. The U.S. Ryder team will be led by the world's top ranked players Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk and team captain Tom Lehman.

"The Ryder Cup is one of the most popular and prestigious sporting events in the world," said Kevin Straley, vice president, talk programming, XM Satellite Radio. "You can hear the entire tournament on XM Radio from coast to coast. The Ryder Cup is one of more than five thousand sporting events broadcast live and nationwide on XM this year."