Your U.S. Open viewing guide

ESPN and NBC play nice and share coverage of the U.S. Open from Torrey Pines this weekend, and both are really pushing the fact that it's the first golf major to have four days in a row of prime-time coverage.
PT, that is, as long as you're not at the actual event.
And be sure to know that if Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are in the final group on Sunday, their tee times could get conveniently pushed back a few minutes so that their entire round will be the East Coast prime-time window, pushing 10 p.m. and beyond.
Here's the golf rundown of the hang glider-less event (they've been banned from hanging out):

Thursday and Friday:
=ESPN: 10 a.m. to noon
=NBC (Channel 4): Noon to 2 p.m.
=ESPN: Returns from 2 to 5 p.m.
Note: ESPN actually starts coverage at 8 a.m. each day with two hours of features, etc.
Saturday:
=NBC (Channel 4): 1 to 7 p.m.
Sunday:
=NBC (Channel 4): noon to 6 p.m. (but could go longer)
Monday:
=If there is an 18-hole playoff, ESPN has the first two hours (noon to 2 p.m.) and NBC has it from 2 to 5 p.m.

Other places to go:
DirecTV and Dish Network: Each has up to six different camera spots to choose from Thursday and Friday on their mix network. One of the spots will be the par 3 No. 3 hole. Another will be on the Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson-Adam Scott group. The service is also available on ESPN360.com.
The Golf Channel: Goes live with interviews, etc., Thursday and Friday (8 to 11 a.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.), Saturday (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m. to noon and 6 to 8 p.m.). Kelly Tilghman hosts online chats on www.golfchannel.com Thursday (9 to 11 a.m.) and Friday (7 to 8 p.m.), while Rich Lerner and Vince Cellini will blog daily.

ESPN's on-air crew: Chris Berman and Mike Tirico host with Curtis Strange, Andy North, Roger Maltbie and Gary Koch. Hole announcers are Bob Murphy, Mark Rolfing, Terry Gannon and Jimmy Roberts. On-course reporters are Tom Rinaldi, Judy Rankin, Dottie Pepper and Bill Kratzert. At the SportsCenter desk is Karl Ravech, North and Scott Van Pelt. Rick Reilly will contribute.

NBC's on-air crew: Bob Costas is the host, joined by Strange and Peter Jacobson. Dan Hicks, Johnny Miller, Koch and Murphy are the tower reporters. On course reporters are Maltbie, Rolfing and Pepper. Jimmy Roberts is hanging around as the essay guy.

Also:
NBC has the "Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge," taped last Friday with Matt Lauer, Justin Timberlake, Tony Romo and contest winner Jon Atkinson, as each tries to break 100 on the course. It airs from 11 a.m. to noon on Sunday. The contest stemmed from Tiger Woods saying it would be nearly impossible for a 10-handicapper to break 100 the way that the course was set up. All four participants have a Handicap Index of less than 10 (Atkinson: 8.1; Lauer: 5.6; Romo: 2.2; Timberlake: 6.0). And we will give away the results (as they played supposedly under strict USGA regulations): Romo (13-over 84) and Timberlake (27-over 98) made it; Lauer (29-over 100) and Atkinson (43-over 114) didn't. Atkinson, a non-smoker, was diagnosed with Stage IV inoperable lung cancer last year at the age of 38.

Production:
Golf Trak and TrackMan technology are being used. Golf Trak uses real-life aerial footage in 3D. TrackMan captures trajectory data from the 6th and 13th holes.