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Show televDSDoim specials U.S. Open ... The Biggest Color Remote Ever record 17 cameras will be used Saturday, June 18, and Sunday, June 19 for the networks coverage of the U.S. Open Golf the largest color Championship remote ever attempted in the history of TV sports coverage in the U.S. The networks live color telecast from the beautiful Olympic Country Club in San Francisco will be seen at 6 7:30 p.m., EDT Saturday, June 18, and 6 8 p.m., EDT on Sunday, June 19. Chris Schenkel, Jim McKay, Bill Flemming and former U.S. Open champion Byron Nelson (1939) will be the ABC-Tcommentators. ABC-Twill televise the action on the last five holes each day and also will televise the final holes of should one be necessary, at p.m., EDT, Monday, June 20. This will be the second of golfs "big four" pro tournaments. ABC also will televise live the British Open and the PGA. 17 cameras will One of look down from a blimp, permitting colorful panoramic views of the entire Bay area as well as of the course. By zooming in close, the color camera will illustrate for viewers the relationship of each hole to the entire course. The other color cameras will be located at each tee, fairway and green with one atop the clubhouse. One black and white camera also will be located in the scorers trailer. A by ABC-T- - 4-- 5 ABC-TV- s The list of 151 golfers participating in the 66th U.S. Open will include defnding champion Gary Player and Gene Littler, Jack Nicklaus, Julius Boros and Ken Venturi winners from 1961 through 1964 respectively. Ben Hogan, the only active four-timU.S. Open winner, e also will participate in this year's tourney along with such outstanding performers as Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Gay Brewer, Tony Lema and Doug Sanders. The Olympic Club Lakeside Course lends itself perfectly to color treat- ment. Approximately 30,000 trees dominate the setting of this magnificent championship course, which appears to be carved out of a forest. Almost every hole and fairway is lined by towering trees, some of which reach above 100 feet. The par-7course is 6,727 yards long and afternoon winds from the mile Facific Ocean only exert an from course the away influence on several holes. The 17th hole is generally considered the most difficult for the golfers and thus one of the more , colorful for viewers. The hole rises gradually as it elpar-bows to the left. In 1955, when the hole was played at 461 yards, the starting field of 162 netter 296 over par for 324 tries during the first two rounds. one-hal- f 443-yard- ABC-T- will start following the ac- tion on the 14th green. The 15th hole is a par-3- , and the 16th the longest hole on the is a 604 yard, par 5. course 18th is a short par-4- , only Olympic's 337 yards, featuring a fairway and rough bottlenecks toward the green. Chuck Howard will produce the U.S. Open telecast for ABC and Mac Sidaris and Jim Hemion, Andy Holmes will be the directors. More than 100 people, including production staff, technicians, scorers, runners and telephone company workers will be employed by ABC for its of the tournament. 150-yarde- r - - down-slopin- cov-rag- e |