TV

SCHEDULE

* Today--NBC, noon-2 p.m.; ESPN 2-7:30 p.m.

* Friday--NBC, noon-2 p.m.; ESPN 2-7:30 p.m.

* Saturday--NBC, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

* Sunday--NBC, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

* Highlights--ESPN, nightly, 9-10

NBC FACTS

* Cameras: NBC has 47 cameras at Pebble Beach.

* Cable: Has put down 100,000 feet (almost 19 miles) of camera cable

* Units: Has four mobile units on site.

* Staff: Has a production and technical staff of 170.

* Noteworthy: By comparison, NBC is using 22 cameras to cover the NBA finals, two mobile units, 40,000 feet of cable and has a production and technical staff of 150.

FEATURES

* Among the features NBC has planned are a Payne Stewart retrospective, scheduled to be shown today.

* A piece to be shown sometime during NBC’s coverage is Phil Mickelson’s experience last year, when he lost to Stewart by a stroke on the final hole. Mickelson and his wife Amy had their first child, Amanda, the day after the Open.

TRIVIA

FORWARD TEES (1 POINT)

* 1. Who is the oldest player to win the U.S. Open?

* 2. Who was the last European to win the U.S. Open?

* 3. Name the only player to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and the U.S. Open in the same year.

* 4. Which player won or was runner-up eight times in a nine-year period?

* 5. Who won the last time the U.S. Open went to a playoff?

* 6. Nine players have won three legs of the career Grand Slam. Which one is missing only the U.S. Open?

MEMBERS TEES (3 POINTS)

* 7. Name the only player to lose three U.S. Opens in a playoff.

* 8. This player’s only victory in the 1950s was a U.S. Open.

* 9. Who was the last player to complete the USGA-double by winning the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open?

* 10. Of the three men who have shot 63 in the U.S. Open, name the only player who didn’t go on to win.

* 11. Name the only player to finish second in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in the same year.

* 12. In the past 90 years, only one player has won the U.S. Open at the same course twice. Who is he?

CHAMPIONSHIP TEES (5 POINTS)

* 13. Who was the last player to win the U.S. Open with a 72-hole score over par?

* 14. Name the two players who went 11 years between U.S. Open victories.

* 15. Who was the last player to win in his first U.S. Open?

* 16. How many players have won consecutive U.S. Opens?

* 17. Who was the first American-born player to win the U.S. Open?

* 18. Who are the only two players to win the U.S. Open with four rounds in the 60s?

19TH HOLE (10 POINTS)

* Bonus: Which player set the U.S. Open record with a nine-hole 29, then matched it a year later?

ANSWERS

* 1. Hale Irwin, 45.

* 2. Englishman Tony Jacklin in 1970.

* 3. Jack Nicklaus in 1972.

* 4. Bobby Jones.

* 5. Ernie Els in 1994.

* 6. Sam Snead.

* 7. Arnold Palmer.

* 8. Jack Fleck, who beat Ben Hogan in a playoff.

* 9. Jerry Pate in 1976.

* 10. Tom Weiskopf.

* 11. Jeff Sluman in 1992.

* 12. Jack Nicklaus at Baltusrol (1967, 1980).

* 13. Andy North, 1-over 285, at Cherry Hills in 1985.

* 14. Julius Boros (1952-1963) and Hale Irwin (1979-1990).

* 15. Francis Ouimet in 1913.

* 16. Six. Willie Anderson (1903-05), John McDermott (1911-12), Bobby Jones (1929-30), Ralph Guldahl (1937-38), Ben Hogan (1950-51), Curtis Strange (1988-89).

* 17. John McDermott.

* 18. Lee Trevino (1968 at Oak Hill) and Lee Janzen (1993 at Baltusrol).

* 19. Neal Lancaster.

SCORING

* 55-64--Grand Slam.

* 45-54--Open champion.

* 35-44--Sunday contender.

* 25-34--Amateur status.

* 11-24-- Missed the cut.

* 0-10--Sell the clubs.