List of NBC Sports golf commentators
The following is a list of television personalities for NBC Sports Group's telecasts of golf, which are carried by NBC and Golf Channel.
Current announcers[1]
PGA Tour (NBC)
- Hosts: Dan Hicks / Steve Sands
- Analysts: Paul Azinger / Gary Koch / David Feherty / Justin Leonard
- Reporters: Roger Maltbie / Notah Begay / John Wood / Jim "Bones" Mackay
- Interviews: Kathryn Tappen[2]
- Essays: Jimmy Roberts
PGA Tour (Golf Channel & Golf Channel/CBS shared events)[lower-alpha 1]
- Hosts: Terry Gannon / Steve Sands / Whit Watson
- Analysts: Trevor Immelman / Curt Byrum
- Reporters: Arron Oberholser / John Cook / Phil Blackmar
LPGA Tour (Golf Channel)
- Hosts: Grant Boone
- Analysts: Judy Rankin / Morgan Pressel / Paige Mackenzie / Tom Abbott
- Reporters: Jerry Foltz / Karen Stupples / Kay Cockerill / Jim Gallagher
PGA Tour Champions (Golf Channel)
- Hosts: Bob Papa
- Analysts: Lanny Wadkins / Peter Jacobsen
- Reporters: Billy Ray Brown
Korn Ferry Tour (Golf Channel)
- Hosts: Steve Burkowski
- Analysts: Craig Perks
- Reporters: Gary Christian
- Golf Channel and CBS shared events also feature select PGA Tour on CBS talent.
Previous announcers
Hosts
- Don Criqui
- Dick Enberg (1995–1999)
- Bill Flemming – While at NBC, Flemming called the U.S. Open golf tournament in 1957.
- Bryant Gumbel (1990)
- Charlie Jones (1991-1992)
- Jim Lampley (1993-1994)
- Bill Mazer
- Jay Randolph
- Vin Scully (1983–1989) – Scully hosted coverage of The Players Championship and The Skins Game in 1989, having called the latter since he first came to NBC in 1983. KYW-TV in Philadelphia notably refused to televise the 1983 event, the inaugural Skins Game and Scully’s first involvement in golf since his time with the PGA Tour on CBS, where he had called The Masters until 1982.
- Jim Simpson
Analysts
- John Brodie (1981–1998)
- Bruce Devlin (1977–1982)
- Gary Hallberg
- Brad Faxon (2010)
- Dave Marr (1995–1997)
- Johnny Miller (1990–2019)
- Bob Murphy (2000–2009)
- Debbie Steinbach
- Bob Toski
- Lee Trevino (1983–1989)
- Bob Trumpy (1990–1996)
Reporters
- Mark McCumber (1991–1994)
- Dan Pohl (1995–1997)
- John Schroeder (1991–1999)
- Ed Sneed (2000–2004)
- Dottie Pepper (2005–2012)
Interviewers
- Bob Costas (U.S. Open, 2003–2013)
- Dan Patrick (The Players Championship, 2009–2012)
- Josh Elliott (The Players Championship, 2014–2015)
References
- "Golf Channel bios". Golf Channel. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- "Hot Mic: NBC Golf adds Kathryn Tappen as lead interviewer for 2022".
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