Paul Azinger (NBC)
Amanda Balionis (CBS)
Notah Begay (Golf Channel)
Brandel Chamblee (Golf Channel)
David Duval (ESPN)
Extremely knowledgable about what it takes to compete on the highest levels of the PGA Tour, Duval is superb at breaking down what it takes to deliver consistently in the big moments, especially majors. Unfortunately, his voice has very little inflection and excitement and I find myself rapidly traveling to sleepyville when he drones on too much.
Ian Baker-Finch (CBS)
Nick Faldo (CBS)
David Feherty (CBS/Golf Channel)
Terry Gannon (Golf Channel)
Dan Hicks (NBC)
Gary Koch (NBC)
Trevor Immelman (CBS)
Rich Lerner (Golf Channel)
Davis Love III (Formerly with CBS)
He’s better than Melatonin or Sominex. If I need a good snooze on the couch while watching golf, the soft, melodic tones of Love III’s voice sends me quickly to snoozeville. I have always admired Love as a player and Ryder Cup Captain, but he doesn’t bring much dynamism to the broadcast. Like most Pro golfers turned analysts, he noticeably tiptoes around any criticism of his brethren. (DLIII didn’t last long at CBS and announced he was returning to competitive golf). A good move on his part.
Jim “Bones” Mackay (NBC)
The former caddie to Phil Mickelson sounds exactly like, well, a caddie. I like his act and really enjoy his information about reading greens and how to approach certain putts. He seems to improve with each tournament. By the way, Bones’ old employer, Phil Mickelson, made a great appearance on the Saturday telecast of the PGA Championship (2020). Lefty is quite the BS’er and has a great future in broadcasting if he wants it.
Roger Maltbie (NBC)
Jim Nantz (CBS)
Frank Nobilo (CBS)
Andy North (ESPN)
Knowledgeable, professional and comfortable in front of the camera, North, a two-time U.S. Open Champion, seems like a nice guy you’d go to for golf advice. North doesn’t say anything even close to controversial so most television viewers probably couldn’t pick him out of a line-up of popular analysts. He probably gets more recognition from his spokesperson duties for the Square Strike Wedge infomercials, which ran incessantly on golf programming a couple of years ago.
Dottie Pepper (CBS)
Judy Rankin (Golf Channel)
Tom Rinaldi (Fox)
Charlie Rymer
Curtis Strange (ESPN)
Remember, this is the guy who sanctimoniously told a young, confident Tiger Woods in 1996 that “You’ll learn” when referring to Woods’ goal to win every tournament. Strange still appears a bit uncomfortable talking about Tiger after all these years. Curtis also seems like the grouchy old guy at the clubhouse grill who might offer up this kick in the balls to Joe Golfer: “Hey, I won two U.S. Opens and you can’t even break 90, get out of my face with your opinion.”
Mike Tirico (NBC)
Scott Van Pelt (ESPN)
Gary Williams
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