List of ESPN/ABC golf commentators
Appearance
The following is a list of commentators who have worked for ABC Sports golf coverage and Golf on ESPN coverage from 1962 until the present. Note that golf on both platforms has effectively been presented by the same anchors since ABC's purchase of ESPN in 1984 - where personalities appeared on ESPN only it is noted.
Major events covered
PGA Tour
- Masters Tournament (2008-present on ESPN)[1][2][3]
- PGA Championship (1965-1990 on ABC, 1982-1990 and 2020-present on ESPN)[4][5]
- U.S. Open (1966-1994 on ABC, 1982-2014 on ESPN)[6][7][8][9][10][11]
- The Open Championship (1962-2015 on ABC, 1982-2002 and 2010-2015 on ESPN)[12][13][14][15]
- Tour Championship (1991-2006 on ESPN and ABC)
LPGA
- Kraft Nabisco Championship (1991-2005 on ABC, 1983-2010 on ESPN)
- U.S. Women's Open (1982-2014 on ESPN)[16][17][18]
- Women's British Open (1982-2002 and 2010-2015 on ESPN and 2001-2002 and 2010-2015 on ABC)[19][20][21][22]
- CME Group Tour Championship (2015-2018 on ABC)[23]
Champions Tour
- The Tradition (1997–2002 on ESPN and ABC)
- U.S. Senior Open (1982-2014 on ESPN)
- Senior Open Championship (1982-2002 and 2010-2015 on ESPN, 2003-2015 on ABC)[24][25][26][27]
- Senior PGA Championship (1997–2005 on ESPN and ABC)
- Senior Players Championship (1999–2002 on ESPN and ABC)
- Senior Tour Championship (1997-2000 on ESPN)
Other
- Ryder Cup (1975, 1979, 1983, 1987 on ABC, 2008, 2010 and 2012 on ESPN)[28][29]
- Presidents Cup (1994, 1996, 1998 on ESPN)[30]
- Latin America Amateur Championship (2015-present on ESPN)[31][32]
- Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (2013-present on ESPN)[33]
Play-by-play/host
- Jim McKay (1962-2003)
- Chris Schenkel (1965-1976)
- Bill Flemming (1966, 1981)
- Keith Jackson (1967)
- Henry Longhurst (1967)
- Frank Gifford (1971-1973)
- Jack Whitaker (1982-1995)
- Jim Simpson (1982-1986, ESPN)
- Lou Palmer (1982, ESPN)
- Chris Berman (1986-2014, ESPN)
- Al Trautwig (1987)
- Roger Twibell (1989-1998)
- Brent Musburger (1992-1996)
- Jim Kelly (1994-1998, ESPN)
- Mike Tirico (1997-2015)
- Terry Gannon (2003-2004, 2007-2013)
- Scott Van Pelt (2010-present)
- Sean McDonough (2010-present)
- Bob Wischusen (2010-present, ESPN)
- Dave Flemming (2018-present)
- Matt Barrie (2020-present, ESPN)
Analysts
- Byron Nelson (1966-1975)
- Dave Marr (1970-1991)
- Marilynn Smith (1973)
- Bob Rosburg (1977-2003)
- Cary Middlecoff (1982, ESPN)
- Ed Sneed (1983-1997)
- Bruce Devlin (1983-1987, ESPN)
- John Schroeder (1984)
- Peter Alliss (1987-2015)
- Jack Nicklaus (1986-1995)
- Jerry Pate (1988-1993)
- Judy Rankin (1989-2018)
- Mark Rolfing (1992-1997)
- Steve Melnyk (1992-2004)
- Andy North (1992-present)
- Peter Jacobsen (1993)
- Curtis Strange (1996-2003, 2008-present)
- Ian Baker-Finch (1997-2006)
- Mark McCumber (1998)
- Charlie Rymer (1998-2008, ESPN)
- Billy Ray Brown (1999-2006)
- Brandel Chamblee (2003)
- Hal Sutton (2004)
- Nick Faldo (2005-2007)
- Paul Azinger (2005-2015)
- Billy Kratzert (2006-present)
- Tom Watson (2008-2011)
- Tom Weiskopf (2009-2012)
- Rocco Mediate (2010)
- Colin Montgomerie (2010)
- Olin Browne (2011-2012, 2020-present)
- Ken Brown (2011)
- Jane Crafter (2011-2012, 2020-present)
- Dottie Pepper (2013-present, ESPN)
- David Duval (2012-2014, 2020-present)
- Colt Knost (2020-present)
- Mark Brooks (2020-present)
- Jason Bohn (2020-present)
- Stuart Appleby (2020-present)
Interviews and Essays
- Gary Smith (2000-2002)
- Tom Rinaldi (2006-present)
- Wendi Nix (2010)
- Rick Reilly (2010-2015)
- Gene Wojciechowski (2010-present)
References
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