Golf telecasts have aired onNBC since 1954, with some of its earliest telecasts having included the1954 U.S. Open, and the first televised coverage of theRyder Cup in 1959.

Presently, NBC televises around 8PGA Tour events per-season, alternating withCBS on theFedEx Cup Playoffs since 2022. It also serves as the broadcast television outlet for two of themen's majors, theU.S. Open andThe Open Championship. NBC has occasionally aired coverage for selectedEuropean Tour andLPGA events, although the majority of these tours' events are broadcast by sister networkGolf Channel.

After NBC's parent companyNBC Universal was acquired byComcast–owner of Golf Channel –in February 2011, the channel's operations were merged directly into NBC Sports, and golf broadcasts on NBC took on theGolf Channel on NBC branding.

Since 2022, due to the realignments of NBC Sports output stemming from the launch ofPeacock, closure ofNBCSN, the move of cable rights to majors toUSA Network, and NBC's renewed PGA Tour contract, theGolf Channel on NBC title was dropped, and all golf telecasts acrossNBCUniversal properties (including Golf Channel) are now billed asNBC Sports telecasts on-air.

NBC first began televising golf events after it was awarded the television rights to theU.S. Open in1954 withLindsey Nelson anchoring the coverage from the 18th hole tower. In1959, NBC provided the first ever telecast (airing two hours of highlights) of theRyder Cup. The1962 U.S. Open, marked the first time that NBC covered golf on a Sunday. The U.S. Open continued to air on the network through the1965 event, however NBC rebuffed a long-term deal to broadcast the event when theUnited States Golf Association (USGA) decided on a true contract in1966.

The network, however, did televise a handful of PGA Tour events over the following decades. For example, NBC's broadcast of the1962Tournament of Champions as the firstcolor golf telecast.Five years later, NBC broadcast theHawaiian Open Golf Tournament, which was the first live color sports transmission fromHawaii to the U.S. mainland.

In1983, NBC televised the firstSkins Game ever held, withVin Scully andBen Crenshaw serving as announcers for the tournament broadcast. From 1983 to 1989, Scully^[1] juggled duties for both golf andMajor League Baseball telecasts for NBC, usually teaming withLee Trevino. The only notable affiliate not to televise the first event wasKYW-TV (now aCBSowned-and-operated station) inPhiladelphia.

In1991, coverage of the Skins Game moved toABC Sports, after NBC obtained the rights to broadcastNotre Dame college football games.

After Vin Scully left NBC Sports following the network's loss of the Major League Baseball package toCBS,Bryant Gumbel, who was still co-hostingToday at the time, took over as NBC's primary golf anchor. In 1991, Gumbel was replaced byCharlie Jones and subsequently,Dick Enberg and (after the former left NBC Sports for CBS in the year 2000)Dan Hicks.

TheAmerican Century Celebrity Golf Classic was held in1990^[2] and sponsored by NBC, which broadcasts the second- and third-round coverage. The gameNBC Sports Real Golf was unveiled at the 17th annual American Century Championship Celebrity Golf Event and promoted during NBC's broadcast of the event. NBC generally televised around five regular PGA Tour events per season at this time.

In1991, the network acquired the broadcast rights to theRyder Cup.^[3][4]

In1995, NBC Sports acquired rights to the USGA championships, including the U.S. Open,^[5] fromESPN/ABC. ESPN retained rights to a portion of the weekday coverage, however NBC was the dominant rightsholder, including exclusive coverage of the weekend rounds. This took NBC's coverage to a new level, and marked the first time in the modern era of television that the network had televised a major championship. NBC, and its lead analystJohnny Miller (who joined NBC in1990), became synonymous with the U.S. Open, televising it for the next 20 years, through2014.^[6]

In January 2006, the PGA Tour announced a new set of television deals covering 2007 to 2012, increase the number of events covered by NBC Sports from five to ten. The deal also renewed broadcast deals for the Ryder Cup and theUSGA Championships, including the U.S. Open.^[7] NBC is the only network which provide four days of major tournament coverage (CBS, which airs theMasters and thePGA Championship, only provides weekend coverage of its tournaments; starting in 2010, theOpen Championship would not be aired live on a major broadcast network at all, with all four rounds airing onESPN and ABC providing only edited highlights of the event).

NBC carried the weekend coverage of theJELD-WEN Tradition in 2007, 2009 and 2010. Golf Channel covered the early rounds (and all four rounds in 2008 whileNBC carried theSummer Olympic Games fromBeijing). NBC carried atape delayed broadcast of theWorld Series of Golf, which was held from May 13 to 16, 2007, on June 23 and 24 of that year; the 2008 event of the series, played from May 12 to 15, and was televised by CBS on June 28 and 29.

In 2007,The Shark Shootout was moved to December, and was broadcast live by bothGolf Channel and NBC. The event was originally broadcast in the United States by sister cable channelUSA Network, and CBS – with USA broadcasting the first round on a tape-delayed basis, and CBS handling the second round live. The final round was not broadcast live to the entire country, as CBS' commitment to theNFL only allowed the round as it took place to air in the Eastern andCentral Time Zones, with the rest of the U.S. seeing the event beginning at 4:00 p.m.Eastern Time.

In January 2011,Comcast, owners of Golf Channel, acquired a majority stake in the NBC network's parent companyNBC Universal. Comcast's existing sports properties were merged into the NBC Sports division, allowing Golf Channel to pool its personalities and other personnel with NBC. As a result of this synergy, Golf Channel took over production of NBC's golf telecasts, which were now co-branded under the "Golf Channel on NBC" banner, beginning at the2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, with a co-branded logo adding theNBC peacock to Golf Channel's existing logo (the co-branded presentation would also migrate to Golf Channel proper shortly afterward).^[8]

While most golf broadcasts on NBC used Golf Channel's on-air branding as graphics packages as a result of the changes,the Players Championship, Ryder Cup and USGA tournaments maintain the distinctive theme music that NBC used prior to the rebranding (such as the theme fromThe Man from Snowy River for the Players, andYanni's "In Celebration of Man" for the U.S. Open, which, with a rearrangement, was also temporarily used for the Open Championship).^[9][10]

In both 2013 and 2014, NBC broadcast weekend coverage of theAberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open from Scotland. The 2013 event was played at Castle Stuart nearInverness, while the 2014 event was hosted by Royal Aberdeen, nearAberdeen. Coverage of the tournament during both years was anchored by Rich Lerner, and the action was called by lead European Tour announcerDougie Donnelly and Golf Channel's lead PGA Tour analystFrank Nobilo.

In August 2013, the USGA signed a broadcasting contract withFox Sports, effective with the 2015 tournament season, ending NBC's relationship with the association after 20 years. Fox, which by the time of its first U.S. Open will have televised just two PGA Tour sanctioned events in its history (the unofficialCVS Caremark Charity Classic in 2011 and the unofficialFranklin Templeton Shootout in 2014), paidUS$1 billion for the exclusive rights to all USGA championship events. Johnny Miller expressed disappointment at the loss, saying that he "had a feeling" NBC would not retain the rights, and that Fox would not be able to "fall out of a tree and do the U.S. Open".^[11] The2014 U.S. Open atPinehurst Resort was the network's 20th, and final, U.S. Open telecast in the modern era.

On June 8, 2015, it was announced that NBC and Golf Channel had acquired rights toThe Open Championship under a 12-year deal, replacing ESPN.The R&A was, reportedly, won over by NBC's rights fee (which is approximately doubled in comparison to ESPN), and the performance of NBC'sbroadcasts of thePremier League, which air in a similar weekend morning time slot in the U.S.. The deal restored a men's major back to NBC for the first time since 2014, gave Golf Channel coverage of its first-ever major, and returned the Open to broadcast network television.^[12] Originally stated to begin in 2017, it was reported on October 12, 2015, that ESPN had opted out the final year of its contract to NBC, thus causing NBC coverage to begin in 2016 instead, mirroring a similar move by the BBC (who opted out to new rightsholderSky Sports).^[13][14]

In January 2016, former CBS analystDavid Feherty joined NBC to become a full-time contributor for its coverage and Golf Channel. Feherty already hosted aself-titled interview series for Golf Channel.^[15][16] Long-time ESPN personalityMike Tirico made his on-air debut with NBC during the2016 Open Championship.^[17]

NBC and Golf Channel broadcast the revivedgolf tournaments at the2016 Summer Olympics, as part ofNBC's coverage of the Games. NBC staff served as the host broadcaster for the golf events on behalf ofOlympic Broadcasting Services (OBS).^[18]

In 2020, NBC renewed its rights to the PGA Tour through 2030 under an eight-year deal beginning in 2022. While NBC will still air an average of 8 tournaments per-year, coverage of the final three FedEx Cup playoff events will now alternate between CBS and NBC.^[19][20]

On June 29, 2020, it was announced that Fox had withdrawn from its contract to carry USGA tournaments, and had sold the remaining seven years of the contract to NBC Sports^[21] through 2027. It was reported thatthe rescheduling of the majors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was a factor in the decision (Fox had reportedly proposed moving the2020 U.S. Open exclusively toFS1 to overcome conflicts with weekendcollege football and theNFL), and that Fox had originally discussed working with NBC before negotiating the withdrawal instead.^[22][23][24] The first event televised under the new contract was the 2020U.S. Women's Amateur.^[25]

In November 2021, it was announced that early round coverage of the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open, The Open Championship, and the Women's Open, will be moved from Golf Channel toUSA Network beginning in 2022.^[26]

PGA Tour, annual coverage

• The Sentry (2013–present; except 2018)
• Sony Open in Hawaii (2015; 2023–present)
• Cognizant Classic (1982–present)
• Arnold Palmer Invitational (1974–present)
• The Players Championship (1988–2019, 2021–present)
• WGC-Dell Match Play (2007–2019, 2021–present)
• Texas Children's Houston Open (2007–2018, 2024–present)
• Valero Texas Open (2013–2015, 2019, 2021–present)
• The Open Championship (2016–2019, 2021–present)
• Valspar Championship (2007–2019, 2022–present)

Tournaments alternated withCBS

• NBC Tournaments airing on CBS because of Winter Olympics
  • Honda Classic (2018)
  • WGC-Dell Match Play Championship (2010,2014)
• CBS Tournaments airing on NBC because of Super Bowl
  • Phoenix Open:2007,2013,2016,2019,2021,2024
  • Los Angeles Open:2010
• FedEx Cup playoff tournaments (in even-numbered years)
  • St. Jude Championship (2022–present)
  • BMW Championship (2007–present, even-numbered years starting in 2022)
  • The Tour Championship (2007–present, even-numbered years starting in 2022)

USGA

• U.S. Open (1954–1965, 1995–2014, 2020–present)
• U.S. Senior Open (1995–2014, 2021–present)
• U.S. Women's Open (1995–2014, 2020–present)
• U.S. Amateur (1995–2014, 2020–present)

LPGA Tour

• Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (2019–present)
• CME Group Tour Championship (2019–present)

Majors and special events

• Ryder Cup (1991–present)
• Presidents Cup (2000–present)
• Senior PGA Championship (1990–present)
• Hero World Challenge (2007–present)
• PNC Father/Son Challenge (1995–2008, 2012–present)
• American Century Championship (1990–present)
• KPMG Women's PGA Championship (2015–present)
• The Evian Championship (2013–present)
• Women's British Open (2016–present)
• Senior Open Championship (2016–present)
• The Solheim Cup (1994–2002, 2017–present)
• Augusta National Women's Amateur (2019–present)
• Grant Thornton Invitational (2007–2013, 2017–present)
• The Chevron Championship (1978–1990, 2023–present)

• Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (1960s–1998)
• Farmers Insurance Open (until 1998)
• Northern Trust Open (2010, CBSSuper Bowl year)
• BellSouth Classic (1999–2006)
• Zurich Classic of New Orleans (1975–1998, 2007–2008)
• WGC-Cadillac Championship/Doral Open (1999–2016)
• Houston Open (2007–2018)
• The Tradition (2007–2010)
• Travelers Championship (1982–1983, partial coverage in 2024 on CNBC produced by CBS Sports)
• Senior Players Championship (2007–2009)
• Sony Open in Hawaii (2015)
• UL International Crown (2016)
• WGC-Mexico Championship (2017–2021)

European Tour

• Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open (2013–2021)

The following is a list of television personalities for NBC Sports Group's telecasts of golf, which are carried byNBC andGolf Channel.^[27]

• Hosts:Dan Hicks /Terry Gannon
• Analysts:Kevin Kisner /Brad Faxon
• Reporters:Jim "Bones" Mackay /Smylie Kaufman / John Wood
• Interviewers: Damon Hack

• Hosts:Steve Sands / George Savaricas
• Analysts:Curt Byrum /Johnson Wagner /Graham DeLaet
• Reporters:Arron Oberholser /Billy Ray Brown /Tripp Isenhour

• Hosts: Grant Boone /Tom Abbott
• Analysts:Morgan Pressel
• Reporters:Karen Stupples /Kay Cockerill /Paige Mackenzie

• Hosts:Bob Papa
• Analysts:Paul Azinger /Peter Jacobsen
• Reporters:John Cook /John Maginnes

• Hosts: Shane Bacon
• Analysts:James Nitties
• Reporters: Emilia Doran

• Hosts: Rich Lerner / Cara Banks / Anna Jackson / Steve Burkowski
• Analysts:Brandel Chamblee /Johnson Wagner /Jim Gallagher /Tripp Isenhour
• Reporters: Todd Lewis /Kira Dixon / Rex Hoggard

^Commentators may occasionally serve in roles other than those listed above. Additional commentators are occasionally used.

• Don Criqui
• Dick Enberg (1995–1999)
• Bill Flemming – While at NBC, Flemming called theU.S. Open golf tournament in1957.
• Bryant Gumbel (1990)
• Charlie Jones (1991–1992)
• Jim Lampley (1993–1994)
• Bill Mazer
• Jay Randolph
• Vin Scully (1983–1989) – Scully hosted coverage ofThe Players Championship andThe Skins Game in 1989, having called the latter since he first came to NBC in 1983.KYW-TV inPhiladelphia notably refused to televise the 1983 event, the inaugural Skins Game and Scully's first involvement in golf since his time with thePGA Tour on CBS, where he had calledThe Masters until 1982.
• Jim Simpson

• 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)

• Mark McCumber (1991–1994)
• Dan Pohl (1995–1997)
• John Schroeder (1991–1999)
• Ed Sneed (2000–2004)
• Dottie Pepper (2005–2012)

• Bob Costas (U.S. Open, 2003–2013)
• Dan Patrick (The Players Championship, 2009–2012)
• Josh Elliott (The Players Championship, 2014–2015)

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