The revolving door for NBC Sports activities’ lead analyst place continues to go round and round.
The community can have Jim “Bones” McKay within the sales space this week on the Mexico Open at Vidanta, which Golfweek first reported.
Will probably be the primary time an energetic caddy serves as a broadcaster for a PGA Tour occasion, as McKay at present loops full-time for Justin Thomas. He has been on Thomas’s bag since 2021, which incorporates Thomas’s 2022 PGA Championship triumph at Southern Hills.
However McKay is not any stranger to broadcasting.
He served as an on-course reporter for NBC and the Golf Channel from 2017-2021, in between his caddying stints for Phil Mickelson and Thomas.
Throughout that span, McKay obtained great reward for his information and perception, lending a perspective not usually heard by golf followers and viewers.
Absolutely, many followers will welcome McKay again with open arms.
For Thursday’s opening spherical of the Mexico Open, McKay will return to his earlier position as an on-course reporter, strolling the course alongside featured teams. Then, for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday’s telecasts, McKay will be part of host Dan Hicks and veteran Brad Faxon within the sales space.
NBC Sports activities has had quite a few personalities fill the void left by Paul Azinger, who departed the community following the Ryder Cup.
At The Sentry and the WM Phoenix Open, PGA Tour fan favourite Kevin Kisner sat alongside host Dan Hicks within the lead analyst chair. His calm, charming demeanor, alongside along with his terrific humorousness, served the published properly.
Brandel Chamblee jumped into the fray, too, serving because the lead analyst at The American Categorical, which noticed beginner Nick Dunlap seize the title.
Paul McGinley and Curt Byrum have sat in that seat, too, lending their good experience to NBC’s viewers.
However McKay’s position with NBC Sports activities will likely be short-lived. With Justin Thomas taking the week off, McKay had a break in his schedule and thus opted to assist his former employer. All indicators point out that this will likely be a one-week gig.
This isn’t essentially new, per se. McKay additionally lent a serving to hand final 12 months on the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Beginner and the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship.
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