ABC broadcast golf events for the first time in 1962 when it began televising the Open Championship as part of its anthology series Wide World of Sports.
Meanwhile, the three on-course reporters, which included Judy Rankin and Ed Sneed in addition to Rosburg, would be utilized when prompted by the anchor team.
After his 1986 Masters win, Jack Nicklaus would appear on ABC after the end of his round and served as an analyst for the rest of the telecast.
Marr was dismissed from the network, while Twibell was reassigned to ESPN's golf coverage, although he occasionally hosted on ABC for a few lower-level tournaments.
The network lost the rights to the U.S. Open following an ugly split from the United States Golf Association (USGA) in 1994.
Fox, which had televised just one PGA Tour sanctioned event in its history (the unofficial CVS Charity Classic in 2011), paid $1 billion for full rights to all USGA championships.
[11] On April 23, 2014, Fox Sports announced that Greg Norman would join Joe Buck[12][13] as its lead golf commentary team.
On November 18, 2014, in advance of its coverage of the Franklin Templeton Shootout, Fox announced the full layout of its golf team.
[15] In January 2016, Greg Norman was let go by Fox in response to poor reception towards his performance during the U.S. Open and was replaced by former ESPN analyst Paul Azinger.
[21] This was done in an effort to avoid the occasional logjam caused by a three-man booth, which had been Joe Buck with analysts Paul Azinger and Brad Faxon.
[22] Having reacquired broadcasting rights to USGA championships, NBC was set to air the rescheduled 2020 U.S. Open in September; the tournament had originally been scheduled for June before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.