Paul McGinley had a trial run on NBC during the Hero World Challenge, the Tiger Woods-run event in Bahamas.
Coincidentally, just as Tiger prepares to tee it up again at this week’s PNC Championship, there’s more news regarding the vacant analyst role on the network’s golf coverage.
NBC Sports is eyeing Geoff Ogilvy to replace Paul Azinger with an announcement coming within the next week, according to a Sports Business Journal report.
Ogilvy turned pro in 1998 and went on to win eight PGA Tour events plus four on the now-DP World Tour. His high-water mark was claiming the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. A three-time member of the International Team in the Presidents Cup, he has also been a vice captain during the last three biennial competitions against the U.S. There’s still talk he’ll one day captain the Internationals.
Ogilvy is also busy with his budding golf course architecture firm, OCM, which is tasked with getting Medinah ready for the 2026 Presidents Cup outside of Chicago.
In an October Q&A with Golfweek‘s Adam Schupak, Ogilvy was asked: “How are you not doing TV because I think you’d be great at it?”
His answer: “I don’t really want to. Would you like to talk to Brandel?,” he quipped. “I like Brandel off camera. He came on our podcast (Fire Pit Collective) and he was great. He sounded like a human. He tries too hard to sound smart. His stats and research is over the top. You can’t tell him anything. But I guess that’s what is required from the analyst on a show like that. So, in that case, he probably does a good job. It’s just not really my speed.
When asked a follow-up about perhaps getting involved in a Manning-cast style golf show, Ogilvy said: “That would be fun. I’d do that during the majors. To me, I think that’s the future for golf on TV. Golf needs to do more of that.”
NBC declined comment to Golfweek on Friday.
