Golf announcers do not often defect from one network to another, so David Feherty’s move from CBS Sports to NBC and Golf Channel is unusual. Jim McKay made the move from CBS more than a half-century ago to join Roone Arledge’s fledgling ABC Sports. Steve Melnyk also left CBS for ABC in the early 1990s. More recently, Ian Baker-Finch made the reverse move, departing ESPN and ABC for CBS.
An on-course reporter for 19 years at CBS, Feherty is known for his Irish accent and off-kilter approach to golf commentary, as well as for speaking candidly about his depression and alcoholism.