This week in Fort Worth, Texas, CBS anchor Jim Nantz will sit alone in a TV tower behind Colonial Country Club’s 18th green. His longtime partner, Nick Faldo, will be calling the action from the Golf Channel studios. His analysts, Ian Baker-Finch and Frank Nobilo, will also be working remotely in Orlando. Inside the ropes, following the featured groups, will be on-course reporters Dottie Pepper and Mark Immelman.
With dozens of shots in the air at the same time, golf is already the most difficult sport to broadcast, and the first tournament of the COVID-19 era will look – and sound – different.