Verne Lundquist

Awards/Honors

• Sports Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award - 2016

• Member of five Sports Halls of Fame:

  • Texas Golf Hall of Fame - 2020

  • Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame - 2016

  • National Sports Media Hall of Fame - 2007

  • Texas Sports Hall of Fame - 2005

  • Texas Radio Hall of Fame - 2003

• Distinguished American Award Walter Camp Foundation - 2014

• Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award - 2014

• American Football Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award - 2017

• Joe Lapchick Basketball Leadership Award - 2019

• James Naismith Lifetime Achievement Award - 2019

Career

• Part of 35 Masters and 27 PGA Championship telecasts

• First golf telecast: Hawaiian Open ABC Sports - 1976

• Full-time member CBS golf crew - 1983-1995

• Anchored golf telecasts with Nick Faldo, Ben Crenshaw, David Feherty, Ian Baker Finch, Lanny Wadkins, Ken Venturi and Judy Rankin.

• Television background:

  • KTBC TV Austin 1963-1966

  • WOAI TV San Antonio 1967

  • WFAA TV Dallas 1967-1983

  • ABC Sports 1974-1982

  • CBS Sports 1982-2020

• Dallas Cowboy Radio Network 1967-1982

Personal

• Married Nancy Miller in 1982

• Graduate of Texas Lutheran University - 1962

• Texas Lutheran University Board of Regents Member

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Birthplace: Duluth, Minnesota

Born: July 17, 1940