CBS Announcer Verne Lundquist to Retire After Broadcasting Final Masters in April
CBS announced Wednesday that longtime announcer Verne Lundquist will retire after broadcasting his 40th Masters tournament in April.
Lundquist has become a staple on Masters coverage, as he is always the correspondent on the key par-3 16th hole at Augusta National. The 83-year-old is responsible for one of the most iconic calls in golf history, when Tiger Woods chipped in on 16 on Sunday at the 2005 Masters on his way to defeating Chris DiMarco for his fourth green jacket.
Tiger Woods' chip-in at No. 16 in 2005.
— ESPN (@espn) November 10, 2020
An iconic moment at #TheMasters pic.twitter.com/6TQVsWX6Le
Lundquist was previously the voice of SEC football for CBS, along with serving as an announcer during March Madness, but he retired from those roles in 2016 and ’17, respectively. However, Lundquist kept his job on CBS’s golf coverage as his final responsibility for the network, but retired from the network's coverage of the PGA Championship in 2021, leaving just the Masters.
Lundquist also worked for TNT and ABC Sports but has been with CBS for most of the past 42 years, and the 2024 Masters will likely be his final assignment in sports broadcasting.