With each visit to Augusta National, Amanda Balionis Renner still has trouble accepting the fact that she’s on a work trip. Renner—who will be conducting interviews for CBS’s coverage of the Masters for the fifth time this year—never expected to one day be honored with such a position. Back in 2011, the Hofstra University alum took a risk and left her post-graduate job at MSG Network in New York to work for PGATour.com. After pivoting to digital marketing at Callaway Golf, Renner ultimately landed a broadcasting gig with CBS Sports, where golf continues to define her career.We caught up with the CBS reporter ahead of the 2023 Masters to talk about memorable interviews, jam-packed scheduling, Netflix’s Full Swing, the golf Twitter landscape and more. SI: What is it like to know that your interviews are going to go down in the Masters history books?Amanda Balionis Renner:I cry a lot (laughing). I'm overwhelmed. It's not lost on me. First of all, I never expected to be in the golf world....
