DAVID FEHERTY
David Feherty makes his Winter Olympics debut and second appearance with NBC Olympics, serving as a correspondent. Feherty made his Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Games as a correspondent, and also served as a tower analyst and on-course reporter during the men’s golf competition. Feherty shared his observations of Rio, its people and their culture in studio as a correspondent, and worked Golf Channel’s coverage of Olympic golf as it returned to the Olympics for the first time since 1904.
Feherty joined NBC Sports Group and NBCUniversal exclusively in 2015, signing an extension on his Emmy-nominated Golf Channel series Feherty, and joining NBC Sports’ broadcast team covering the PGA TOUR as an on-course reporter and tower analyst. Feherty received Emmy nominations in 2014 and 2017 for “Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host” for his self-titled series which originally debuted in June 2011, and in 2017 celebrated the show’s 100 episode milestone. He has been described as “golf’s iconoclast,” by Rolling Stone, and “the last unscripted man on TV,” by Men’s Journal.
Fast Facts
- 2nd Olympic assignment with NBC Olympics.
- Feherty made his Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Games as an NBC Olympics correspondent and on-course reporter for the men’s golf competition.
- Has been with Golf Channel since 2011 as a host of his Emmy-nominated, self-titled interview series Feherty, and joined NBC Sports Group exclusively in 2015, contributing to live tournament coverage of the PGA TOUR.
- A native of Northern Ireland, Feherty claimed 10 worldwide professional golf victories prior to beginning his television career, which now spans nearly 30 years.
- Has authored six books, with several making New York Times bestsellers lists.
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