Jim Nantz Tribute To Verne Lundquist - Verne lundquist joined cbs sports from abc in 1982 and quickly joined frank chirkinian’s team at augusta. This will be the 40th and final masters broadcast for verne, 83, in an illustrious. Lundquist made his final call at no. As the scheffler and morikawa headed to 17, nantz offered a touching tribute to lundquist. “verne wrote a book back in 2025 called ‘play by play,'” nantz began. Jim nantz gave lundquist a great sendoff after scottie scheffler and the final group finished the 16th hole, and gave lundquist a chance to offer one last emotional message. Verne lundquist joined cbs sports from abc in 1982 and quickly joined frank chirkinian’s team at augusta. This will be the 40th and final masters broadcast for verne, 83, in an illustrious. But it goes beyond nantz as mike tirico, brent musburger, pat summerall, frank gifford, dick enberg and even vinny scully have captured the sights and sounds of the. On a media call last week ahead of the event, lundquist spoke about his approach to the final masters he’s calling. Cbs sports chair sean mcmanus (also working his last event. Lundquist, who is 83 and has come to be known affectionately as “uncle verne,” won’t be the only member of the cbs team holding back emotions during his final broadcast.
Verne lundquist joined cbs sports from abc in 1982 and quickly joined frank chirkinian’s team at augusta. This will be the 40th and final masters broadcast for verne, 83, in an illustrious. Lundquist made his final call at no. As the scheffler and morikawa headed to 17, nantz offered a touching tribute to lundquist. “verne wrote a book back in 2025 called ‘play by play,'” nantz began.