Episode 210: Jimmy Roberts Has A Story For You
5/21/20261 hr 4 min
Jimmy Roberts doesn't remember stats. But he never forgets people’s stories, and after three decades as one of golf's most recognizable voices, he has more than most. A 13-time Emmy Award winner, Roberts has covered 17 Olympic Games and dozens of major championships for NBC Sports and Golf Channel. On this episode of the TGJ Podcast, he joins host Tom Coyne to talk about a remarkable career and what it takes to tell a great story. Along the way, he shares some of his favorites about Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Urban Meyer, two U.S. presidents, a speedskating gold medalist and a man he helped free from prison.
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First 90 secondsJimmy Roberts· Guest0:00
This would've been the singles competition in the President's Cup, so it would've been Sunday. So Urban Meyer, who at the time I guess was at Ohio State, President Bush, Jack Nicklaus, and myself, the four of us are standing there talking in a cluster on the first tee, and here comes Tiger Woods. He starts walking, gets closer and closer and closer, and he's got that thousand-yard stare on. He walked right through the middle of our group, okay? Without acknowledging the President of the United States, the coach of the Ohio State football team, or the greatest golfer of all time. And I thought it was just a really, a strange moment, but Tiger, thousand-yard stare. He walks right through them, and there's this moment of silence, and he gets about five or six steps beyond us, and President Bush says, so that everybody can hear, he says, "Well, I guess hello to you, too." [laughs] Breaks the spell. Tiger wheels around. Thousand-watt smile. "Hello, hello, hello, hello." And then goes on.
Tom Coyne· Host1:10
[upbeat jazz music] Welcome back to the Golfers Journal podcast presented by Titleist, the number one ball in golf. My name's Tom Coyne. Thanks so much for joining us. Very excited to welcome broadcasting legend Jimmy Roberts to the podcast today. This is a really fun one. Jimmy's