NBC picks Kevin Kisner for lead golf analyst role

NBC has its lead golf analyst for 2025, announcing Wednesday that Kevin Kisner will join Dan Hicks inside the booth full-time. Sports Business Journal first reported the news Wednesday morning.

Kisner, 40, was part of the rotating booth in 2024 that saw numerous voices including Luke Donald, Jim “Bones” Mackay and Brandel Chamblee share the role.

Kisner debuted as an analyst at The Sentry last January to positive reviews, offering the perspective of a player still competing weekly on TOUR. Kisner was also the lead analyst at the WM Phoenix Open and THE PLAYERS Championship.

Now, the role is all his (with a few exceptions).

Kisner, who finished outside the top 125 in the FedExCup, is still expected to play a limited schedule on the PGA TOUR in 2025. In the events Kisner plays, NBC will have others fill in the booth. Kisner is expected to call all of NBC’s biggest events, including THE PLAYERS, The Open Championship and the U.S. Open. Sports Business Journal reported that Kisner’s role is expected to focus only on NBC’s weekend coverage.

“I’m humbled and grateful to have the chance to sit in the seat that many legends like Johnny Miller and Paul Azinger have sat in before me on NBC,” Kisner. said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to offering a different voice and adding a new dynamic to the broadcasts, hopefully reaching more fans and telling things like it is. That’s what I think I do best. I’m also excited to continue to compete on the PGA TOUR amongst my peers, which I think will help me to tap into what these guys are really feeling on the course.”

NBC is also expected to maintain its strategy of having two play-by-play announcers and two analysts who rotate holes at major events. The SBJ report stated Brad Faxon, Curt Byrum, Steve Sands, Terry Gannon, Smylie Kaufman and others are expected to return in that role.