Jerry Foltz profile: 15 facts about LIV Golf commentator

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published 25 January 2024

From a college stand-out to professional golf winner to top broadcaster, it's been quite a career in golf for Jerry Foltz, so why not get to know him a little better?

Foltz was a top amateur golfer, then won on what is now the Korn Ferry Tour and top broadcaster on Golf Channel before joining LIV Golf.

Here's 15 facts about a man with such a long career in golf.

1. Jerry Foltz and his wife Jane have one son, called Jackson, and lives in Orlando, Florida.

2. Foltz was born in Las Vegas on August 14, 1962.

3. He attended the University of Arizona and was an all-Pac 10 selection in 1984.

4. Foltz was crowned the 1989 Arizona Amateur champion.

5. Turning pro in 1990, Foltz played on the then Nike Tour, a previous name for the Korn Ferry Tour.

Jerry Foltz and Troy Mullins are both part of the broadcast team for the first LIV International Series event at Centurion this week — Jerry Foltz and Troy Mullins made their LIV broadcast debuts at the first LIV International Series event at Centurion in 2022

6. He had two tournament wins as a pro, the 1994 Newport Classic and one victory on the Nike Tour, the Nike South Carolina Classic in 1995.

7. Foltz has had seven career holes-in-one as a pro.

8. He injured his back in a car crash just three days after turning pro and the injury hampered him throughout his career.

9. Foltz played in one Major - missing the cut at the 1991 US Open at Hazeltine.

10. He had multiple roles on Golf Channel as one of the top voices on the channel after joining in 1999 while still playing - from on-course reporting to Morning Drive.

11. Foltz played in seven PGA Tour events, making the cut three times.

12. On the Korn Ferry Tour he played 195 times, making 102 cuts with one win, two runners-up finishes, two third places and nine top 10s.

13. One of the best junior and high school golfers in Las Vegas, he represented the city in the America’s Cup tournament before going to college.

14. In June 2022 Foltz joined LIV Golf as a commentator.

15. Foltz was inducted into the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.

Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website. Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.

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