Mark Immelman Facts: 12 Things To Know About Golf Broadcaster

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published 23 November 2024

A recognisible voice on TV golf broadcasts, Mark Immelman has been on the scene for over a decade. Get to know more about him with these facts about his life and career.

1. Mark Immelman was born on 2 October 1970 in Somerset West, South Africa.

2. He works on live golf as part of the CBS golf team, ESPN and PGA Tour Live as a reporter, interviewer and analyst.

3. He is the older brother of 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman.

4. Immelman's father Johan is a former commissioner of the South African Sunshine Tour.

5. He went to college at Columbus State where he was a three-time All American and won two national championships.

6. He started his broadcast career in South Africa for SuperSport TV and later joined SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio.

Mark Immelman before the 2019 PGA Championship

7. Immelman lives in Columbus, Georgia, with his wife Tracy and two daughters.

8. He's also a golf coach and has a teaching center at Columbus State University - the Mark Immelman Golf Instruction @ The Key Golf Facility.

9. Immelman was named the 2009 NCAA Division II Coach of the Year.

10. He's also a member of the Columbus State Athletics Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2017.

11. As a coach he's worked with the likes of Charl Schawrtzel, Louis Oosthuizen, Larry Mize, Loren Roberts and Patton Kizzire.

12. He's published several books and articles on golf instruction.

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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