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Fox Introduces Buck, Norman As Lead Golf Announcing Team

Fox Sports President & COO Eric Shanks this afternoon said there "couldn’t have been a better fit" than Joe Buck and Greg Norman to anchor the net’s first foray into pro golf. Shanks formally introduced Buck and Norman, who will both make their debuts in the golf broadcast booth with the '15 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay outside of Seattle. They also will call the U.S. Women’s Open, the U.S. Senior Open and the U.S. Amateur at the least.

Norman said joining Fox was an easy decision to make. “What Fox has done with delivering out-of-the-box coverage in sports has been second to none,” Norman said. “They get it. They understand how to reach down to an audience and up to an audience.”

Fox Coordinating Producer Mark Loomis said the net will need between eight and 10 voices to fill out its broadcast team, but did not set a timetable for doing so. Though it will not take over rights to USGA events until next year, Fox will have a presence at Pinehurst covering June’s U.S. Open for nightly recaps on “Fox Sports Live.” “We’re going to spend the week there and go through the mechanics the best we can,” Buck said. “I’d like to be at an event where we’re behind the ropes and seeing how they’re doing it.”

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