Jim Nantz Tribute To Verne Lundquist - Verne lundquist joined cbs sports from abc in 1982 and quickly joined frank chirkinian’s team at augusta. This will be the 40th and final masters broadcast for verne, 83, in an illustrious. Lundquist made his final call at no. As the scheffler and morikawa headed to 17, nantz offered a touching tribute to lundquist. “verne wrote a book back in 2025 called ‘play by play,'” nantz began. Lundquist, a longtime announcer for the masters on cbs, called his final major tournament on. Lundquist replied, “i thank you jim, and thanks to all of you. ” fighting back tears, he said, “i’m going to get through this day without any emotion. As collin morikawa made his par putt on hole 16, cbs broadcaster jim nantz paid a poetic farewell to lundquist as he sent the broadcast to hole 17, where lundquist was ready. However, lead announcer jim nantz did not let lundquist get away without one final tribute. Nantz thanked lundquist for the memories and the “wonderful soundtrack for all of. Verne lundquist’s time calling the masters has come to an end and he got an incredible tribute from jim nantz when all was said and done. At the 2025 masters finale on. Legendary cbs broadcaster verne lundquist, who has been on the call from augusta national since 1983, will end his magical run in this year’s masters with throngs of. Lundquist, ever the eloquent voice on the television set, simply replied: “thank you so much, jim. It’s my honor, my privilege. verne, thank you for the memories. Jim nantz's tribute to verne lundquist. As collin morikawa made his par putt on hole 16, cbs broadcaster jim nantz paid a poetic farewell to lundquist as he sent the. “i keep hearing verne say that it's going to be emotional. It's going to be emotional for all of us,” jim nantz said during a recent call with the media.
Verne lundquist joined cbs sports from abc in 1982 and quickly joined frank chirkinian’s team at augusta. This will be the 40th and final masters broadcast for verne, 83, in an illustrious. Lundquist made his final call at no. As the scheffler and morikawa headed to 17, nantz offered a touching tribute to lundquist. “verne wrote a book back in 2025 called ‘play by play,'” nantz began.