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Will NBC's star-studded commentary team make the 2024 Solheim Cup the most memorable one yet?

The 2024 Solheim Cup has finally arrived. All the players have reached the Robert Trent Golf Club for their practice rounds on Monday, as the event kick starts on Friday. Top players like Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu will be part of the American squad led by Stacy Lewis, trying to grab their first victory since 2017. On the other hand, the European team led by Suzzan Pettersen will be attempting to retain the trophy for another year.

All the live action of the event will be broadcast on NBC, Golf Channel, and Peacock, along with studio coverage. The live coverage will begin on September 13 from 7:00 am to 6:00 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. On the last two days, the second half will be shifted from Golf Channel to NBC and Peacock at 3:00 pm on Saturday and at 12:00 pm on Sunday. NBC’s top-notch team is all set to make the entire streaming all the more entertaining and well-informed with their years of training and experience.

The commentators and the reporter

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Terry Gannon, Grant Boone, and Tom Abbott will handle the Play by Play commentary at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club during the weekend. Boone and Abbott have already hosted two international tournaments last month in Paris. They were part of the 2024 Olympics for both men’s and Women’s Golf. However, Abbott will be making his debut at the Solheim Cup, since the other two were part of the commentary team last year as well. Grant Boone made his debut at the 2024 Olympics with NBC Sports. He was the play-by-play announcer. He has been part of the field for over 20 years and currently works for Golf Channel covering LPGA Tour events.

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On the other hand, the 2024 Olympics was the third time Abbott was a part of the commentary team. He has also been a renowned figure at the Golf Channel since 2005, as he started working as a hole announcer and play-by-play host for the LPGA Tour, PGA Tour, and the Major events. Terry Gannon is a sportscaster for NBC and the Golf Channel and is regarded as one of the most versatile voices in the golf world. He has been part of the closing ceremony at the Olympic games for four consecutive years now.

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Amy Rogers will solely do the reporting of the Solheim Cup. She attended her first PGA Championship with her late father, who wanted to be a golfer. However, 2000 was her last golf match with her father, as he passed away due to a heart attack on March 17, 2001. She was even able to witness Tiger Woods make his historic Tiger Slam, as he lifted the Wanamaker trophy, defeating Bob May in the playoff, but without her father. That was the year she decided that she wanted to pursue a career in golf, not by swinging the clubs, but by interviewing the players. She covered her first PGA Championship in 2020 and has been covering professional golf since 2007. Currently, she does coverage for the LPGA Tour.

The analysts and the studio hosts

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Will NBC's star-studded commentary team make the 2024 Solheim Cup the most memorable one yet?

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The professional analysts for the 2024 Solheim Cup are announced to be Judy Rankin, Catriona Matthew, Karen Stupples, and Paige Mackenzie. Karen Stupples is the 2004 AIG Women’s Open winner, and she has hosted the NBC Olympics three times in a row. She has been working as an analyst for international events, but this year in Pairs, she took up the role of the reporter. But at the RTJ Golf Course, she will be back to being an analyst.

She has been working with the Golf Channel for over a decade now and has been reporting on LPGA Tour events. Paige Mackenzie was part of the 2023 Solheim Cup Golf Central reports team, and this time she will be joining forces as an analyst. This year will mark Judy Rankin’s second year at the Solheim Cup, after the one in Spain. While the team of NBC commentators is all set to make the weekend all the more exciting, are you ready for the grand action to begin? Let us know which team you are supporting in the comments section below!