• Lundquist has made Augusta National his home almost each year since 1983
  • He began his broadcast career back in 1967 and became an icon of the industry 
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One of American sports broadcasting’s most timeless treasures, CBS’s Verne Lundquist, has announced that he will call his final Masters Tournament this April.

Lundquist has been a fixture for CBS Sports over the years and has called all but one Masters since 1983.

That includes the 2005 Masters – where Lundquist’s voice perfectly soundtracked one of the most iconic shots in all of golf: Tiger Woods’ chip on the 16th hole.

As the ball trickled toward the cup, it was Lundquist’s ‘Oh… my… goodness’ that built the momentum up until the moment the ball fell into the hole.

‘OH WOW!,’ Lundquist shouted as pandemonium ensued beneath him. After pausing to take a breath, he asked the audience, ‘In your LIFE have you ever seen anything like that?’

Verne Lundquist has revealed that this year's Masters tournament will be his last for CBS

Verne Lundquist has revealed that this year’s Masters tournament will be his last for CBS

Lundquist was on the call when Tiger Woods hit one of the most iconic shots in all of golf

Lundquist was on the call when Tiger Woods hit one of the most iconic shots in all of golf

Woods chipped in from off the green and celebrated in what would be his fourth Masters

Woods chipped in from off the green and celebrated in what would be his fourth Masters

When Woods won the tournament again in 2019, it was Lundquist at hole No. 16 again with a perfect callback to that chip in.

After letting the moment wash over the audience at home, he said ‘I’m compelled to say: oh… my… goodness’.

Lundquist has been hinting that this would be the end to his Masters tenure for a while now.

‘Sean [McManus, CBS Sports chairman]) and I had a recent talk about my work at Augusta,’ Lundquist said in an interview back in 2022. 

‘I’m good to go for next year [2023]. That will be number 39, and he and I have agreed — and this is not announced and I don’t mean to jump the gun here — but in all likelihood, number 40 will likely be my last. Just because it will be time. I think that’s the plan.’

Not only does this officially end his time in the tower at 16 for CBS, it will also likely be the end of his 57-year broadcasting career altogether. 

Lundquist started as a sports anchor in his native Austin, Texas as well as Dallas. It was there that he began as the radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys in 1967.

From there, he began working nationally in 1974 for ABC Sports. He then moved to CBS in 1982, joined TNT in 1995 and then returned to CBS in 1998.

Lundquist has been in broadcasting since 1967 having worked for ABC, TNT, and CBS

Lundquist has been in broadcasting since 1967 having worked for ABC, TNT, and CBS

He's also known as one of the iconic voices in both college football and college basketball

He’s also known as one of the iconic voices in both college football and college basketball

Over the years, he has called NFL and NBA games as well as the Winter Olympics in 1992, 1994, and 1998 when CBS and TNT held the rights.

In addition to the Masters and his other golf broadcasts, Lundquist is probably best known as the long-time No. 1 play-by-play announcer for CBS’s college football coverage – specifically the ‘SEC on CBS’.

He called his final college football game in 2016, signing off after that year’s Army-Navy game.

Lundquist also was known for his coverage of college basketball, calling the NCAA Tournament (March Madness) up until 2017. 

Among his most famous golf calls included the aforementioned 2005 Tiger Woods chip in, the putt that gave Jack Nicklaus the lead in the 1986 Masters, and Phil Mickelson’s bunker shot at the 2021 PGA Championship.

His other famous calls include the Christian Laettner shot in the 1992 NCAA Tournament, figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, George Mason’s upset over Connecticut in the 2006 NCAA Tournament, and two Auburn football games in 2013 that became known as ‘The Prayer at Jordan-Hare’ game and the ‘Kick Six’ game.

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