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Verne Lundquist, CBS make announcement ahead of his 40th Masters broadcast
By Keith Farner
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Verne Lundquist, the CBS Sports broadcaster, is beloved by SEC fans for his time in the booth during the 3:30 p.m. ET “SEC on CBS” games.
Lundquist, 83, stepped down from the CBS booth calling SEC games after the 2016 season, but he continued to call college basketball games and The Masters. But CBS announced on Wednesday that April’s Masters will be Lundquist’s last on the network.
Some of his best calls were the 1986 Masters with his “Yes, sir!” for Jack Nicklaus, and also Tiger Woods’ putt in 2005 when Uncle Verne said, “In your life have you seen anything like that?”
In the SEC, Lundquist called Tim Tebow’s jump pass against LSU in 2006 with “Oh a jump pass! How about that!”
He was also on The Plains for the “Prayer at Jordan-Hare” when Auburn beat Georgia on a deflected-pass-turned-touchdown. “Oh my gosh! Ricardo Louis.”
Lundquist was in Athens for Tennessee’s Hail Mary win over the Bulldogs in 2016. “It’s caught! It is caught! Jauan Jennings! Jauan Jennings!”
And of course, Lundquist called the “Kick Six” Iron Bowl win for Auburn, with the words, “Chris Davis, no flags, touchdown, Auburn!”
Yes Sir!
As Verne Lundquist gets set to call his 40th Masters on CBS in April, he has announced that it will be his final Masters for the Network. pic.twitter.com/y9VxlliQKJ
— Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) February 14, 2024
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
