{"id":890764,"date":"2026-06-25T02:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/890764\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:06:15","slug":"ian-rapoport-to-make-pga-tour-live-debut-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/890764\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Rapoport to make PGA Tour Live debut on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One year after ESPN\u2019s lead NFL insider Adam Schefter <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/adam-schefter-golf-sideline-reporter-travelers-championship.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made his golf broadcasting debut<\/a>, his rival-turned-colleague Ian Rapoport is getting the same opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Rapoport will join PGA Tour Live as an on-course reporter during Thursday\u2019s first-round coverage of the Travelers Championship, <a href=\"https:\/\/espnpressroom.com\/us\/press-releases\/2026\/06\/pga-tour-live-on-the-espn-app-tees-off-four-day-coverage-of-the-travelers-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN announced on Wednesday<\/a>. The NFL Network insider will lead a multi-hole walk and talk with the featured group including Russell Henley and Cameron Young starting at 11:15 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time Rapoport has followed in Schefter\u2019s footsteps, having taken a similar role to Schefty at NFL Network after Schefter departed for ESPN. But few could\u2019ve predicted Rapoport would mirror Schefter\u2019s foray into golf broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for Rapoport, on-course expertise isn\u2019t necessarily a requirement in golf broadcasting. While most of the top on-course golf broadcasters are former players or caddies, there are plenty of reporters that are known for their expertise in other sports. Former college basketball stars Jordan Cornette and Dalen Cuff, for instance, both currently contribute coverage to Golf Channel.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing left for Rapoport to do is outperform his new colleague. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/golf\/adam-schefter-makes-pga-tour-live-debut-comparing-golfers-quarterbacks.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Schefter brilliantly compared top golfers to NFL quarterbacks<\/a>. Scottie Scheffler was Patrick Mahomes. Tommy Fleetwood was Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@AdamSchefter<\/a> makes debut as golf reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TravelersChamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@TravelersChamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P8o4cuDoN7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/P8o4cuDoN7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR LIVE (@PGATOURLIVE) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PGATOURLIVE\/status\/1935707603809517845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rapoport will have to bring his A-game to outdo that analysis.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One year after ESPN\u2019s lead NFL insider Adam Schefter made his golf broadcasting debut, his rival-turned-colleague Ian Rapoport&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":890765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[47],"tags":[14006,1430,59922,59920,361145,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-890764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-adam-schefter","tag-golf","tag-ian-rapoport","tag-nfl-network","tag-pga-tour-live","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116808304933796446","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}