NBC Sports activities to don Kevin Kisner alternative for Paul Azinger?

NBC Sports activities could lastly have their everlasting alternative for Paul Azinger.

Kevin Kisner can be again within the sales space for the Gamers Championship subsequent week at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Seaside, Fla., and the community could supply him the position full-time, per Golfweek.

Sources recommend that Kisner will share lead analyst duties for NBC’s four-wide setup, which consists of two anchors and two analysts.

This potential look would make his third stint within the sales space with NBC Sports activities. Kisner debuted the Sentry and actually proved himself on the WM Phoenix Open.

He stole followers’ hearts at each occasions with fast, witty feedback, providing nice perception into golf. His persona had followers bragging about him throughout social media, which sharply contrasts how many perceived Azinger.

Kisner and Smylie Kaufman’s commentary on the par-3 sixteenth in Scottsdale was top-of-the-line moments that week. His persona resonates with so many who tune into the golf broadcasts.

He’s not eligible for this yr’s Gamers Championship after struggling in 2023, which provides the community an ideal alternative to place him again on the air.

NBC Sports activities continues to rotate guys to fill Azinger’s sneakers, nevertheless it seems Kisner has gotten the nod.

Kisner must determine if he nonetheless believes he can compete and get contained in the Prime 50 on this planet or play as a previous champion on a restricted scale. Nonetheless, if he took the job, he would no less than get a assured paycheck.

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He’s within the Puerto Rico Open this week, the alternative discipline occasion to the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

The previous Georgia Bulldog hasn’t made the reduce in his three 2024 begins. The final time he recorded a top-10 got here virtually two years in the past, in June 2022, on the Vacationers Championship.

This week, NBC has Group Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald within the sales space. The community has additionally used Brandel Chamblee to fill in on the American Categorical. Chamblee can even fill that position on the Texas Kids’s Houston Open within the coming weeks.

Will Kisner take the job or proceed to play a full schedule on the PGA Tour? What do you assume? Would you like Kisner within the sales space completely? Tell us within the feedback beneath.

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