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Host George McNeilly w/ Jessica Korda, Gaby Lopez and  Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam from Lake Nona Golf and Country Club, the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions makes its debut on the schedule.

Here's how we reported it on VOA'S Sonny Side of Sports this morning

Ten months after a horrific car crash, Tiger made his return to action in the PNC Championship.  It's a two day tournament featuring a limited field of major winners pairs with a family member.  Tiger teamed up with his 12 year old Son Charlie as we hear in this report from Host George McNeilly

In early December we joined a group in Tucson and played some of the finest courses in the Southwest.  If you haven't made the trip yet, learn more at  VisitTucson.org.   VOA traveler George McNeilly reports from Omni National Golf Course in Tucson.

In early December we joined a group in Tucson and played some of the finest courses in the Southwest.  If you haven't made the trip yet, learn more at  VisitTucson.org.   I our latest episode, Host George McNeilly reports from Omni National Golf Course in Tucson.

For 21 years, Brian Hammons hosted Golf Central and frequently broadcast from Walt Disney World Golf.  These days Hammons is tournament director for the Country Club National Championship.  Host George McNeilly caught up one of Golf Channel's originals as he returned to "The Happiest Place on Turf!" 

Recently discovered and digitally remastered some broadcast work we did from Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics

2009 U.S. Open winner captures his first PGA TOUR victory in more than 10 years as George McNeilly reported on VOA Networks.

Saturday, July 10 appearance to start round three of the John Deere Classic on The Backspin Golf Show.

This week on VOA Sports, Golf Insider  George McNeilly reports from TPC Deere Run and the John Deere Classic Media Center where he spoke with Author Craig DeVrieze and 2019 winner Dylan Frattelli.

Most people these days know my firm and I for strategic alliances and integrated marketing communications.  I also get to teach business at a great university after a corporate executive career with TWDC/ESPN.  Fact is, it all began in a local radio studio while still in high school and a decade as a network broadcaster covering Olympics, Super Bowls, Major Golf, Heavyweight Championship Boxing, W...

Cowboys and Niners win Super Bowls, and I got to tell their stories to a nationwide radio audience.    In all, I've been to 17 Super Bowls, 11 as a network broadcaster and 6 as an ESPN executive.

In 1998, after nearly two decades of disappointment, Dale Earnhardt. Sr. finally captured the biggest race of his career, The Daytona 500.   CBS Correspondent George McNeilly was trackside for the winning moment.

Looking back, other than the rights holding Motor Racing Network, no other national outlet did more spot news and features from Daytona than Westwood One and CBS Radio featuring George McNeilly.

So back in 1998, NBC’s First Light was basically radio’s version of The Today Show.   Here’s flashback to my sports segment which featured among others the Payne Stewart leading round one of the 98th U.S. Open. The 1998 United States Open Championship was the 98th U.S. Open , held June 18–21 at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club in San Francisco , California . Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open,...

Interview in advance of his match with Mike Tyson on Nov 9, 1996.

Today, an exclusive interview with legendary golf club designer Barney Adams and his Breakthrough Golf Technology line of Stability Tour putter shafts.    Learn more at https://breakthroughgolftech.com 

GolfLogix , the most downloaded app in golf history has introduced Green Books, the first easy to read green-reading guide designed and priced for the everyday golfer to “ Play Smarter .”  The rules-compliant Green Books combine detailed 3-D imagery, including yardages, with the sophisticated green-contour data that the majority of professional golfers use in competition. With the GolfLogix tour-l...

I traveled to New Orleans in 1999 for Westwood One and introduced a national audience to professional fishing.

25 years ago this morning, Westwood One's America In the Morning with Jim Bohannon led their morning news magazine program with a segment George McNeilly broadcast the night before when Cal Ripken, Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's streak of 2,131 consecutive Major League Baseball games played.