Damon Hack Facts: 15 Things To Know About The Golf Channel Announcer
Damon Hack is a co-host on the Golf Channel's Golf Today program as part of NBC Sports' golf team
Damon Hack is a recognizable face among golf fans, with the broadcaster working for the Golf Channel on the network's PGA Tour and wider golf coverage as part of the NBC Sports golf team.
Get to know him better with these 15 facts...
Damon Hack facts:
1. He is from Los Angeles, California.
2. He is three sons who are triplets.
3. He graduated from UCLA with bachelor's degree in history.
4. He then graduated with a master's degree in journalism at The University of California, Berkeley.
5. He joined Golf Channel in 2012 and co-hosts the Golf Channel's Golf Central show.
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6. He worked at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea as part of NBC Sports' coverage and reported on the biathlon competition.
7. As well as golf and the Olympics, Hack has also been an NFL reporter.
8. Before moving to the Golf Channel, Hack worked for Sports Illustrated.
9. He previously worked for the New York Times.
10. He covered the New York Knicks for Newsday as well as the San Francisco 49ers for the Sacramento Bee.
11. He is passionate about wine and runs a website and Instagram page called 'GOATS and Grapes', which is "A community for lovers of wine and sport and the connection between the two."
12. He didn't start playing golf until he was an adult.
13. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut, home of Golf Channel parent company NBC Sports.
14. He lived in New York City for 12 years, and the city is where he met his wife and where his children were born.
15. He told the Metropolitan Golf Association that the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was the most memorable event he's covered.
Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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