“It would be fun to teach a class in college, but I’m not sure what I would teach them, because I’m not sure what I do in my job sometimes. It’s been on the back burner for a while. “I may try to get my golf game back in shape. “I love watching college football and basketball, and if I have time, I may be watching a little bit more,” he said. Twinsīarrow will remain with CBS after stepping down as golf coordinating producer, a couple of years after giving up duties as the network’s lead NFL producer, but isn’t ready to hone in on plans for next year. I’ve always tried to ensure that nothing gets in the way of covering the golf tournament and the competition, and that’s what Frank wanted to do, too.”Īstros leave Kendall Graveman off ALDS roster vs. “If somebody compared our telecast with Frank’s, which is hard to do because of technology and all the things we have now, I would view that as the ultimate compliment. “We used to call CBS the ‘Chirkinian Broadcast School.’ “My personality is different, but Frank taught all of us,” he said. He joined CBS Sports in 1977 after his junior year at Abilene Christian University, beginning as Pat Summerall’s spotter and statistician and working his way through the ranks to succeed the fearsomely precise Frank Chirkinian as golf coordinating producer in 1997.Īlong with CBS veterans like Steve Milton and Jim Rikhoff, Barrow is one of the few network employees who worked with Chirkinian, who relished his nickname as “The Ayatollah.” “My dad and mom would let me miss school, and we would go out for the day and watch Arnold Palmer and Ben Hogan play, and Byron Nelson would be out there, too.” “My dad would get tickets from the baker (for the Colonial tournament) when I was in junior high,” he said. Barrow will work this week and the RBC Heritage tournament in Hilton Head, S.C., and then another crew will handle the following two events before Barrow returns to the producer’s chair in July.īarrow, who still lives in Fort Worth, began watching golf as a fan and still retains a fan’s enthusiasm for the sport. Mary Keene Marrs will enter the field as an individual participant.CBS has reduced its on-site manpower by half for its 11-week PGA Tour telecast schedule and also is rotating two crews over the next three months. Elisa Orduna Shackleton led EKU with a 224 (+8) and tied for 25th place.ĮKU head coach Mandy Moore submitted a lineup consisting of Alice Daag, Claira Beth Ramsey, Sadanun Sitanonth, Mattie Jo Neeley, and Shackleton. Last year, the Colonels finished in 8th place with a 904 three-round total.
Saturday's first round marks consecutive seasons EKU has competed in the event.
The 10-team event is composed of Akron, Boston College, Central Michigan, EKU, High Point, James Madison, Penn State, Richmond, Navy and Youngstown State. Sunday's final round will consist of 18 holes to determine team and individual champions beginning at 8:30 a.m.įans looking to follow along with this weekend's golf action can find live updates on Golfstat. as contestants play 36 continuous holes the first day. The event will begin on Saturday with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. The two-day 54-hole tournament will be contested on the par-72, 6,402-yard Penn State Blue Course. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Eastern Kentucky University women's golf team opens the 2023-24 season at the Nittany Lion Invitational from Sept.
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