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Holly Sonders’ move to Fox is the right next step
It’s again onward and upward for Holly Sonders: The Golf Channel host is leaving the NBC-owned network to join Fox Sports.
Reports indicate Sonders will do sideline reporting at NFL games in addition to, presumably, anchoring the network’s coverage of the 2015 U.S. Open and other USGA events.
For Sonders, whose popularity in the golf world has continued to grow, it’s another step forward.
Born Holly Niederkohr in Marysville, Ohio, Sonders was a top-tier junior golfer. She won the 2001 AJGA in Kingswood, Texas and the UCT National at Disney World before attending Michigan State University. She played golf all four years as a Spartan and maintained a 78.47 scoring average for the top-20-ranked team.
Sonders had knee surgery after her junior season and it seems she had difficulty regaining her previous form. Although a 2008 piece in the Marysville News suggested she might try her luck on the Futures Tour, it doesn’t seem she ever did that.
Sonders graduated from Michigan State in 2009 with a degree in journalism
After leaving East Lansing, Sonders worked as a sideline reporter on the Big Ten Network and as a news reporter for KATV-TV in Little Rock, Ark.
Golf Channel brought her on board as a member of the newly minted “Morning Drive” in 2011 in a minor role giving 90-second news updates.
Her ascendency at the network was significant: At the time of her departure, she co-hosted “Morning Drive,” “School of Golf,” and “Playing Lessons.” The latter two shows were extended from 30 to 60 minutes during her tenure.
Sonders, just 26, is leaving the NBC-owned Golf Channel for Fox Sports after contract talks stalled. Her bio page has been taken down and she hasn’t tweeted since July ninth. “We wish her the best in her future endeavors,” was the only word from a Golf Channel spokesperson.
As Sonders star continued to shine ever brighter, the Golf Channel created roles to suit her. However, making the move to Fox allows her to take a few significant steps forward.
- Contributing to major championship coverage: She was never likely to depose the likes of Terry Gannon at Golf Channel, and she could play the Kelly Tilghman role at some the Women’s Open. Additionally, she could contribute to the 2015 U.S. Open (albeit not as a host, since that’s Joe Buck’s job for the foreseeable future), which will be significantly more widely viewed than any of the Golf Channel’s tournament telecasts
- Breaking into football: Obviously, the opportunity to cover the most popular sport in America is something that wasn’t going to happen in her role at Golf Channel (although one could argue she’d have been able to do that thanks to parent NBC). Also, Pam Oliver, Fox’s current sideline reporter, is 53.
- More money: It’s difficult to imagine Fox isn’t paying Sonders more, considering her expected dual role coupled with the fact that the network is wooing her away from her current employer.
It would be a strange amalgamation if she played the roles of both, say, a Jim Nantz and a Craig Sager. You have to imagine she’ll eventually be primarily an anchor or primarily a sideline reporter.
Regardless of the specifics, the “Sonders to Fox” story is the logical next step forward for the Ohio native and deprives Golf Channel of its one of its best and most popular on-air personalities.
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I’m going to gush in this intro paragraph, to get the emo stuff done early. I’ve not pulled harder for a professional to win, than Cameron Young. I coach golf in New York state, and each spring, my best golfers head to a state championship in Poughkeepsie. I first saw Cameron there as a 9th grade student. I saw him three more times after that. I reconnecected with Coach Haas from Wake Forest, an old interview subject from my days on the Old Gold and Black, the Wake newspaper. He was there to watch Cameron. After four years at Wake Forest, Young won on the Korn Ferry Tour, made it to the big tour, almost won two majors, almost won five other events, and finally got the chalice about 25 minutes from the Wake campus. Congratulations, Cameron. You truly are a glass of the finest. #MotherSoDear
OK, let’s move on to the Tour Rundown. The major championship season closed this week in Wales, with the Women’s Open championship. The PGA Tour bounced through Greensboror, N.C., while the PGA Tour Americas hit TO (aka, Toronto) for a long-winded event. The Korn Ferry lads made a stop in Utah, one of just two events for that tour in August. The many-events, golf season is winding down, as we ease from summer toward fall in the northern hemisphere. Let’s bask in the glory of an August sunrise, and run down a quartet of events from the first weekend of the eighth month.
LET/LPGA @ Women’s Open: Miyu bends, but she doesn’t break
Royal Porthcawl was not a known commodity in the major tournament community. The Welsh links had served as host to men’s senior opens, men’s amateurs, and Curtis and Walker Cups in prior years, but never an Open championship for the women or the men. The last-kept secret in UK golf was revealed once again to the world this week, as the best female golfers took to the sandy stage.
Mao Saigo, Grace Kim, Maja Stark, and Minjee Lee hoped to add a second major title to previous wins this season, but only Lee was able to finish inside the top ten. The 2025 playing of the Women’s Open gave us a new-faces gallery from day one. The Kordas and Thitikulls were nowhere to be found, and it was the Mayashitas, Katsus, and Lim Kims that secured the Cymru spotlight. The first round lead was held at 67 by two golfers. One of them battled to the end, while the other posted 81 on day two, and missed the cut. Sitting one shot behind was Miyu Yamashita.
On day two, Yamashita posted the round of the tournament. Her 65 moved her to the front of the aisle, in just her fourth turn around a women’s Open championship. With the pre-event favorites drifting off pace, followers narrowed into two camps: those on the side of an underdog, and others hoping for a weekend charge from back in the pack. In the end, we had a bit of both.
On Saturday, Yamashita bent with 74 on Saturday, offering rays of hope to her pursuing pack. England’s Charley Hull made a run on Sunday closing within one shot before tailing off to a T2 finish with Minami Katsu. Katsu posted the other 65 of the week, on Saturday, but could not overtake her countrywoman, Yamashita. wunderkind Lottie Woad needed one round in the 60s to find her pace, but could only must close-to’s, ending on 284 and a tie with Minjee for eighth.
On Sunday, Yamashita put away the thoughts of Saturday’s struggles, with three-under 33 on the outward half. She closed in plus-one 37, but still won by two, for a first Major and LPGA title.
PGA Tour @ Wyndham: Young gathers first title near home
Cameron Young grew up along the Hudson river, above metro New York, but he also calls Winston-Salem home. He spent four years as a student and athlete at Wake Forest University, then embarked on tour. This week in Greensboro, after a bit of a break, Young opened with 63-62, and revved the engine of Is this the week once more. Runner-up finishes at the Open, the PGA, and a handful of PGA Tour events had followers wonder when the day would come.
On Saturday, Young continued his torrid pace with 65, giving him a five-shot advantage over his closest pursuer. Sunday saw the Scarborough native open with bogey, then reel off five consecutive birdies to remind folks that his time had, at last, arrived. Pars to the 16th, before two harmless bogeys coming home, made Young the 1000th winner of an official PGA Tour event (dating back to before there was a PGA Tour) throughout history. What’s next? I have a suspicion, but I’m not letting on. Mac Meissner closed with 66 to finish solo 2nd, while Mark Hubbard and Alex Noren tied for third.
Korn Ferry Tour @ Utah Championship: Are you Suri it’s Julian?
Who knows exactly when the flower will bloom? Julian Suri played a solid careet at Duke University, then paid his dues on the world’s minor tours for three years. He won twice on two tours in Europe, in 2017. Since then, the grind has continued for the journeyman from New York city. At age 34, Suri broke through in Beehive state, outlasting another grinder (Spencer Levin) and four others, by two shots.
Taylor Montgomery began the week with 62, then posted 64, then 68, and finally, 70. That final round was his undoing. He finished in that second-place tie, two back of the leader. Trace Crowe, Barend Botha, and Kensei Hirata made up the last of the almost quintet. As for Suri, his Sunday play was sublime. His nines were 32 and 31, with his only radar blip a bogey at ten. He closed in style with one final birdie, to double his winning margin. Hogan bloomed late…might Suri?
PGA Tour Americas @ Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates
Some tournament names run longer than others. This week in Toronto, at the Heathlands course at TPC Toronto, we might have seen the longest tournament title in recorded history. The OVOPBVCCBMA was a splendid affair. It saw three rounds of 62 on Thursday, but of those early risers, only Drew Goodman would stick around until the end. 64 was the low tally on day two, and two of those legionnaires managed to finish inside the top three at week’s end. Saturday brought a 63 from Patrick Newcomb, and he would follow with 64 on Sunday, to finish solo fourth.
Who, then, ended up winning the acronym of the year? It turns out that Carson Bacha had the right stuff in TeeOhhh. Bacha and Jay Card III posted 63 and 64, respectively, on day four, to tie for medalist honors at 23-under 261. Nathan Franks was one shot adrift, despite also closing with 63. If you didn’t go low on Sunday, it was about the check, not the championship.
Bacha and JC3 returned to the 18th hole twice in overtime. Card nearly chipped in from the thick stuff for birdie, while Bacha peeked and shoved a ten-feet attempt at the win. On the second go-round, Card was long with his approach, into the native grasses once more. He was unable to escape, and a routine par from the fairway was enough to earn the former Auburn golfers a first KFT title.
Card III and Bacha both miss their birdie tries on the first playoff hole.
We’ll play 18 again @OspreyOpen. pic.twitter.com/vNpHTdkHDg
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Dec 29, 2014 at 8:18 pm
“…coupled with the fact that the [Fox] network is wooing her away from her current employer.”
Somehow I doubt that. Too many people I have talked to , including red blooded men, where getting more than a little bored with the growing domination of Holly Sonders parading around in skin tight cocktail dresses and 9 inch heels when we tune in to see serious talk of golf.
Her ‘home wrecker’ persona is better suited for the football sidelines that the golf course (IMO).
Timothy Parker Moore
Dec 31, 2014 at 6:04 pm
Wow,,, you probably have no idea, just how much you told everyone about yourself. Sad
JMC
Mar 6, 2015 at 12:23 pm
I bet you listen to Coldplay on repeat, huh James?
Paul P
Nov 17, 2014 at 5:42 pm
I am a retired expat living in Thailand.
I miss Holly and even took the time to Google “Where is Holly Sanders”.
I was directed to this article and now I know where she is.
I will enjoy seeing Holly on Fox and will not be watching much Morning Drive any more (It is boring now. Too many guys trying to be funny…Geez, give me a break!
Just curious though, Why is the Golf Channel still using her name in their ads for Morning Drive, and Playing Lessons????
Mike
Oct 31, 2014 at 3:08 am
The morning drive is a ghost show now, i used to wakw every morning and put it on immediately, Now i barely watch it such a shame. The entire show feels forced. Good for her to make a move to fox but i havent seen her at all on the sideline as previously reported. The Playing lessons show is terrible now. The Golf channel should either bring back Winn or find someone in her or Hollys league. Talented, personable and easy on the eyes! The channel is failing
Mark
Dec 11, 2014 at 1:28 pm
Dude your spot on– morning drive without holly Saunders is like a Sunday of a major without tiger in the mix
Fred
Dec 17, 2014 at 11:30 am
You’re right, Mark, things have definitely gotten a bit dull since she left. That said, I have yet to see her doing anything else. I know she’s got a new gig, but when’s she going to start. Haven’t seen her anywhere since she left the show.
elpatoreal
Dec 14, 2014 at 12:59 pm
Did you watch Golf Channel before the rise of Holly?
Desmond
Oct 28, 2014 at 1:08 am
Since Holly has left, MD has been in a free fall. No continuity, no eye candy, lack of male-female banter … a lack of chemistry.
It’s a frankenstein of a show … bits and pieces that don’t fit together.
James Alexander
Oct 24, 2014 at 2:02 pm
TWC is more interesting than TGC now.
Good for her, she was easy on the eyes and charming. TGC is even more of a no talent wasteland now. The only other people that should be on camera are Martin Hall and Michael Breed, the rest should be waiting tables at AppleBee’s.
Mike
Oct 31, 2014 at 3:08 am
agreed
Mark
Dec 11, 2014 at 1:30 pm
You did forget one talent fehrety.l he and sonders springboards TGC ratings 2 years ago. Now it’s abyss
EatonHolly
Oct 23, 2014 at 9:56 pm
I can’t believe all the haters posting here! Wtf! She made “Playing with Pros” fun to watch! If you think Holly is homely, then you probably go to Star Trek Conventions and/or Comic-con and/or still wear jammys. In other words, you’re a goober! Take a look in the mirror before you judge others!
Pat
Oct 23, 2014 at 1:29 pm
Holly looked fake and has had too much plastic surgery. Paige was fugly. Winn was the only decent looking chick on GC. Bring her back!!!
James Alexander
Oct 24, 2014 at 2:09 pm
Joke of a contract offer and she wasn’t as comfortable on camera as she needed to be.
Fred
Dec 17, 2014 at 11:32 am
James: where did you see her?
Mark Lar
Oct 29, 2014 at 10:12 pm
Yes!! Thank you. Holly was too fake, and really wasn’t that pleasant to look at.
DonW
Jan 14, 2015 at 6:36 pm
If you did not think she is pleasant to look at …
Bart
Nov 7, 2014 at 1:34 pm
I agree .. There was nothing ‘girl next door’ with her look. Excruciatingly disproportionate bolt-on breasts. Her legs were so thin and boney, she still had no calf curve when she wore sky high heels. The make-up was caked on and she had the phony hair color that you typically see on a 45 year old chain smoker at the corner tap room. The only thing hot about her was her game. Give me a curvier, more natural, wholesome look on the GC, sans the obvious plastic.. Now go be a bubble brained side line reporter, Holly, and you can now ask those relevant questions such as ‘So coach, what’s your game plan today?’
Philo
Jan 8, 2015 at 7:27 pm
Haters gonna hate.
dave
Oct 20, 2014 at 7:59 pm
hey, why not give Jan Stephenson Holly’s old job, whatever happened to her anyway ? I still have her maxfli golfball tub picture. You young guys remember her ?
Larry
Oct 21, 2014 at 12:58 am
If we are remembering Jan we also have to think about Laura Baugh when it came to good looking golf pros in the late 70’s and 80’s….
Ruben Acosta
Oct 22, 2014 at 8:55 pm
I was never more depressed about The Golf Channel than when Holly mysteriously quit appearing. They did the same thing with Win McMurray. All of sudden she was gone and her and Holly’s contributions were considerable. Both of these women embodied what best about great journalism, they had great rapport with most of their guests and that always demonstrated a great interview, playing lesson. Does anybody remember when they hired Matt Ginella and they put him with Holly on the picks of winners for the next tournament. I mean what the hell was that all about, she was leading team in points for picks (Win also was good at this)and then Holly ended up with this lame. WHy did he have to be teamed with anybody? I think that The Golf Channel has a problem with power women. I also heard that it had something to do with her husband trying to bring both of their contracts together, but even if he is overstepping his worth what does that have to do with Holly. I watch Golf Channel much less now. They talk all about growing the game then why don’t they televise more LPGA than they are. I mean they rebroadcast the men’s tournaments two or three times. I thought Holly was a great journalist and was a great player of the game. With much more talent than most of people she worked with. Shame on GC for not only renewing her contract but for denying her from her fans on the rest of her contract.
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James B
Jul 30, 2014 at 2:57 pm
Whoever is responsible for letting Holly Sonders to from Golf Channel should be fired. Whatever your opinion about her, she was a rising star on Golf Channel. She drew viewers and attention the The Channel.
Jim
Jul 30, 2014 at 7:26 pm
Well watch the playing lessons with jimmy walker and look at her wrinkly face , the bags under her eyes even the lazy eye, and you can see why they let her go with out a fight . Shes is not that great other than she can play golf. Think of the hours of make up that some lucky person no longer has to do and the few dozen horses that get to keep there manes and tales now because she is no longer wearing them .
Frank Brandon
Aug 5, 2014 at 3:55 pm
Jim, Don’t trip over your seeing eye dog. I love golf but outside of their Major’s coverage, there is no reason that I tune into the Golf Channel without the hopes of seeing Holly.
SBoss
Oct 27, 2014 at 7:46 am
Frank, I think you’re the one that needs a seeing eye dog. Holly “Sonders” is a fake from her name through her chest. She looks like a man with heavy makeup.
If somebody tuned into Morning Drive or TGC just to see Holly, they’re missing the boat. The fact that she married a 45 year old cheating D-Bag is proof that she’ll likely implode at some point because she’s lacking good sense. The fact that the cheating D-Bag was cheating with HER is proof that she’s sleazy.
Holly probably wakes up every day and asks “how can I fool them again today”? I don’t blame TGC for not paying her. By 35, she’ll look like an old hag. There’s natural beauty and then there’s Holly.
Joe
Nov 1, 2014 at 4:12 pm
Wow! You sound like a jilted stalker. Did she slap a restraining order on you? I can’t imagine why else you would have so much venom for a person you don’t know. Get over her and find another stalking victim.
Doug
Sep 5, 2014 at 3:43 pm
Yes,
I think you are right on this one. Holly did not need to be a former tour player to be successful as she could do sexy, smart and stylish. Paige Mac appears to be in line as the replacement, but she is more comfortable changing the role to match her skills.
Holly will be able to pull off NFL and other needs and will make it at Fox. It would have been fun to see how far she would have made it at the Golf Channel; they are an odd group anyway as every time they create a personality ( Winn McMurray is a good example), they go in a different direction. It is just a game and too much techy swing talk is boring… something that you could never say about Holly….
Joe
Nov 1, 2014 at 5:59 pm
They should be fired, but they’ll be out of a job soon enough anyways. I don’t see how how the golf channel can survive so many poor decisions in a row. Loosing Holly was just plain stupid. She was eye candy with a legit golf resume who could outplay 95% of viewers! Male or female. I think that’s why most of these haters hate her, they know she would smoke them like their cheap cigars.
steve williams
Jul 23, 2014 at 11:53 am
I always said to myself. “It’s amazing what a pound of makeup and fake hair can do”
steve williams
Jul 23, 2014 at 11:54 am
Maybe she was trying to hide her big nose
Larry
Oct 16, 2014 at 4:40 pm
We had her out here in Palm Springs playing in the Humana Golf Tournament last January….She was amazingly nice and without all the camara makeup she is still very nice looking..and in very excellent shape…..
JillC
May 5, 2015 at 11:04 am
Just like you should use, fat boy!!
don davis
Jul 16, 2014 at 1:43 am
Got to admit I didn’t like her at first but she can hold her own on tv. Compared to some of the other talent on golf channel Holly is one of the better ones. I still get funny looks from my wife when she sees Holly Sonders on tv. “They put a cart girl on TV!”
Tom
Jul 15, 2014 at 11:50 pm
Wonder if she will wear the stripper pumps on the sideline in New England in December when it’s 10 degrees.
Darin Fowler
Jul 15, 2014 at 8:40 pm
Good for Holly, can’t hate on her for moving up in her profession of choice. I still think Fox’s golf will be terrible though. As for her looks, she’s still pretty but looking very fake as time goes on. Back in the day when I would see her on her home course (Flagstone) in Marysville she was a natural beauty.
darren
Jul 15, 2014 at 8:08 pm
maybe there is a god…and if he’s listening, there’s a few more i’d like gone
Tony
Jul 15, 2014 at 2:17 pm
Glad to see the plastic Barbie move on. Hard to take her seriously when she always wore stripper pumps.
J. Evans
Jul 15, 2014 at 4:20 pm
whats wrong with stripper pumps???
benseattle
Jul 15, 2014 at 1:44 pm
Ben Alberstadt is a completely uninformed amateur. This:
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ANCHORING??? You CANNOT BE SERIOUS. Anchoring a golf telecast is not a role a teleprompter-loving studio host can jump into. And apparently “Ben” hasn’t heard that Fox has already announced that Joe Buck will be anchoring the network’s USGA telecasts, helped by Greg Norman as analyst. For Alberstadt to simply ASSUME that Sonders will “presumably” anchor the network’s U.S. Open broadcast is not merely shoddy journalism; it’s a joke.
You watch: she’ll be doing pre-round interviews on the practice range. No booth, no “foot soldier” work such as Feherty or Maltbie.
Sonders’ paycheck just doubled while her total exposure will be reduced by HALF.
Joe
Nov 1, 2014 at 4:24 pm
It much more than doubled my friend, much more. Her air time may have been halved, but her exposure will quadruple at minimum. More people will see her in five minutes at Fox than saw her in a month on Golf Channel, and the exposure is going to increase exponentially as opposed to declining exponentially at golf channel. The golf channel is becoming the one thing it has fought so hard against. It is becoming a seasonal tv channel. And Holly was smart enough to make sure she is a girl for all seasons. Alas, poor golf channel, I knew it well.
RAT
Jul 14, 2014 at 8:36 pm
Agree with Jeff.
Also bring back Winn!
Derrick
Jul 14, 2014 at 8:15 pm
Notice how GC has gone down hill since NBC bought it? It used to be a show worth watching but now it’s just loaded with a bunch of am’s who want to hit balls on the simulator and give advice to others…like Damon Hack knows what he’s talking about, right? He’s hasn’t broken 80!!!!
Matt Ginella travels around the world playing courses and staying at resorts that 99.9% of their view audience will never visit nor can afford. So, why even waste our time talking about it, along with other courses that Gary Williams and Charlie Rymer play.
Tom
Jul 15, 2014 at 11:46 pm
Totally agree on Ginnella. Seems like a nice guy but I don’t care where he travels to. Chances are I won’t ever go there, and even if I do, it won’t be anytime soon.
david
Jul 14, 2014 at 5:18 pm
Maybe she just wanted a job where she could wear a few more clothes.
KK
Jul 14, 2014 at 4:41 pm
I don’t understand all the judging. The American dream is about using your physical attributes, talents and hard work to achieve success and happiness. Shouldn’t we applaud this woman?
golfa8
Jul 14, 2014 at 3:25 pm
How about Jenny Dell?
blott0
Jul 14, 2014 at 12:35 pm
That’s too bad, she had a great personality and even better body.
Big Wally
Jul 14, 2014 at 12:06 pm
Most overexposed woman, literally and figuratively, in sports television.
JEFF
Jul 14, 2014 at 11:39 am
Golf channel needs to get rid of Chamblee and tilman and it might be tolerable!
Jake
Jul 14, 2014 at 12:11 pm
I couldn’t agree with you more!
pb
Jul 14, 2014 at 1:12 pm
Agreed.
steve
Jul 14, 2014 at 2:28 pm
Agreed, when Tilghman is hosting MD I can’t watch. It is just as hard to watch Brandel “I know everything” Chamblee
Fred
Jul 15, 2014 at 7:09 pm
it’s hard to listen to guys on that show, especially Chamblee, who, if they ever played on tour, never amounted to very much. Yet they sit there and have the gall to tell us what’s wrong with Tiger’s game, or Phil’s game, what they can do to fix it. These guys aren’t even qualified to shine Phil’s shoes, much less criticize his game, or any one else on tour, for that matter. FOX Sports has a huge audience, and as much as I like Holly, it will interesting to see if its viewers take this Golf Channel alumn seriously when she talks football.
Donnie
Oct 24, 2014 at 11:17 am
+1 agreed. NBC has practically killed it. I hope for their sake their content contracts are secure, I think there might be room for competition.
JEFF
Jul 14, 2014 at 11:37 am
Plastic woman will always have a job!
John K
Jul 14, 2014 at 11:37 am
Bring back Winn….way better….the GC make up team will get a rest based on this move!
adam
Jul 14, 2014 at 10:00 am
Jay and Dan and now Holly. Damn you Fox.
Mr. McMurry
Jul 14, 2014 at 9:29 am
Too much icing on this cupcake, maybe Winn will return now!
steve
Jul 14, 2014 at 8:34 am
Her anchoring the U.S Open? They really do have a death sentence for golf. It might make it unwatchable
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N
Jul 14, 2014 at 2:45 am
Niederkohr….. lulz
ILOVEHER
Jul 14, 2014 at 2:19 am
It’s all about the sex.
MHendon
Jul 13, 2014 at 10:15 pm
Hey Golf Channel I have a suggestion for her replacement. Cheyenne Woods, she’s pretty hot, has a hell of a golf swing, and can get you on the inside track for those Tiger Woods interviews.
marty
Jul 13, 2014 at 9:58 pm
Mid range hooker? Thats harsh. Haters in the house.
Donnie
Oct 24, 2014 at 11:19 am
Butter face.
Boner
Jul 13, 2014 at 8:50 pm
Hasn’t she been 26 for the past 3 years? How come everybody else grows older but she doesn’t. BTW she looks like she is 36.
Joe
Jul 14, 2014 at 1:22 pm
Couldn’t agree more… I was actually shocked to hear she is in her mid-20s. Too much makeup has done a number on her skin. I’d rather see Paige Mackenzie or Win McMurray any day.
snowman
Jul 13, 2014 at 8:47 pm
Bring Back Win McMurray! Holly was way over-hyped at GC. I never thought she was that hot and agree with others that she looked like a “mid-range’ hooker most of the time. I am not looking forward to seeing her on FOX; seems to me she is living the peter-principle; rising to the level of her incompetence. As far as I know she has nothing different or special to offer on NFL broadcasts, so she’ll just be the token sideline chick on the broadcast. As far as anchoring Fox golf broadcast, she is not even close to being in the same class as Terry Gannon, Nantz (et. al)… Could be an epic fail……
Desmond
Jul 14, 2014 at 11:42 am
Apparently, most of you haven’t seen many hookers.
Frank
Jul 14, 2014 at 1:48 pm
I think she’s “that hot” !!! Who cares , way too much seriousness here. It’s just golf
Frank
marty
Jul 14, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Lololololol
Fred
Jul 16, 2014 at 1:26 pm
Desmond: Or maybe they have seen a lot of them. They seem to know what they look like.
Ty
Jul 13, 2014 at 8:24 pm
I won’t miss her nasally drone but I guess FOX will make me listen to it more.
Bill
Jul 13, 2014 at 7:31 pm
Enough of Holly and her fake smile and chest. Sex sells but this was getting ridiculous. TGC had to put her on any and every program it could wearing as short a skirt as she could fit in. Bring back Win and let Fox deal with Holly and her ego.
ih8
Jul 13, 2014 at 7:29 pm
This is a tough loss for golf channel. She’s one of the few personalities there that actually knows anything about golf.
I can see why she’s leaving though; she’s as technically knowledgeable as anyone on GC yet has go through hours of hair and makeup (which, I agree, is monstrously overdone and makes her look awful….she might actually be pretty underneath it all, who knows?) and dress in spike heels and tight/short dresses (i.e. like a mid-range prostitute). If I were her, I would be demanding 15-25% more pay than anyone on GC.
At least Fox sports is a potential step towards legitimacy. And like Ben said, it’s covering not golf, i.e. she’ll be covering real and not niche sports.
Randall
Jul 13, 2014 at 6:45 pm
That’s what the nfl needs, another girl on the sidelines with no knowledge asking easy “how do you feel” questions. I hope they have better makeup artists at fox, she’s getting rough
Enrique
Jul 13, 2014 at 6:47 pm
Good, Im not the only person who thinks she cakes on the makeup – she ain’t all that. eek!
One more reason NOT to watch Fox.
John C
Jul 13, 2014 at 6:20 pm
The right next step is to dump ESPN-tainted Erik Kuselias… she’s at rival Fox Sports now after all.
Curt
Jul 13, 2014 at 6:24 pm
Yeah, Erik seems like a very creepy guy!
Cate
Jul 16, 2014 at 4:58 pm
Apparently that has happened according to “The Big Lead”.
http://thebiglead.com/2014/07/16/erik-kuselias-package-deal-attempt-with-his-wife-holly-sonders-blows-up-in-his-face-and-he-loses-tv-job-at-nbc/
Gene Catalano
Oct 12, 2014 at 5:53 pm
Why has Holly Sonders not appeared anywhere on Fox?