Scott Van Pelt

a lot of life is this right sort of serendipitous like a guy named jimmy roberts who actually is a maryland guy and was at espn covering golf left to go to nbc and that was in the middle of tiger woods just laying waste to all humanity in the game i mean he was breaking records you know winning every major and espn really kind of needed a guy that had an in with tiger sure I was that guy.

a lot of life is this right sort of serendipitous like a guy named jimmy roberts who actually is a maryland guy and was at espn covering golf left to go to nbc and that was in the middle of tiger woods just laying waste to all humanity in the game i mean he was breaking records you know winning every major and espn really kind of needed a guy that had an in with tiger sure I was that guy.

Yeah. I mean, literally, my entire career exists because of Tiger Woods. That is a fact. And maybe I could have found some of this without him, but almost certainly not. And so I went in 2001 because ESPN really kind of needed a golf guy. And I lived down in Orlando at the time. And I stayed in Orlando and I was covering golf and a little bit of this, that and the other thing.

Yeah. I mean, literally, my entire career exists because of Tiger Woods. That is a fact. And maybe I could have found some of this without him, but almost certainly not. And so I went in 2001 because ESPN really kind of needed a golf guy. And I lived down in Orlando at the time. And I stayed in Orlando and I was covering golf and a little bit of this, that and the other thing.

Yeah. I mean, literally, my entire career exists because of Tiger Woods. That is a fact. And maybe I could have found some of this without him, but almost certainly not. And so I went in 2001 because ESPN really kind of needed a golf guy. And I lived down in Orlando at the time. And I stayed in Orlando and I was covering golf and a little bit of this, that and the other thing.

So that was when it started. That's so cool.

So that was when it started. That's so cool.

So that was when it started. That's so cool.

Oh, yeah. I remember it vividly because we were in Australia to cover a golf tournament. It was the world match play, and we're in Australia. This is actually cool. I can picture it as clear as day. We were going to follow a Syracuse basketball game, and we're just waiting for it to end. And I'm sitting in like this, it's like a tent.

Oh, yeah. I remember it vividly because we were in Australia to cover a golf tournament. It was the world match play, and we're in Australia. This is actually cool. I can picture it as clear as day. We were going to follow a Syracuse basketball game, and we're just waiting for it to end. And I'm sitting in like this, it's like a tent.

Oh, yeah. I remember it vividly because we were in Australia to cover a golf tournament. It was the world match play, and we're in Australia. This is actually cool. I can picture it as clear as day. We were going to follow a Syracuse basketball game, and we're just waiting for it to end. And I'm sitting in like this, it's like a tent.

When you cover, when you're doing a golf event, you know, they build these little, you've seen them. If you go to like a major or whatever, like it's a TV compound with, you know, you're outdoors, but there's a tent over the top of it. And I'm sitting there with my guy, Andy North. And when the game ends, there used to be this like, and you guys are ESPN heads.

When you cover, when you're doing a golf event, you know, they build these little, you've seen them. If you go to like a major or whatever, like it's a TV compound with, you know, you're outdoors, but there's a tent over the top of it. And I'm sitting there with my guy, Andy North. And when the game ends, there used to be this like, and you guys are ESPN heads.

When you cover, when you're doing a golf event, you know, they build these little, you've seen them. If you go to like a major or whatever, like it's a TV compound with, you know, you're outdoors, but there's a tent over the top of it. And I'm sitting there with my guy, Andy North. And when the game ends, there used to be this like, and you guys are ESPN heads.

Like there was this animation that like, it was like sort of a circle and it says ESPN. And there's this voice that says ESPN. This is a presentation of ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports. And that's, like I told you about the Masters moment where I'm waiting to talk. Well, this is 2001, and I've never done it, and I'm like, oh, shit, I have to talk, and it's me, and I'm on ESPN.

Like there was this animation that like, it was like sort of a circle and it says ESPN. And there's this voice that says ESPN. This is a presentation of ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports. And that's, like I told you about the Masters moment where I'm waiting to talk. Well, this is 2001, and I've never done it, and I'm like, oh, shit, I have to talk, and it's me, and I'm on ESPN.

Like there was this animation that like, it was like sort of a circle and it says ESPN. And there's this voice that says ESPN. This is a presentation of ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports. And that's, like I told you about the Masters moment where I'm waiting to talk. Well, this is 2001, and I've never done it, and I'm like, oh, shit, I have to talk, and it's me, and I'm on ESPN.

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