OverDrive
Nantz on his experiences at the Canadian Open, his backyard Par 3, Golf Canada and more!
11 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Here he is from CBS, basically our colleague. I'm sure he sees it the same way. Here's Jim Nance. How you doing, Jim?
Hello, friends, and hello, colleagues. What a nice thing you just said. You got your passport ready, Jim, or what? Passport is ready. I would have been up there today, but sadly we lost one of our CBS golf and NFL teammates this last weekend up at Memorial Tournament. We got his services tomorrow, so... Yeah, we'll be remembering him, but we'll always look forward to coming to Toronto.
The fans up there are just fantastic, and I've just had such a good time with this event through the years. Of course, the Nick Taylor victory and the chance to call that and call it glorious and free as the ball went in the hole from 72 feet is one of my favorite moments of my career to be able to see that entire scene play out there at Oakdale. It was amazing.
Jim, I've always wanted to ask you the question, was glorious and free, like was that in the chamber or was that spontaneous? How did you come up with that?
No, I mean, now it sounds a little bit like how in the world did you come up with that at the last moment? But we had Amanda Ballionis and Colton Nose out at one of the late par three holes. And every time a Canadian player came through, they were singing the anthem. And I love your anthem. I just love listening to your anthem.
And I heard, you know, not that I don't know the lyrics already, but I just kept hearing it and admiring it, and I think it was just ingrained in my head. Now, I did not have it in the chamber from 72 feet away. I did not expect that to go in. But when it did, it just washed over me, and I said it glorious and free, and I thought it Well, wait a minute. Was that okay to say that?
I don't want to, you know. It was fine. I'm not going to hurt anybody's feelings. No, we were ecstatic. We were happy. You know, Nick Taylor has it on his head cover for his driver. Love that. It says, on his driver head cover, it says, glorious and free.
Well, it's as big of a moment as you can get up here at basically any tournament. But, I mean, you knew the setting of that. There had not been a Canadian who had won the RBC Canadian Open in a long, long time. And Nick found a way to pull that off. And that was in a truly epic playoff a couple years ago. Last year we had a great playoff here as well up at TPC Toronto.
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Chapter 2: What memorable moments did Jim Nantz experience at the Canadian Open?
I guess do you prepare yourself for that? Like when you're coming up, it feels like playoffs are just somewhat synonymous with the Canadian Open right now.
Well, you never know. You could go 20 years without a playoff. We just had one this last weekend in Ohio. But just looking at the scores today, what's unfolding is you would expect it to be very tightly bunched. But, I mean, it really truly is around six and five and four on the bar. I mean, there are a lot of people that are right in the thick of it.
Yes, there's a lot of that you expect day one, but sometimes it's a little bit more spread out. And, by the way, one of the guys you got on the course right now is Sam Burns. Coming back to get that victory that escaped him last year, he's a very good player. And I think the best of his career is still to come.
Jim, it seems like you have a great time calling the golf with Trevor. He seems very prepared. Two of the three of us are hockey analysts, and we do live games. And the biggest part of it is just watching games nightly.
Chapter 3: How did Jim Nantz come up with the phrase 'glorious and free' during the broadcast?
Is Trevor a big part of his prep? Is it not just like not going out on the course, but just knowing these guys in and out and knowing what their tendencies are on the golf course?
Well, he is exceptionally well-prepared, and I know he would appreciate that you said that. And he breaks down the data on the computer the night before, and sometimes I'm saying, hey, let's go ahead and grab a quick bite. Often that happens, but you'd be surprised how many times he wants to stay in and just
work on some of the data, but what he's really, there are many things he's exceptional at with the job, but he understands the golf swing. He understands what the players are working on. Now, the anecdotal stuff that you just referenced, that's kind of a blend of the two of us.
That's my primary role maybe is to be the storyteller that helps set up Trevor and some of the other commentators to create themes for the tournament and and background information on the players. Um, I take great pride in trying to find something that's unique about the subjects that are, that are battling it out.
And it's too early for me to focus in on five or six individuals, but by the time I get to the weekend, I mean, I'll have those, those late starters fully prepared and ready to go up with them. Just as we did last week with JT Poston winning in a playoff against, uh,
ryan gerrard so you know i had i had some crazy stuff on there that i dispensed with but i thought it made for a good story so i went up with it last week at the memorial jim it seemed like having jack up in the booth after all the years i know he usually comes up on saturday and sunday and spend some time with you and trevor and the sponsors it still must after all these years be great to be sitting with jack and just talking about golf for 15 or 20 minutes
It doesn't feel real. First off, he stayed for three hours, both Saturday and Sunday. So it doesn't feel real. And I even told him that we did a Q&A together for the sponsor at the draw party on Tuesday. And I said, man, I've known you a long time. You've been in my home a number of times. I've been at his home. He asked me in 2015, he won the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal.
It was the 150th in the history of the United States to receive that award. It took place in the Capitol Rotunda. The House and the Senate were there. I was his presenter. So I know him well, but I never disclosed to Jack until last Tuesday, and I'm going to say it here, too. Man, I am so intimidated being around you. You're Jack Nicklaus. And, you know, boyhood idol for me.
And sometimes you do stop and pinch yourself and can't believe that you're having that kind of time with him.
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Chapter 4: What insights does Jim Nantz share about his partnership with Trevor Immelman?
I like driving myself, so... I will get a little assist coming in late from the funeral tomorrow. I need to get to an event over in the Yorkville district. I love that area, by the way. I just like cruising around and people watching and stopping and having a glass of wine and some summer nights. It's really, really special. So I like that area. I've been down in Oakville, and I like that.
Whatever that main drag is, there's a lot of good restaurants there. You know, there's a great classical restaurant called Opus. I've been a guest there. It's like in a brownstone, and it's, I think, in that Yorkville district. So, no, I like to get out and see the places that this job takes me to. And because this course is pretty far out of downtown, we're not staying in that
in that downtown area this week. But we're going to be over there closer to Hamilton. Whatever. I'll take it any way I can get it. And I enjoy it.
Well, we can't wait to obviously welcome you back up here. We love having you and CBS and the whole tour rolling through town. And it looks like Brooks Koepka is out there making a move right now. He's on fire on the back. So Brooks playing well.
That's going to be a big story. I think that's going to be there all weekend. Brooks, I was watching the early covers this morning, and he had some remarkable ups and downs, up and downs, trying to save his round early, and it turned itself around later on. I do want to say one thing. I know you guys are golf guys.
I have an old Houston teammate of mine who lives up that way, and he's in the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. He's a little older. We're both a little older, but he played at Houston.
His name is Warren Sy.
Warren Sy, yep. Yeah, Warren is a buddy of mine now for 48 years or something. And I always look forward to seeing him. Never enough time, but we stay in touch 52 weeks a year. And I'm really proud of the career that he had in the game. And, boy, I don't know of anybody in my life that loves it more than he does. But I'm glad you guys are familiar with who I'm talking about. Absolutely.
Because he's special.
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