One of the most revered tournaments of golf, the Open Championship is to commence next week. Fans and players both are equally excited ahead of the high-profile event. The Open will be the last major tournament of the year in men’s golf with star players lining up the Liverpool golf course.

And fans are up for a special treat as two big names have also joined the event but not as golfers. The back-end duties of the British Open will be handled by two big names in the sport world. Let’s find out who they are.

Retired ace golfer returns as an analyst for the Open Championship

Fans will be delighted to know that retired English golfer Nick Faldo is putting a temporary pause on his broadcasting retirement and is coming back to the British Open as an analyst. Faldo has been the top golfer of his era and spent 97 weeks as the No.1 player in the world. He has won a total of six major championships during his time. The news was shared by NBC Sports on Twitter.

The event is going to be nostalgic for the English golfer who himself won the Open Championship three times in 1987, 1990, and 1992.

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Along with a terrific career as a golfer, Faldo has also been a television commentator for major golf championships since 2004. As a broadcaster, he has worked with ABC, Golf Channel, CBS, and NBC. Faldo embraced retirement last year, in August from the CBS golf booth. After that, he has been working on course design and has also hosted the Betfred British Masters recently. However, Faldo is not the only big name for the off-course duties. 

Former NFL host taking up hosting duties at British Open

The 151st British Open will get exclusive coverage and its ‘Open Championship All Access’ program which will stream exclusively on Peacock on Thursday and Friday will be hosted by Trey Wingo. The Peacock show will play a complementing role, digging into the main telecast, featured groups, and featured hole coverage, range cam, and will include interviews with important guests. Wingo is the former co-host of ESPN Golic and Wingo, SportsCenter, and NFL Live. He has hosted the Women’s NCAA basketball tournament as well.

The Open Championship starts on 20th July at the Royal Liverpool Golf Course, London, and has the prize purse of an astonishing $16.5 million. The practice round begins on Monday and fans can’t contain their excitement.

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