Meet the Journalists of Golf in America

Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson is currently a member of NBC’s Emmy Award-winning drama "Law & Order.” Anderson plays Detective Kevin Bernard opposite Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo.
Anderson has appeared in over 20 films, and his performance on “Law & Order” earned him his second consecutive NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for the 2008 season. Last year, Anderson starred in the New Orleans-based drama “K-Ville” before joining “Law & Order.” He also displayed his bountiful talent in the DreamWorks’ blockbuster “Transformers,” directed by Michael Bay; as well as in Martin Scorsese’s Oscar winning feature, “The Departed,” alongside a stellar cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson.
Anderson first gained attention as one of Jim Carrey’s sons in “Me, Myself, and Irene,” and has subsequently appeared in such films as “Scary Movie 3,” “Barbershop,” “Kangaroo Jack,” “Exit Wounds,” “Cradle 2 the Grave,” “Two Can Play That Game,” and “Malibu’s Most Wanted.” He also starred opposite Eddie Griffin and Michael Imperioli in “My Baby’s Daddy,” opposite Frankie Muniz in “Agent Cody Banks 2” and had a cameo in “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.” Anderson brought his talent and humor to the small screen in his own WB sitcom “All About the Andersons” which was loosely based on his life. Anderson appeared in the police-drama television series, “The Shield,” opposite Michael Chiklis and Glenn Close.
Anderson grew up in Los Angeles. While pursuing his acting career, he continued his education by attending the High School for the Performing Arts, where he earned first place in the NAACP’s ACTSO Awards with his performance of the classic monologue from “The Great White Hope.” That performance, along with his dedication to his craft, earned him an arts scholarship to Howard University.
Anderson currently lives in Los Angeles. He is married to his college sweetheart, and they have two children.

John Feinstein
John Feinstein graduated from Duke University in 1977. He worked at the Washington Post for eleven years as both a political and sports reporter. He has also worked at Sports Illustrated and National Sports Daily. Notably, Feinstein authored the best-selling sports book of all time, A Season on the Brink, about the Indiana Hoosiers and their controversial coach Bobby Knight.
Feinstein’s in-depth approach to sports journalism has launched him into a well-known career as an author and commentator. He has written of a number of other bestselling sports books, including A Good Walk Spoiled, A Civil War, The Last Amateurs, and The Punch. His latest book, Living on the Black, documents the rough-and-tumble 2007 baseball season featuring two star New York pitchers: Tom Glavine of the Mets and Mike Mussina of the Yankees. His young adult series of sports-related mysteries has also earned a quickly expanding base of enthusiastic readers and fans.
Feinstein is currently a commentator for National Public Radio and Sporting News Radio and an essayist for CBS Sports; he writes columns for AOL and Golf Magazine, and contributes to the Washington Post. He lives in Potomac, Maryland, and Shelter Island, New York and is the father of two children.

Jim Gray
Jim Gray joined GOLF CHANNEL this year as a Golf in America correspondent and reporter for Live From telecasts. He has worked with CBS Sports, NBC Sports, ESPN, ABC-TV, and is currently with NBC (Olympics), Showtime, and Westwood One Radio.
His career highlights include broadcast coverage of eight Olympic Games, 22 NFL Super Bowls, nine MLB World Series, 18 NBA Finals, 12 NCAA Final Fours, 19 Masters Golf Tournaments, and more than 400 World Championship Boxing matches. Gray has also broadcast on numerous occasions the Ryder Cup, the Presidents Cup, NBA and MLB All-Star Games, National Football League AFC and NFC Championship Games, and Major League Baseball American and National League Championship Series Games, the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange Bowls.
Through out his career, Gray has earned numerous awards and honors. He has won 11 national Emmy Awards for journalism and reporting. Gray was named Sportscaster of the Year in 1998 and 1999 as “Sports Reporter of the Year” by his member peers of the American Sportscasters Association. In 1997, Jim won the prestigious “Broadcast of the Year Award” presented by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association for his interview with Mike Tyson following “Tyson vs. Holyfield II.” Twelve times Gray has been named Sports Reporter of the Year by the USA Today, and that same publication in April 2005 named Gray the country’s best sports reporter of the past quarter century.
A graduated from the University of Colorado in 1981, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Journalism. In 2004, Gray was inducted into the Colorado Hall of Excellence In March 2005 Jim was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles City Council. Gray is one of a very few sportscasters who has been honored with this prestigious award.
Throughout his adult life, Jim has been involved in numerous charities around the country having served countless benefits as the master of ceremonies and devoting his time and energy to many philanthropic endeavors including The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Special Olympics, and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Jim and his wife Frann, established the Jim Gray Scholarship Fund at the University of Colorado which grants scholarships at the University’s School of Journalism to top students, as well as to students who are the first in their family to attend a college or university. Jim and Frann reside in Los Angeles.

Rich Lerner
Since 1997, Rich Lerner has been a mainstay at the GOLF CHANNEL, where his distinctive essays have punctuated the network’s coverage of golf’s major championships In 2009, he can be seen doing play-by-play commentary, conducting player interviews and delivering his signature essays for PGA TOUR events and, as show host, he sets the scene for viewers at the beginning of PGA TOUR telecasts. Called by noted golf writer Lorne Rubenstein “an essayist and reporter of distinction,” Lerner was honored with the Women’s Sports Foundation Journalism Award for his documentary, Se Ri Pak, A Champions Journey. His work also helped the GOLF CHANNEL land a Cable Ace Award. From Tiger Woods: Millennium Man to Courage on the Fairways to New York Stories, Lerner has brought a number of in-depth specials to the GOLF CHANNEL. His most recent specials have touched on a variety of subjects, including the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the 1986 Masters, Annika Sorenstam, John Daly and the youthful wave on the LPGA Tour.
Lerner earned a degree in broadcasting from Temple University in Philadelphia. In addition, he received The Hands of Peace Award for his continuing efforts to curb violence against women and children in his hometown of Orlando, Fla. He and his wife, Robin, host the annual December Classic charity event benefitting adults with developmental disabilities. The Lerners have two sons, Jesse and Jack.

Todd Lewis
An avid golfer with a single-digit handicap, Lewis brought more than 15 years of sports broadcasting and journalism experience when he joined GOLF CHANNEL in 2008. He currently anchors and reports for Golf Central and can be seen conducting interviews during the network’s PGA TOUR telecasts. Prior to joining GOLF CHANNEL, Lewis was an eight-year member of the on-air team at CBS affiliate WKMG in Orlando, most recently as sports director. He also worked for Orlando-based Sun Sports cable television network, serving as a reporter for Florida Gators pre and post game shows. He also was previously host for the Summertime Golf Show, a weekly 30-minute golf travel show.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Lewis’ broadcasting career began in 1991 in Winston-Salem, N.C. as a sports reporter for independent WXII. He then joined NBC affiliate WECT in Wilmington, N.C., producing and anchoring the weekend sportscasts, where he received Associated Press Best Sports Feature award in 1995. His next career move took him to Spokane, Wash., at ABC affiliate KXLY as weekend sports anchor. Lewis returned to his home state of North Carolina in 1998 as weekend sports anchor for CBS affiliate WRAL in Raleigh, before moving to Orlando and WKMG in 1999.

Kelly Tilghman
A member of GOLF CHANNEL’s original cast and one of the network’s most versatile anchors, Kelly Tilghman serves as play-by-play host for the network’s PGA TOUR coverage. She also co-anchors the network’s signature news program, Golf Central, as well as Live From telecasts from golf’s major events. In May of 2009, she hosts Operation Links, a GOLF CHANNEL special presentation that documents her first USO Tour to Iraq that took place December of 2008. Over the course of her GOLF CHANNEL career, she has hosted numerous shows and specials, including Sprint Post Game, Academy Live and Grey Goose 19th Hole, and has served as an on-course reporter for the network’s live tournaments team. In 2007, she became the first full-time female play-by-play commentator in the history of the PGA TOUR when GOLF CHANNEL embarked on its 15-year contract as the TOUR’s exclusive cable home.
Tilghman currently is the play-by-play voice for EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2009 video game, and for three consecutive years (2006-08), she caddied for Arnold Palmer at the Par-3 Contest at the Masters.
Tilghman grew up in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., where her family owned and operated a golf course for 22 years. She earned a scholarship to play on the Duke University women’s golf team, where she won the 1990 Lady Paladin Invitational hosted by Furman University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History. From 1992-96, Tilghman played professional golf in Australia, Europe and Asia, and served as a teaching and touring pro.

Scott Walker
Veteran sports broadcaster Scott Walker joined GOLF CHANNEL’s on-air team in 2008, serving as an anchor and reporter for Golf Central and contributing to the network’s news reporting team at PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour events for 2009. Walker brought more than 15 years of sports broadcasting and journalist experience to GOLF CHANNEL, including four years as ESPN as a national correspondent and SportsCenter reporter. Walker also was a correspondent for USA Network’s PGA TOUR Sunday and a college football sideline reporter for ABC Sports.
A graduate of Stanford University, Walker’s career began in 1994 as a production assistant for CNN Sports, followed by the NBC affiliate KNSD in San Diego as a sports reporter, where he won the San Diego Press Club Award for best sports reporting in 1997 and the Golden Mike Award for best sports reporting in Southern California in 1998.









