Golf Channel brings back one of the sport's most trusted voices at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

One of golf television’s most trusted voices is set to be heard more regularly again in 2026.

Veteran broadcaster Roger Maltbie has signed a one-year contract with Golf Channel to serve as lead on-course reporter at select PGA Tour events, beginning this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Maltbie, 74, will work five PGA Tour events for Golf Channel, covering Thursday and Friday rounds as well as weekend lead-in coverage ahead of network broadcasts on NBC or CBS.

Maltbie's full-time NBC Sports contract was not renewed after the 2022 season.

“I’m excited that they still want me to do this, and I guess they feel like I am still someone viewers want to listen to,” Maltbie told Golf Digest

“The bottom line is that I want to keep going because I’m a fan of the game. I watch a good bit of it from home, and I look forward to getting up close and seeing all these new guys and how they play.”

In addition to Pebble Beach, Maltbie’s Golf Channel schedule includes the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players Championship, the inaugural Cadillac Championship at Trump Doral and the Memorial Tournament.

This year’s Memorial holds particular significance for Maltbie, who won the event’s inaugural edition in 1976 and will return as the tournament marks its 50th anniversary.

Maltbie has also signed a separate agreement with NBC to continue working select events, including the U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open, Senior PGA Championship and the American Century Championship, as he has done in recent seasons.

Golf Channel, along with several other NBC-affiliated sports networks including USA Network, is now owned by Versant, a new media company spun out from NBCUniversal and Comcast.

The schedule was finalised with Golf Channel executive vice president and general manager Tom Knapp, who first approached Maltbie in December about a possible return.

A resident of Los Gatos, California, Maltbie decided the timing felt right. “I still have a little bit left in the tank,” he said.

“Having the familiar tone of Roger Maltbie on the call for Golf Channel as our lead on-course reporter at these iconic venues is going to be tremendous," Knapp said.

"Roger is one of the most recognizable figures in golf and set the standard for on-course golf reporting for 35 years. He is an institution, and we’re pumped to have him.”

A five-time PGA Tour winner, Maltbie began his broadcasting career with USA Network at the 1989 Ryder Cup before joining NBC Sports in 1991. 

Maltbie and longtime broadcast partner Gary Koch were both downsized after the 2022 season, though NBC later brought both men back in limited roles.

A notable aspect of Maltbie’s 2026 schedule is that he will work alongside CBS Sports at Pebble Beach, Doral and the Memorial Tournament, events for which CBS holds broadcast rights and produces all four rounds.

“That’s something I am really looking forward to, working with Jim Nantz and the CBS team, because it’s something I’ve never done before. We’ve been on opposite deals, so that’s going to be interesting,” Maltbie said. 

“You know, this is what I like to do. And I do what I’m told to do. Maybe that’s why they still use me some.”