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Dan Hicks, the Voice Behind Decades of NBC's Biggest Golf and Olympic Moments, Dies at 64
The longtime play-by-play announcer, married to fellow broadcaster Hannah Storm, died after what NBC described as an acute illness — closing out a career that spanned the U.S. Open, the Ryder Cup and multiple Olympic Games.
Dan Hicks, NBC Sports' lead golf and Olympics play-by-play announcer for more than three decades, died Wednesday night at 64 after what the network described as an acute illness. His wife, fellow broadcaster Hannah Storm, announced his death, which was confirmed Thursday by Golf Channel and NBC Sports colleagues.
Hicks had called play-by-play for PGA Tour coverage on NBC since 2000, anchoring the network's broadcasts of the U.S. Open, The Open Championship, the Ryder Cup, the Presidents Cup and the U.S. Women's Open. Beyond golf, he was a familiar voice across NBC's Olympic coverage, calling swimming and skiing events at multiple Games, and he also handled play-by-play for Notre Dame football broadcasts. Sources differ slightly on the exact length of his NBC tenure, with some outlets citing 34 years at the network and others 35, but all agree he was one of the longest-serving voices in NBC Sports history.
Tributes from the golf world
NBC Sports colleagues and the PGA Tour both issued statements mourning Hicks. The PGA Tour said his voice "filled our living rooms" through decades of golf broadcasts, while NBC Sports colleagues called him an extraordinary colleague, friend and person both on and off the air.
HIS VOICE FILLED OUR LIVING ROOMS THROUGH DECADES OF GOLF BROADCASTS
Hicks is survived by Storm, the longtime ESPN and NBC anchor he married, along with three daughters. The couple were one of sports broadcasting's most recognizable power couples, both fixtures of NBC and ESPN coverage for much of the 2000s and 2010s. Tributes poured in Thursday from players, broadcasters and tour officials who worked alongside him across his nearly 35-year run, many describing him as a steady, warm presence who became as associated with golf's biggest Sundays as the tournaments themselves.
No details on funeral or memorial arrangements had been released as of Thursday afternoon. NBC Sports said it would pay tribute to Hicks during its upcoming golf coverage, with PGA Tour events this winter expected to carry on-air remembrances of a voice that, for a generation of viewers, was inseparable from the sport's most dramatic finishes.