{"id":347517,"date":"2025-12-14T13:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T13:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347517\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T13:18:14","slug":"popular-golf-channel-host-confirms-new-role-for-2026-pga-tour-season-and-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347517\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Golf Channel host confirms new role for 2026 PGA Tour season and Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular golf broadcaster Cara Banks has announced she is moving to NBC Sports on a full-time basis, bringing an end to her long-running role on Golf Channel studio programming.<\/p>\n<p>Banks will no longer appear on Golf Channel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/pga-tour\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"0514d135-c0aa-4a5d-a5c8-f7197f44adc3\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"PGA Tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour<\/a> studio coverage after more than 10 years with the network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she will take on a lead role across NBC\u2019s weekend golf coverage, while also contributing to Premier League broadcasts, the Stifel Snow Show and NBC\u2019s Olympic coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The London-born presenter, who was born in 1985, made the move from England to the United States in 2015 to join Golf Channel, where she quickly became a familiar face to golf fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She joined the network as a co-host of Morning Drive, Golf Channel\u2019s daily news and lifestyle programme, and went on to host and contribute to numerous studio shows.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her move to the US, Banks worked for Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, hosting Golfing World on a weekly basis and conducting player interviews and feature segments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She also contributed to TheOpenLIVE, the R&amp;A\u2019s live digital coverage of The Open.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/g8ikdjywoaekuju.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Cara Banks updates fans on her latest news (Instagram)\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.59\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Cara Banks updates fans on her latest news (Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>Banks, who is a wife and mother of two \u2014 a son and a daughter \u2014 shared the news of her career move via Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>She reflected on her journey from England to American television and expressed gratitude to colleagues who have supported her along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnd of an era! Today marked my last ever show on @golfchannel \u2026 After nearly 11 years of hosting studio golf shows, I will now be moving full time to @nbcsports where you\u2019ll find me on weekend golf coverage, Premier League, Stifel Snow Show &amp; @nbcolympics . I will never forget the leap from England to hosting live studio shows here in the U.S. in 2015 and grateful to everyone who held my hand as I grew along the way \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb Now we\u2019re on to the next adventure, see you Monday on @nbcsportssoccer !\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of golf broadcasting, Banks has frequently shared her passion for sport, fitness, travel, food and wine, and has also spoken about her love of skiing.<\/p>\n<p>Her transition marks a significant change in NBC Sports\u2019 on-air lineup and signals an expanded role for one of golf television\u2019s most recognisable presenters.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Popular golf broadcaster Cara Banks has announced she is moving to NBC Sports on a full-time basis, bringing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-347517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}