{"id":42392,"date":"2025-08-04T08:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/42392\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T08:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:25:11","slug":"golf-news-2025-ian-baker-finch-retires-from-commentary-with-cbs-australian-in-tears-amid-tributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/42392\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf news 2025, Ian Baker-Finch retires from commentary with CBS, Australian in tears amid tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The golf<\/a> world is paying tribute to Australian legend Ian Baker-Finch after he retired from the commentary box on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Baker-Finch, 64, hung up the microphone after calling the Wyndham Championship.<\/p>\n

It ends a 30-year career calling golf for CBS.<\/p>\n

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His voice has become synonymous with the sport’s biggest events and Baker-Finch could not hide his emotions upon calling his final tournament.<\/p>\n

He broke down in tears more than once before the broadcast ended.<\/p>\n

\"Australian<\/p>\n

Australian great Ian Baker-Finch in tears upon his commentary retirement.\u00a0FOX Sports<\/p>\n

“I really will miss calling those moments to the fans at home,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Because the fans are what we’re here for.<\/p>\n

“We’re here for you, we’re here to entertain you.<\/p>\n

“It’s been great a run I’ve had, though, and it is overwhelming.”<\/p>\n

Baker-Finch’s CBS colleagues also struggled to hide their emotions as tears flowed in a touching farewell.<\/p>\n

“Finchy, you have been such an incredible mentor to so many, including myself, and I’m so thankful for that,” Trevor Immelman said on the desk, also alongside Frank Nobilo and Jim Nantz.<\/p>\n

\"Ian<\/p>\n

Ian Baker-Finch (middle) alongside his fellow CBS commentators.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

“The outpouring of love and respect that you’ve received over the last two weeks, it’s just such a testament to the great man that you are.”<\/p>\n

Tiger Woods was among those who paid tribute to the Aussie.<\/p>\n

Baker-Finch was born in Nambour, Queensland, and turned professional in 1979.<\/p>\n

He won The Open Championship in 1991, crowned the champion golfer of the year to enter the sport’s folklore, before turning his hand to commentary a few years later.<\/p>\n

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan issued a statement paying tribute to Baker-Finch.<\/p>\n

“Ian Baker-Finch has been a cherished voice in golf for nearly three decades, bringing insight, connection and a deep love for the game to millions of fans,” Monahan said.<\/p>\n

“From his triumph at The Open Championship to his remarkable work with CBS Sports, Ian’s contributions have helped elevate the sport and enrich its storytelling.<\/p>\n

“On behalf of the PGA Tour, congratulations Ian on your retirement and thank you for your enduring impact on the game.<\/p>\n

“We wish you and your family all the best.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The golf world is paying tribute to Australian legend Ian Baker-Finch after he retired from the commentary box…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-42392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42392","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=42392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}