NBC Sports names Kevin Kisner its lead golf analyst for 2025

NBC Sports has named Kevin Kisner its lead golf analyst for the 2025 PGA Tour season. “I’m humbled and grateful to have the chance to sit in the seat that many legends like Johnny Miller and Paul Azinger have sat in before me on NBC,” Kisner said in a press release. “I’m looking forward to offering a different voice and adding a new dynamic to the broadcasts, hopefully reaching more fans and telling things like it is. That’s what I think I do best. I’m also excited to continue to compete on the PGA Tour amongst my peers, which I think will help me to tap into what these guys are really feeling on the course.”  

NBC used a rotation of names in the booth this year as it tried to fill the void of long-time analyst Paul Azinger, who departed at the end of 2023. Kisner debuted with the network at the Sentry in Maui in January and worked several other tournaments including the WM Phoenix Open, the Players Championship and FedEx Cup playoffs, receiving strong reviews for his performance behind the mic.

“Kevin always shared frank and honest opinions about the game of golf during our various conversations through the years,” said Tommy Roy, the lead golf producer for NBC. “Those kinds of opinions and his engaging personality make Kiz a great fit for our broadcast team. He knows these players, he knows this game, and the audience will get to hear more of those opinions and that personality this season.”

Kisner, a four-time PGA Tour winner who has played regularly on the tour since 2011, had previously said he was not ready to hang it up as a player—”I have to prove to myself that I’m not going out like this,” he told Golf Digest’s Loop podcast earlier this year. However, the 40-year-old struggled inside the ropes this season, ranking 198th in the regular season FedEx Cup standings and failing to improve his rank during the fall slate. Kisner is still expected to play a limited schedule in 2025.

Multiple sources familiar with NBC Sports' thinking tell Golf Digest that Brad Faxon will likely take over duties on the occasions when Kisner’s commentating and playing schedules overlap.

Kisner has played in 322 career events on tour and earning more than $29 million. The last of his four victories at the 2021 Wyndham Championship. He also served as an assistant captain for the United States in September at the Presidents Cup.