Beth Ann Nichols

UPDATE: An NBC spokesperson has confirmed that Morgan Pressel will be in the booth next Sunday for the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship.

The first two rounds of the LPGA season-ender are on Golf Channel, and Saturday's coverage will be on CNBC. Pressel will not be in the booth for any of the first three rounds.

As first reported by @golfweek, Pressel's contract at Golf Channel was not renewed for the 2027 season.

With Golf Channel and NBC now split with separate talent contracts, 38-year-old Pressel could still be covering many of the biggest moments in the women’s game despite the move.

Pressel first joined Golf Channel and NBC as an analyst and on-course reporter in March 2021 and has been the voice of the LPGA since Judy Rankin stepped away in 2022.

It's likely that rather than one full-time replacement, the role will be split between Karen Stupples, Mel Reid and Paige Mackenzie. This week at @theANNIKAlpga, Mackenzie is in the booth alongside veteran play-by-play commentator Grant Boone.

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Major winner Morgan Pressel will no longer be lead analyst for Golf Channel’s LPGA coverage, Golfweek has learned.

Pressel's contract with Versant will not be renewed for the 2027 season. At this week’s Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, she was replaced in the booth by longtime Golf Channel colleague Paige Mackenzie.

Pressel, 38, first joined Golf Channel and NBC as an analyst and on-course reporter in March 2021, working a marquee-heavy schedule that included the U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic Club, the Amundi Evian Championship, Solheim Cup and the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic.

When Pressel officially stepped into the role as the lead voice of the LPGA, she had big shoes to fill after LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer Judy Rankin, dubbed the “First Lady of Golf” by her television colleagues, stepped aside in 2022 at age 77.

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According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Hye-Jin Choi's nine runner-up finishes without a victory is the most by any player on tour since 1981. The next closest player is Stephanie Farwig, who had six runner-ups between 1983 and 1997 but never won.

Choi is currently tied for the lead at the @theANNIKAlpga with Carlota Ciganda and Lindy Duncan (another veteran waiting for her first win).

Among current players, Elias notes that Pornanong Phatlum's five second-place finishes is the closest to Choi, while both Alison Lee and Esther Henseleit have four seconds.

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Wedding plans for the world No. 1

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One of the reasons Nelly Korda loves playing at Pelican Golf Club is that it's close to her hometown of Bradenton, Florida, and easy for friends and family to come watch her play. Brother Sebastian, a highly-ranked tennis player who had back surgery in August, was on hand two years ago when she hoisted the trophy.

November will be a big month for Korda in 2027 regardless of the golf. That's when she and fiancé Casey Gunderson plan to get married.

"Honestly, if you look at my schedule and my brother's schedule, I have one month, actually two weeks, that I can get married," she said after an opening 63 at @theANNIKAlpga.

Nelly announced her engagement to Gunderson last November, several weeks after Sebastian revealed his own engagement to longtime girlfriend Ivana Nedved. Nelly and Ivana were childhood best friends.

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Beautiful.