LIV Golf has announced that former Sky Sports presenter Henni Zuel will join the broadcasting team ahead of the 2026 season.
Zuel was a former Ladies European Tour player but also became a prominent face on the Sky Sports Golf team after retiring. She has also worked for GolfTV and Discovery, establishing a close relationship with Tiger Woods on her assignments, but will now join LIV Golf.
Working with Woods was the reason Zuel left her role at Sky Sports, as it was an opportunity she couldn’t pass up. Zuel has shown her emotional side during golf broadcasts on several occasions and was reduced to tears after Rory McIlroy won the Masters this year.
After working with Sky Sports following her retirement from golf, Zuel received a call that would change her life. In 2019, Zuel moved to the U.S. to work for GolfTV after hearing that she’d spend exclusive time with Woods.
“It was a shock,” Zuel told GolfMonthly. “But when you get that call, you say yes! I grew up idolizing Tiger. What I didn’t expect was how well we’d get on, as we instantly fell into this big-brother, annoying-little-sister dynamic.”
Woods is one of the most famous athletes in history, and while observing a quiet private life, he attempts to keep his circle close. However, Zuel and Woods became close friends, as she explained: “There are certain people you just click with, and others where you think, ‘Oh no, you’re not my person.’
“With Tiger, the rapport was there from the start, and that made all the difference.”
Zuel began creating regular content with Woods, and she believes that their time together has benefited her career due to the knowledge she gained. “We had so much freedom to dream up ideas,” Zuel said. “I remember rigging up a car in Mexico so we could film on the drive from the course to the hotel, just to maximize his time.
“I’d be up until 2 am overseeing edits. It felt like the most important edit on the planet because, well, it was Tiger Woods! His knowledge of golf is insane. We spent four years together, but even that was probably the tip of the iceberg in terms of what I learned from his knowledge of the game.
“But what surprised me was how artistic and creative he is in his approach, not just the disciplined player I imagined growing up. He knows when to be kind to himself and when to be harsh. It’s a nice balance, probably shaped by both his mom and dad.”
Starting next season, Zuel will anchor pre-show coverage and deliver analysis throughout all four LIV Golf rounds, beginning with LIV Golf Riyadh in February. According to LIV Golf’s President of Business Operations, Chris Heck, Zuel is the “ideal voice for this new era.”
