Legendary golf broadcaster Dan Hicks died on Wednesday, his family announced. He was 64.<\/p>\n
His wife, Hannah Storm, released a statement on Thursday morning announcing the tragic news stating that Hicks died due to an \u201cacute illness.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur family is heartbroken by the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan following an acute illness,\u201d Storm, the ESPN broadcaster, wrote. \u201cHe was a devoted husband of over 30 years, loving father to our three daughters, and cherished friend to so many. His loss is immeasurable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hicks began as a broadcaster with NBC in 1992. His voice and style became a staple to golf watchers around the world. Hicks called Tiger Woods\u2019 dramatic playoff-forcing putt in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and many other notable moments in the sport.<\/p>\n
As Woods\u2019 putt rolled into the cup \u2014 he was at the top on his game in 2008 \u2014 on 18 green to tie Rocco Mediate and set up an 18-hole playoff the following day, Hicks shouted \u201cExpect anything different?\u201d<\/p>\n
Hicks also called the Olympics and Notre Dame football for NBC Sports. The broadcaster\u2019s call of the Michael Phelps-Jason Lezak relay in the 2008 Olympics is also among his most notable.<\/p>\n
\u201cDan Hicks was an extraordinary colleague, friend and person,\u201d NBC Sports\u2019 Rick Cordella, Sam Flood and Molly Solomon said in a statement. \u201cIn his 34 years at NBC Sports, he was an exceptional storyteller and caller of games and events who elevated some of the biggest moments in sports history.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Olympic swimming and skiing to Notre Dame Football, numerous other high-profile events and especially as the signature voice of our golf coverage for the last 26 years, Dan\u2019s blend of knowledge style, enthusiasm and humor informed and entertained fans for decades. But far beyond his on-air excellence, Dan was a better person who welcomed teammates with a smile, a joke, or a word of encouragement, sometimes all three in the same sentence. Our heartfelt condolences and love to his wife Hannah and his daughters Hannah, Ellery and Riley.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary golf broadcaster Dan Hicks died on Wednesday, his family announced. He was 64. His wife, Hannah Storm,…","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_volume":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[12677,12691,12690,66,1410,959,310],"class_list":["post-25930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-dan-hicks","tag-dead","tag-dies","tag-golf","tag-nbc-sports","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-golf","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@fogolf\/117604645884999076","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}