"When Judy talks, you listen."

Nice Tod Leonard story on Judy Rankin's return to the booth after the recent passing of her husband Yippy.

“I’ve never respected anybody away from the business more than Judy,” said Jack Graham, Golf Channel’s vice president of golf events who has worked with Rankin for 30 years. “She has this quality about her … what you see is what you get. She has the ability to be critical of the golf play without being critical of the golfer. At the end of the day, players respect her for that.”

Inkster got to know Rankin not as a player, but a broadcaster, though she also played for her when Rankin captained the U.S. Solheim Cup teams in 1996 and ’98.

“Even under the most stressful situation, she’s still Judy,” Inkster said. “She may have a lot of stress inside, but you never see it.”