Fox Sports Hires Mark Loomis To Helm Golf Coverage?

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The Big Lead's Jason McIntyre reported on Twitter that Fox Sports has hired producer Mark Loomis away from MLB Network to helm the network's USGA coverage beginning in 2015.

 

 

 

Loomis helmed ABC's golf coverage during the Tirico-Azinger-Faldo years and more recently started ESPN's coverage of The Open Championship. A single-handicap golfer who grew up playing Winged Foot, Loomis widely respected in the television industry with both on and off-camera people. Considering Fox's inexperience in televising golf, and the pressure to be "fresh and innovative," a Loomis hire would provide a much-needed credibility injection for both Fox and their new partners in Far Hills.

Personally, the ABC years under Loomis were my favorite in golf television thanks in large part to their announce team and Loomis' love for the game shining through. A super hire and according to one television insider who knew some of the candidates in question, Loomis is the only producer available with the resume and industry credibility to assure all involved that Fox will be able to pull of the complicated task of starting a golf crew from scratch.

Fox Sports has made no announcement and has not commented on anything beyond acquiring the rights to the USGA contract.