Background
Abbott grew up in Cheam, a suburb of London, England.
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He attended Wilson"s School, an all-boys" school in Wallingon, Surrey.
Career
He serves as a presenter and commentator for coverage of the Professional Golf Association Tour, LPGA Tour, and European Tour. Since 2010, Abbott has been co-host of The Big Break. During his youth, Abbott was a keen golfer, representing Surrey at Junior and Men"s level, and also playing for the England Schools" golf team
In 2000, he was awarded a golf scholarship to Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States.A. Abbott played on the Men"s Golf Team at Mercer, graduating in 2004 with a degree in Media Business.
In October 2015 Abbott was inducted into the Mercer Athletic Hall of Fame. Abbott began his broadcasting career at Mercer University, helping to create an on-campus television station, Mercer99.
While in Macon, he worked with local American Broadcasting Company affiliate WPGA-television, appearing weekly on the "58 Sports Show". Abbott also spent time with WGCL-television in Atlanta, Georgia as a sports international
His first full-time broadcasting job came in 2004 with the then-brand-new Columbia Broadcasting System affiliate in Charlottesville, Virginia, WCAV-television Abbott was the affiliate"s first-ever Sports Anchor, helping to launch, and appearing on, the inaugural newscast for Columbia Broadcasting System-19 News in November 2004.
Abbott joined in November 2005 as a reporter and presenter for the network"s United Kingdom Channel, based in Orlando, Florida. He worked on the news show Golf Central, and also hosted LPGA Tour coverage alongside Laura Baugh. The United Kingdom went off the air on 31 December 2007 but Abbott was retained by the network to work on its United States.-based operation.
In January 2008, he began hosting European Tour coverage, as well as reporting and anchoring Golf Central.
Abbott also became the voice behind the Top 10 series for one season. In late 2008, Abbott began appearing on the network"s LPGA Tour coverage.
In 2009, Abbott reported on the announcement of golf"s inclusion into the Olympics from Copenhagen, Denmark. Later that year, he was invited to play in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, one of the game"s most exclusive and prestigious pro-am tournaments.
In 2010, Abbott replaced Vince Cellini as host of "s hit series, The Big Break.
Abbott has gone-on to host eleven seasons of Big Break, including Big Break NFL, alongside Michele Tafoya, and the latest season Big Break, The Palm Beaches, Florida which aired in early 2015. In June 2015 significantly reduced its original programming division putting The Big Break on-hold, it is unclear when the show will return to the network or whether Abbott will continue as host. In 2012, Abbott made his first appearance on "s Professional Golf Association Tour coverage.
A year later, he appeared for the first time as an announcer and interviewer for National Broadcasting Company at the United States Women"s Open.
In 2014, Abbott was part of the British Broadcasting Corporation commentary team at the Ricoh Women"s British Open from Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Later that year he appeared as a tower announcer for National Broadcasting Company"s coverage of The Ryder Cup.
In 2015, Abbott called the winning putt for the United States of America in their victory over Europe during "s coverage of the Solheim Cup in Heidelberg, Germany. A few weeks later he was part of the commentary team for & National Broadcasting Company"s coverage of the President"s Cup in Songdo, South of Korea, meaning by the age of 33 Abbott had commentated the Ryder, President"s, Solheim and Walker Cups.
Abbott resides in Orlando, Florida.
