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Whit Watson
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Career
At Golf Channel, Watson is primarily assigned to Golf Central as a studio anchor, but also reports from the field at Professional Golf Association Tour events, LPGA Tour events, and United States Golf Association events. He has also appeared on Golf Channel"s Morning Drive program, and has acted as a play-by-play announcer for Golf Channel"s European Tour coverage. Prior to that position, Watson was a primary host for Sun Sports and Fox Sports Florida, the Florida-based regional cable networks owned and operated by Fox Television.
He joined the network in August 2003 after nearly seven years at Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in Bristol, Connecticut.
At Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Watson hosted a variety of programs, including SportsCenter, RPM 2Night, National Basketball Association 2Night, and shifts on ESPNEWS, in addition to filling in on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Radio. Prior to working for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Watson was a television producer and radio reporter for the Orlando Magic from 1993 through 1997.
At Sun Sports and Fox Sports Florida, Watson served a variety of roles, including hosting pregame shows and ancillary programming for the Tampa Bay Rays, Orlando Magic, and Tampa Bay Lightning. He also served as the primary studio host for several original productions, including the pregame and postgame shows for University of Florida and Florida State University football games.
Watson was the first host of In My Own Words, a show that was created in Orlando and subsequently adopted by other Fox Television-owned regional sports networks around the country.
Watson also served as the primary play-by-play announcer for the FHSAA high school football and basketball state championship games, and called University of Florida and Florida State University basketball and football games. While still a FOX employee, Watson freelanced as a studio host for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Regional Television in Charlotte, North Carolina, introducing college basketball games on the syndicated Securities and Exchange Commission Network package. Watson is a Florida native who graduated from Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, Florida in 1989 and later went on to graduate from Cornell University in 1993, where he spent four years as a radio announcer for WVBR. At Cornell University, he was both a National Merit Scholar and Cornell National Scholar, the latter being the highest honor bestowed upon incoming freshmen.
He majored in English at Cornell, with a concentration in Communications, and graduated "with distinction" from Cornell"s College of Arts and Sciences.
He was an All-Conference second baseman and catcher on Trinity Preparatory"s baseball team, while also lettering in Cross-Country and serving as President of the school"s Student Council.
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He is a member of the school"s Athletic Hall of Fame, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees.
