What It Was Like During the Early Days of the Golf Channel

Timm Matthews and Frank Bassett welcome Brian Hammons, one of the first on-air personalities for The Golf Channel.

Timm Matthews | Jan 11, 2022

What It Was Like During the Early Days of the Golf Channel /

Click the play button above to hear Timm Matthews and Frank Bassett welcome Brian Hammons, one of the first on-air personalities for The Golf Channel.

Hammons talks about the early days on the set and the crazy events experienced when on site covering tournaments, especially the Masters. He also breaks down his movie debut in Tin Cup and how Kevin Costner and Don Johnson were totally different people.

Published Jan 11, 2022

TIMM MATTHEWS

Matthews co-hosts the national golf talk show “Golf Talk America” on PGA Tour Radio, which is also heard on iTunes, Stitcher, Tune In and iHeart Radio. He has been a sports anchor-reporter in Dallas/Fort Worth for 35 years. Matthews is an onsite announcer for PGA Tour Radio and Sirius/XM for PGA Tour events around the country, and he has been the host of “The GAME with Timm Matthews,” which has aired on CBS Radio in Dallas since 2007.