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 Paulson calls the action at the WGC-Accenture World Match Play Championship (Photo: Lenny Ignelzi/AP). Now an Encinitas resident, the touring pro of 21 years still tees it up on the PGA and Nationwide tours, but he also works as a roving commentator for the PGA Tour Network’s tournament coverage on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. How did you start doing radio? I had shoulder surgery in 2006. PGA Tour Network asked if I wanted to do some work, and I said not really, I still want to play golf. But they were looking for people to do live event coverage. After about a year, my shoulder wasn’t feeling as good as I thought it would and I wasn’t playing very well, so I got a hold of them and they gave me a chance to try it. What was initially intriguing about radio? The difficulty of learning the craft. It’s a lot harder than people think. If a player addresses his ball and then walks off, you’ve got to be smooth enough to try to bring it back to your analyst and talk about something that pertains to the shot. If I don’t say anything for two seconds, you think there’s dead air or something’s wrong, and you might switch off the channel. You’ve got to fill that air time completely. Were you interested in sports journalism at all growing up? I never thought about that at all. But since I golf for a living, I’ve been really good playing with my pro-am partners and helping them out. I’m pretty outgoing, and that’s important — if you’re shy, it’s hard to get on the radio and talk to a half-million people and not worry about what you say or what you do. I’ve never really had an issue with that. How long do you plan on playing competitively? I would love to just play well enough to make a decent enough living where I could retire and spend time with my family. I am involved with Little League for my two sons and I’m home helping them with homework and all that stuff, and it’s really, really cool. But on the other hand, someone’s got to make a living, so there’s that balancing act of what to do. Have you developed any hallmarks as a commentator? My voice is kind of distinctive, you can tell who I am pretty much right away. I don’t have some special call, but the one thing I know I’m saying too much is, “He pours the putt in.” How many different ways can you say the ball went in the hole without it being silly? We’re catering to the die-hard golf fan who gets in his car, and that’s the station that’s on. What’s your most treasured moment as a player? Winning the 2000 Buick Classic at Westchester and playing St. Andrews in the British Open that year. That was my highest finish in a major [T14], and I think the course is a brilliant design. And as a commentator? Being at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. I never got to call a shot the whole week for Tiger, but I called a lot of Phil’s stuff. I was on the 14th hole when Tiger made the eagle on the 13th on Saturday. Have you had any on-air bloopers? I had to cover Brian Davis at the 2008 John Deere Classic and I kept calling him Brad Davis. I never thought I was wrong because Brad Davis is a former NBA player. I ran into Brian a couple of weeks later and apologized, and he said, “Who’s Brad Davis?” I told him he was a basketball player, and Brian said, “Is he a big guy?” I told him he was, and he said, “Well, that’s cool then.” |
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