Johnny Miller – a 24-time winner on the PGA Tour – was named lead analyst on NBC Sports’ golf coverage team in 1990 and quickly made his mark as the sport’s most candid commentator. As NBC's 18th-hole tower analyst – working alongside host Dan Hicks – Miller provides an appealing mix of spontaneity and humor to go along with his honesty and reverence for the game.
His candor and insight have helped him earn both critical kudos and viewer appreciation. In a fan survey in Sports Illustrated, Miller was named Favorite Golf Analyst. In a 2002 survey, the readers of Golf Digest named Miller Best Analyst on Television for the third time. Miller was honored as top analyst in the May 2002 and May 2003 issues of Travel & Leisure Golf. In 2002, Miller earned his fourth Emmy nomination for Outstanding Sports Personality/Analyst, a rarity for a golf commentator.
Miller burst upon the PGA Tour in 1973, when he carded a masterful final-round 63 – "The Miracle at Oakmont" – to surge from six strokes back to beat Arnold Palmer, among others, and capture the U.S. Open championship. That 63 stands as a final round record for a major championship. The U.S. Open victory gave Miller an enviable USGA double, as he had won the U.S. Junior Amateur in 1964. He remains the only player to have won both the Junior and the Open. Miller made his first U.S. Open appearance in 1966 as a 19-year-old at his home course, the Olympic Club in San Francisco, with a remarkable tie for eighth.
Miller went on to dominate the mid-1970s with 14 tournament victories between 1974-76 and was the PGA Tour's leading money-winner and Player-of-the-Year in 1974. That year, Miller won eight PGA Tour events, the most since Arnold Palmer scored eight wins in 1960 and an achievement that went unmatched until Tiger Woods notched nine official PGA Tour wins in 2000.
Miller collected his second major championship title at the British Open in 1976. Miller was a member of the victorious U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 1975 and 1981 and the U.S. World Cup teams in 1973 and 1975. His credits also include the 1983 Chrysler Team championship with Jack Nicklaus and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 1987. Miller is also a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Miller is part of a limited partnership which purchased Silverado Country Club in Napa, California on July 1, 2010. He also owns a golf design company and a golf academy and designed the Thanksgiving Point Golf Course in Lehi, Utah, host of the Champion's Challenge. He is also a frequent contributor to Golf Digest , offering insight into various aspects of golf.
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