Major winner Morgan Pressel will no longer be lead analyst for Golf Channel’s LPGA coverage, Golfweek has learned. Pressel's contract with Versant will not be renewed for the 2027 season. At this week’s Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, she was replaced in the booth by longtime Golf Channel colleague Paige Mackenzie.
Pressel, when reached by Golfweek, declined to comment.
At the start of the 2026 LPGA season, Golf Channel added a third person to the booth for many of its broadcasts. It's likely that those familiar voices – Karen Stupples, Mel Reid and Mackenzie – will rotate to fill the role with play-by-play commentator Grant Boone.
With Golf Channel and NBC now split with separate talent contracts, however, 38-year-old Pressel could still
be covering many of the biggest moments in the women’s game despite the move. Next week’s CME Group Tour Championship will be aired on Golf Channel for the first two rounds, followed by CNBC on Saturday and NBC on Sunday. Pressel could still be in the booth for the final round only.
Pressel first joined Golf Channel and NBC as an analyst and on-course reporter in March 2021, working a marquee-heavy schedule that included the U.S. Women’s Open at Olympic Club, the Amundi Evian Championship, Solheim Cup and the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic.
When Pressel officially stepped into the role as the lead voice of the LPGA, she had big shoes to fill after LPGA and World Golf Hall of Famer Judy Rankin, dubbed the “First Lady of Golf” by her television colleagues, stepped aside in 2022 at age 77.
Pressel certainly had the resume for it. A six-time Solheim Cup participant and two-time winner on the LPGA, Pressel became the then-youngest-ever winner of a modern major championship when she won the 2007 ANA Inspiration at age 18 (later broken by Lydia Ko). She also set a record (later broken by Lexi Thompson and then Lucy Li) as the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open in 2001 at age 12, sparking a trend among junior players.
Pressel's first on-air experience came at the 2015 U.S. Open for Fox Sports, calling the action for their digital coverage. She also worked for Fox Sports as an analyst for the U.S. Senior Women’s Open, along with digital coverage of the U.S. Open.
For the past six seasons, Pressel has been at the center of the call for the biggest moments in the women’s game, from LPGA majors to the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on NBC.
She has chronicled it all on her Instagram feed, with frequent pictures from the booth and behind-the-scenes of her travels.
“I think the same events that a player would get nervous, you would get more nervous as a broadcaster,” she told Golfweek ahead of the 2023 ANWA. “Whether that’s a U.S. Open, a major so to speak, or an event at Augusta National. It’s the same adrenaline and the same desire to bring your best and be on top of your game in those moments.”
In addition to her work in broadcasting, Pressel has done much for the next generation, quietly mentoring many rising stars. She also recently captained the winning U.S. Junior Solheim Cup team in the Netherlands.
A two-time assistant for Stacy Lewis, Pressel is on the short list of future U.S. Solheim Cup captains.
Pressel’s best work each year, however, is done every January away from the camera when she annually gathers a star-studded cast of LPGA players and hundreds of supporters to raise seven figures in support of the fight against breast cancer.
This year’s 19th annual Morgan & Friends event at her home club in Boca Raton, Florida, raised a record $1.3 million, bringing the total amount raised over the years to $15.3 million.
Beth Ann Nichols is a senior writer for Golfweek covering the LPGA and all things women's golf. Follow her on X/Twitter (@GolfweekNichols).
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Morgan Pressel out as Golf Channel’s lead LPGA analyst after six seasons
