Rich Lerner grew to love the game of golf working at his father’s driving range and putt-putt in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He grew to love broadcasting while announcing Whiffle Ball and basketball games with his three brothers in his backyard. For the last 27 years, he’s combined his two passions at Golf Channel. Rich has earned a reputation as one of sports television’s premier storytellers. His unique essays punctuate the network’s coverage of golf’s major championships as well as The Players and Ryder Cup. Jim Nantz of CBS says of Lerner, “There’s no one in our business I admire more than Rich, he’s a poet,” while acclaimed golf author Lorne Rubenstein called Lerner “an essayist of distinction.”

Rich also serves as lead anchor for Golf Channel’s Emmy-nominated Live From shows at the game’s biggest events like the Masters and The U.S. Open, writing and delivering the opening teases in addition to those signature closing essays. And he handles play-by-play for The PGA Tour as well as the world’s most prestigious amateur championships. In the summer of 2020, he was the lead play-by-play voice for the Olympic golf competition in Tokyo, Japan. In February of 2018, he worked as a feature story reporter on NBC’s coverage of The Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Through the years, Lerner’s written and reported various documentaries, including Tiger Woods, Millennium Man, New York Stories, a poignant account of five golfers impacted by the tragedy on 9-11, and Se Ri Pak, A Champion’s Journey, for which Lerner was awarded The Women’s Sports Foundation Journalism Award. More recently, he co-produced and wrote two Golf Channel films, Summer of ‘76 and Go Down Swinging.

Lerner is a recipient of the prestigious Lew Klein Award for Excellence in Broadcasting from his alma mater, Temple University. Rich and his wife, Robin, live in Wilton, Connecticut. They have two sons, Jesse and Jack. For 20 years, through their Elijah Ross Foundation, Robin and Rich hosted a charity pro-am golf tournament in Orlando, The December Classic, benefitting The Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit at The Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies.