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David Feherty 
Feherty and Tiger Woods in 2007Personal information Full name David Feherty Born 13 August 1958
Bangor, Northern IrelandHeight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Nationality 
Northern Ireland
United StatesResidence Dallas, Texas, U.S. Spouse Anita Career Turned professional 1976 Retired 1997 Former tour(s) European Tour
PGA TourProfessional wins 10 Number of wins by tour European Tour 5 Other 5 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament T52: 1992 U.S. Open CUT: 1992 The Open Championship T4: 1994 PGA Championship T7: 1991 David Feherty (born August 13, 1958) is a former professional golfer on the European Tour and PGA Tour. He now works as a writer and broadcaster with CBS Sports and Golf Channel.
Feherty was born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. He turned professional in 1976 and spent most of his playing career in Europe, where he won five times and finished in the top ten twice in the European Tour's Order of Merit, placing tenth in 1989 and eighth in 1990. He spent 1994 and 1995 playing mainly on the PGA Tour in the U.S., and the best result on the tour was a second place finish at the 1994 New England Classic. His combined career earnings exceeded $3 million. Feherty represented Ireland in international competition and captained the victorious 1990 Alfred Dunhill Cup team. Feherty played for Europe on the 1991 Ryder Cup team.
In 1997, Feherty retired from the tours and joined CBS Sports as an on-course reporter and golf analyst. Feherty is a contributor to Golf Magazine and has his own column in the back of the magazine called Sidespin. He is also the New York Times and Booksense bestselling author of four books, A Nasty Bit of Rough, Somewhere in Ireland a Village Is Missing an Idiot, An Idiot for All Seasons, and David Feherty's Totally Subjective History of the Ryder Cup[1]. On 21 June 2011, Feherty premiered his own weekly primetime talk show called Feherty on Golf Channel[2].
Feherty is also a co-announcer on EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour series with Jim Nantz. He lives with his wife (Anita) and five children in Dallas, Texas. He is a periodic guest on Dallas' sports radio station, KTCK. He appears in advertisements for the Cobra golf company, showing off his trampolining and cheerleading skills in the advert, to show off the company's Speed drivers and woods.[3]
Feherty has had a long struggle with depression and alcoholism, which he publicly addressed in 2006.[4] In an interview with Golf Magazine about his problems, Feherty said "I used alcohol to mask my inner demons". The outspoken columnist then took a shot at actor and noted Scientologist Tom Cruise, who has said that therapy and drugs are useless and that depression can be cured by physical exercise: "Actually, some sort of exercise would have helped me. If I kicked the shit out of Tom Cruise, I'd feel a lot better about myself."[5] Along with George Lopez, Feherty hosted the Lopez-Feherty Foundation Anti-Pro-Am in November 2005.
In 2008, Feherty was hit by a truck while cycling. He suffered three broken ribs, which punctured his lung. He was hospitalized for a few days with a tube in his chest. He resumed his broadcast duties at the 2008 Masters.[citation needed] Feherty guest starred in the Season 6 episode of Yes, Dear ("Greg's a Mooch").
In the 18 April 2009, issue of D Magazine, Feherty was one of five writers to comment on George W. Bush's move to Dallas. In his article, Feherty uses the article to express his support of Bush and to speak on politics. Criticism was aimed at Feherty for this suggestive comment about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid:
From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this, though: despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death."[6]
Feherty made the following controversial remarks and described his politics as such: "As for me, my politics are somewhere in the middle—and then way outside both wings. I believe in the death penalty, especially for pro-lifers, child molesters, those opposed to gay marriage, and for stupid dancing in the end zone. I believe in the abolition of estate taxes and the Pickens Plan. I'd lower the legal drinking age and raise the driving age to 18 nationwide, make Kinky Friedman governor of Texas, and make all schools, public and private, start earlier with one hour of physical exercise."[6]
CBS Sports distanced itself from Feherty's comments:
We want to be clear that this column for a Dallas magazine is an unacceptable attempt at humor and is not in any way condoned, endorsed or approved by CBS Sports... David Feherty is an insightful and sometimes humorous commentator for CBS Sports' golf coverage...however, his attempt at humor in this instance went over the line, and his comments were clearly inappropriate. We hope he will use better judgment in the future."[7]
On his nightly cable news television show Countdown, Keith Olbermann went as far as to say the "soon to be ex-CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty", based on comments Feherty made in the D-magazine article,[8] leaving the audience with the impression CBS Sports was about to let Feherty go for his remarks. About two weeks later, Feherty announced the PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open, in San Antonio for CBS.
At the age of 51, Feherty became a naturalized citizen of the United States on 23 February 2010.[9]
Contents
Professional wins (10)
European Tour wins (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunner(s)-up 1 4 May 1986 Italian Open −10 (69–67–66–68=270) Playoff Ronan Rafferty2 24 Aug 1986 Bell's Scottish Open −14 (69–68–66–67=270) Playoff 
Ian Baker-Finch, 
Christy O'Connor Jnr3 15 Oct 1989 BMW International Open −19 (62–66–68–73=269) 5 strokes Fred Couples4 5 May 1991 Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open −13 (69–68–69–69=275) 3 strokes Craig Parry5 25 Oct 1992 Iberia Madrid Open −16 (71–65–69–67=272) 4 strokes 
Mark McNultyOther wins (5)
- 1980 Irish National PGA Championship
- 1982 Irish National PGA Championship
- 1984 ICL International (South Africa)
- 1988 South African PGA Championship
- 1992 Bell's Cup (South Africa)
Results in major championships
Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT T26 DNP T6 PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 The Masters DNP DNP T52 DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship T68 CUT T55 CUT T4 T31 CUT PGA Championship DNP T7 CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.Professional team appearances
- Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1991
- Record: 3 matches, 1.5 points (50% Point Percentage)
- All Formats (W-L-H): 1-1-1 = 1.5pts
- Singles: 1-0-0 = 1pt
- Foursomes: 0-1-0 = 0pts
- Fourballs: 0-0-1 = 0.5pt
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Ireland): 1990 (winners)
- Four Tours World Championship: 1990, 1991 (winners)
References
- ^ Feherty profile at Amazon.com
- ^ Engel, Mac (20 June 2011). "The Golf Channel gives David Feherty another platform". Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas). http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/06/20/3166654/the-golf-channel-gives-david-feherty.html. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ golf.com
- ^ www.golf.com
- ^ Golf Online quote
- ^ a b An F-List Celeb Imagines What Preston Hollow Life Will Be Like For W
- ^ Feherty under fire for joke
- ^ 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Friday, May 8, 2008
- ^ David Feherty becomes U.S. citizen
External links
- David Feherty at the PGA Tour official site
- David Feherty at the European Tour official site
- David Feherty's homepage
- Features from Golf Online
- Lopez - Feherty Foundation Anti-Pro-Am official site
- Troops First Foundation CoFounder
European Ryder Cup team – 1991 Seve Ballesteros · Paul Broadhurst · Nick Faldo · David Feherty · David Gilford · Mark James · Bernhard Langer · Colin Montgomerie · José María Olazábal · Steven Richardson · Sam Torrance · Ian Woosnam
Bernard Gallacher (non-playing captain)
Lost: 13.5 – 14.5
Categories:- Golfers from Northern Ireland
- European Tour golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- Golf writers and broadcasters
- People from Bangor, County Down
- People from Dallas, Texas
- Immigrants to the United States from Northern Ireland
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People educated at Bangor Grammar School
- 1958 births
- Living people
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