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Peter Oosterhuis Dies: Golf Announcer For CBS Sports And The Golf Channel Was 75


He transitioned from top player to top announcer during his career.

Peter Oosterhuis, a CBS golf analyst and two-time winner of the European Tour money title, died Thursday. He won the Canadian Open in 1981 on the PGA Tour, beating Jack Nicklaus, Andy North, and Bruce Lietzke by one shot. Oosterhuis twice won the Order of Merit when the European Tour was formed in 1972, and was a two-time runner-up in the British Open.

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