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Kelly Tilghman was born on  August 6, 1969, in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She is a broadcaster at The Golf Channel and she is the first female lead golf announcer for the PGA Tour.  She played golf when she was still at Duke University and she now works as a course reporter.  She served as play by play main announcer of telecast for the PGA tour. The Golf Channel had a contract with the PGA tour for 15 years and they had to broadcast the 3 events each year and during the weekdays, the coverage was about the tour events with full coverage for Fall Series, together with the events of the opposite field.

Kelly was born to parents, Phil and Katherine Tilghman. Her parents were accomplished professionals as well. Her mother Katherine made a successful career in media sales, and her father Phil was Mayor of North Myrtle Beach and a businessman. The couple were also pro Shag dancers (her mother is in the dance’s National Hall of Fame), making for a very interesting life in their full house.

Kelly Tilghman is a touring professional and she had worked with The Golf Channel from its start and she held different roles.  In 2007, she started the collaboration with the <a href="/biography/nick-faldo">lead analyst</a> <a href="/biography/nick-faldo">Nick Faldo</a> and they formed a lead broadcast team for most of the programs for all networks of PGA Tour Telecast.

For the original cast, Tilghman also served as co-anchor for the Golf Central, host of the Sprint Post Game and Live telecast. She was also for the Golf Channel original programs which included Academy Live with the Grey Goose 19th Hole. For her role, she also served as an on course reporter for the live tournament team. Since 1992 to 96, she started to play golf at a professional level in Asia, Europe and Australia.  She also served as a pro in touring and teaching.  Kelly got interested in Golf from her parents who had a golf course for more than 22 years. Tilghman received a scholarship so that she could play in golf on a team of women at the University of Duke. She received a Lady Paladin Invitational which Furman University hosted.  She graduated with the Bachelor of the Arts in the Political Science and History.

Tilghman was criticized for making a remark about <a href="/biography/tiger-woods">Tiger Woods</a> in the 2008 PGA Tour Telecast. <a href="/biography/nick-faldo">Nick Faldo</a> joked that younger players have to gang up so that they can win over <a href="/biography/tiger-woods">Tiger Wood</a> and she said that they should lynch him in the back alley. Even though she said that she had no ill intent about saying this, she received a punishment of a suspension for 2 weeks.  A civil rights activist asked that she should be fired but she apologized after 2 days.

Kelly Tilghman was the first female <a href="/biography/kelly-tilghman">announcer</a> for PGA Tour.  Because of her career, she had to travel in different places.  About marriage or husbands, she has not been married yet. However, some rumors have it that she may be a <a href="/biography/kelly-tilghman">lesbian</a>. Even if she may have had some boyfriends in the past, she is known to like to hang out with girlfriends more. Without a married life, then there is no way to talk about divorces. She is happy with her single life and she seems happier that way.

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As of March 18th, 2018, Kelly Tilghman has announced that she is retiring from the Golf Channel after working with them for over 22 years.

When asked about her emotions of leaving the Golf channel after 22 years during an interview with Golfweek magazine. Tilghman said: "Happy-sad, it’s emotional. I’m the kind of person who always tries to look forward. I try not to look back unless there’s something I can learn from it. And, you know, this process for me was very peaceful. When I was young, I played golf, and I was trained to believe that I was supposed to be a professional golfer. And, you know, I went through all the motions: playing college golf, playing mini tour golf, and then playing on professional tours overseas."

Tilghman continues, "And, I just came to the realization one day that I had achieved what I thought was my potential in the game, and it was a very hard decision because, throughout my entire childhood I only thought I was going to grow up to be one thing: a professional golfer. So, I made that decision one day to walk away from that, not having a clue what was next to me.

But, I trusted that I was gonna land on my feet, my head was on a swivel, and I could figure it out. And, lo and behold, look what happened: this remarkable run at the Golf Channel."

Later on during the interview, GolfWeek asked Kelly Tilghman if she would continue her work in broadcasting in some other way. She responded by saying, " I can’t imagine a scenario where I would never be on television again. That’s impossible for me to imagine right now. It’s who I am. It’s what I know. You know, it’s still what I love to do, but I just need some time to take a step back and really appreciate all the things that I’ve done and kind of assess going forward what’s next. You know, <a href="/biography/tiger-woods">Tiger Woods</a> once said to me at a crucial moment in his career … an important moment in his career, not crucial, “When something ends, something new begins.” And, that’s how I’m looking at this moment. There will be something next. And, I can’t wait to find out what it is."

Kelly Tilghman is known to work hard to prove that she can do well in the field of sports as a woman like men do. Kelly Tilghman was paid a very lucrative salary for her work. Her earnings from the Golf Channel network in 2006 was $375,000 a year. Her net worth is estimated to be about $5 million. In addition, she also owns a house worth $1.4 million in Windermere, Florida.

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