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David Feherty

David Feherty is known as a former European Tour golfer. David Feherty has also served for the PGA Tour on CBS.

Early Life

On August 13, 1958, David Feherty was born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. As of now, he is 65 years old and has Leo as his zodiac sign.

As for his nationality, he is an American and belongs to the Irish ethnicity. In addition, he has not revealed any details related to his parents and siblings, and educational background.

David Feherty – Net Worth 2024

David Feherty has been a famous golfer and has played several games. During this period, he has earned a hefty amount of money. As per the media, his net worth is $3 million, as of 2023.

Personal Life

David Feherty is already married and has been married twice. In May 1996, he tied the knot with Anita Feherty. Together they have children Shey, Erin, Karl, Fred, and Rory.

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Caption: David Feherty with her wife. Source: Getty Image

As of now, he with his wife and children has been living a happy life. Previously, he was married to Caroline Feherty, in 1995.

Professional Life

In 1976, started his professional career and spent most of his playing career in Europe. In the match, he won 5 times and finished in the top 10 twice in the European Tour’s Order of Merit. Moving on, in 1994 and 1995, he spent playing mainly on the PGA Tour in the U.S.

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Caption: David Feherty during an event. Source: Getty Image

In 1994, the best result on the tour was a second-place finish at the 1994 New England Classic. Thus, his combined career earnings exceeded $3 million. Later on, he represented Ireland in international competition and captained the victorious 1990 Alfred Dunhill Cup team. In the 1991 Ryder Cup team, he played for Europe.

Similarly, he retired from the tours and joined CBS Sports as an on-course reporter and golf analyst, in 1997. Besides that, he is a contributor to Golf Magazine and has his column at the back of the magazine called Sidespin. He is the New York Times and Booksense best-selling author of books.

He has written books like A Nasty Bit of Rough, Somewhere in Ireland a Village Is Missing an Idiot, An Idiot for All Seasons, and David Feherty’s Subjective History of the Ryder Cup. Thus, he premiered his own weekly primetime talk show called Feherty on the Golf Channel, on June 21, 2011. 

More About Career

In addition, he is also a co-announcer on EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour series. Also, he is a periodic guest on Dallas’ sports radio station, KTCK. He has made his appearance in advertisements for the Cobra golf company. In September 2005, Feherty guest-starred in the Season 6 episode of Yes, Dear (“Greg’s a Mooch”).

In his article, he has expressed his support for Bush and to speak on politics. Keith Olbermann said that “soon to be ex-CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty”, based on comments Feherty made in the D-magazine article, leaving the audience with the impression CBS Sports was about to let Feherty go for his remarks.”

He announced the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open, in San Antonio for CBS, about 2 weeks later. Similarly, he left CBS following his final event with the network—The Barclays, in August 2015. It was announced that he would be moving to NBC Sports and Golf Channel full-time beginning in 2016, in September 2015.

He served a similar role as he did with CBS. Thus, the deal also included renewal for Feherty on Golf Channel, a first-look development deal with Universal Television. It was announced that Feherty would leave NBC Sports and join the broadcast team at LIV Golf, in July 2022.

David Feherty – Social Media

David Feherty has an Instagram account named @fehertwit, with 104k followers. Similarly, he has a Facebook account with 118k followers. On his Twitter account, he has 648.8k followers.

Body Measurements

David Feherty stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and his weight is yet not known. Similarly, he has brown eye colour and greyish hair colour.