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Ian Baker-Finch will retire from golf coverage on CBS
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FILE - Actor Bill Murray, center, jokes with announcer Ian Baker-Finch, right, on the 18th green about his shoes as D.A. Points, left, looks on during the trophy presentation of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. - photo by AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File
NEW YORK (AP) — Ian Baker-Finch is retiring after CBS ends its PGA Tour golf coverage next week after nearly 19 years of his friendly Australian voice contributing to the network's broadcast. Baker-Finch, best known for his British Open victory in 1991 among his 16 victories worldwide, joined CBS in 2007. He had worked the previous decade in golf announcing with ESPN and TNT.