MEET DOTTIE

Dottie Pepper is the lead walking reporter for CBS Sports’ coverage of the PGA Tour, Masters, and PGA Championship. After an accomplished junior, college, and amateur golf career, she went on to play 17 years on the LPGA Tour—winning 17 times, including two major championships. She represented the United States six times in the Solheim Cup matches, compiling a 13-5-2 record. She is a 1987 graduate of Furman University with a B.A. in Health Sciences.

Dottie retired from competitive golf in 2004. Since then, she has covered all levels of televised golf, including every major championship, international team events, as well as national amateur championships for ESPN, Golf Channel, NBC, and CBS.

Pepper served as a member of the PGA of America Board of Directors from 2012-2015 and the NENY PGA Board of Directors from 2009-2015. She was the recipient of the 2016 William D. Richardson Award, presented by the Golf Writers Association of America for her consistently outstanding contributions to golf. She is also is a 2018 inductee to the New York State Golf Association Hall of Fame.

She lives in Saratoga Springs, New York and is a fan of skiing in the Northeast, farmer’s markets, gardening, dogs, World War II history, and fast cars.

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