Garry Koch and Roger Maltbie set to return to NBC Broadcast for 50th anniversary of Players Championship

The upcoming 2024 Players Championship will commemorate its 50th year as a PGA Tour event. Scheduled from March 14 to March 17, the annual golf tournament will take place at the Players Stadium Course.

To enhance the occasion, sportscaster Garry Koch and on-course analyst Roger Maltbie will join the NBC broadcast. Maltbie, as usual, will provide on-course reporting. He will be on hand to offer analysis for the rounds on Thursday and Friday. Furthermore, Koch will join the broadcast booth alongside Kevin Kisner and Mike Tirico.

PGA Tour took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the news:

Tommy Roy, NBC Sports’ lead golf producer, highlighted how Roger Maltbie and Gary Koch have announced some of the most memorable moments in golf at past editions of the Players Championship.

Roy said (via PGA Tour):

"Roger Maltbie and Gary Koch have called some of the most iconic moments at THE PLAYERS Championship throughout the past three decades and having them on next week’s broadcasts is a great way for NBC Sports to celebrate the 50th anniversary of THE PLAYERS."

Fans can catch the live updates and coverage of the entire event by tuning in to NBC, Golf Channel or Peacock.

A look into the upcoming Players Championship field

The upcoming Players Championship will have some of the biggest names on its roster. This includes Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Thomas, among others.

Here is the complete list of golfers participating in the Players Championship:

Åberg, Ludvig
Hossler, Beau
Putnam, Andrew
Alexander, Tyson
Hovland, Viktor
Rai, Aaron
An, Byeong Hun
Hubbard, Mark
Ramey, Chad
Baddeley, Aaron
Hughes, Mackenzie
Reavie, Chez
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Im, Sungjae
Riley, Davis
Bhatia, Akshay
Jaeger, Stephan
Rodgers, Patrick
Björk, Alexander
Kim, Chan
Rose, Justin
Blair, Zac
Kim, Michael
Ryder, Sam
Bradley, Keegan
Kim, S.H.
Schauffele, Xander
Bramlett, Joseph
Kim, Si Woo
Scheffler, Scottie
Buckley, Hayden
Kim, Tom
Schenk, Adam
Burns, Sam
Kirk, Chris
Schmid, Matti
Cantlay, Patrick
Kitayama, Kurt
Scott, Adam
Clark, Wyndham
Knapp, Jake
Shelton, Robby
Cole, Eric
Kohles, Ben
Sigg, Greyson
Conners, Corey
Kuchar, Matt
Silverman, Ben
Dahmen, Joel
Laird, Martin
Simpson, Webb
Davis, Cam
Lashley, Nate
Skinns, David
Day, Jason
Lee, K.H.
Smalley, Alex
Detry, Thomas Lee,
Min Woo
Spaun, J.J.
Duncan, Tyler
Lipsky, David
Spieth, Jordan
Dunlap, Nick
List, Luke
Stallings, Scott
Echavarria, Nico
Lower, Justin
Stanger, Jimmy
Eckroat, Austin
Lowry, Shane
Stevens, Sam
English, Harris
MacIntyre, Robert
Straka, Sepp
Finau, Tony
Malnati, Peter
Streelman, Kevin
Fleetwood, Tommy
Matsuyama, Hideki
Suh, Justin
Fowler, Rickie
McCarthy, Denny
Svensson, Adam
Fox, Ryan
McIlroy, Rory
Tarren, Callum
Ghim, Doug
McNealy, Maverick
Taylor, Ben
Glover, Lucas
Merritt, Troy
Taylor, Nick
Griffin, Ben
Mitchell, Keith
Theegala, Sahith
Grillo, Emiliano
Molinari, Francesco
Thomas, Justin
Hadley, Chesson
Montgomery, Taylor
Thompson, Davis
Hadwin, Adam
Moore, Ryan
Todd, Brendon
Hall, Harry
Moore, Taylor
Valimaki, Sami
Hardy, Nick
Morikawa, Collin
van Rooyen, Erik
Harman, Brian
Murray, Grayson
Villegas, Camilo
Henley, Russell
NeSmith, Matt
Wallace, Matt
Higgo, Garrick
Noren, Alex
Woodland, Gary
Hisatsune, Ryo
Norrman, Vincent
Wu, Brandon
Hodges, Lee
Novak, Andrew
Wu, Dylan
Hoffman, Charley
Pan, C.T.
Young, Cameron
Hoge, Tom
Pavon, Matthieu
Young, Carson
Højgaard, Nicolai
Pendrith, Taylor
Yu, Kevin
Homa, Max
Poston, J.T.
Yuan, Carl
Horschel, Billy
Power, Seamus
Zalatoris, Will.