Mark Rolfing is a television golf commentator and a resort marketing director. Rolfing played professional golf in 1973 and 1974, after playing college golf at
DePauw University
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in Indiana. At DePauw, he joined
Delta Kappa Epsilon
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fraternity. However, he never qualified for the
PGA Tour
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and in 1975 joined
Kapalua Resort in Hawaii as head golf professional. He later moved into Kapalua's marketing department and formed his own television marketing firm, Rolfing Productions, in 1985. He joined the
NBC Sports
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golf team as an on-course reporter in 1988. In 1992, he moved to the
ESPN
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ABC Sports
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golf team, before rejoining NBC in 1998. He remains an on-course reporter for NBC as of June, 2018.
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Living people
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DePauw University alumni
American golf instructors
American marketing people
People from Maui County, Hawaii
NBC Sports
American golf commentators
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