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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 DePauw University ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1837 as Indiana Asbury College and changed its name to DePauw University in 1884. The college has a Methodist heritage and was ...
in Indiana. At DePauw, he joined
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fraternity. However, he never qualified for the
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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
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golf team as an on-course reporter in 1988. In 1992, he moved to the
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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 Year of birth missing (living people) DePauw University alumni American golf instructors American marketing people People from Maui County, Hawaii NBC Sports American golf commentators NBC News people {{US-golf-bio-stub