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 university in Greencastle, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 1,972 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the G ...
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
Kapalua Resort is a golf and beach resort in Kapalua, Hawaii on the northwest shore of the island of Maui near Lahaina, Hawaii. It is owned by Maui Land & Pineapple Company.
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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
Golf writers and broadcasters
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