TOMMY ROY Lead Golf Producer, NBC Sports Tommy Roy, NBC Sports’ longtime golf producer and former NBC Sports’ Executive Producer for 12 years, is one of the most decorated and respected producers in sports television history. A 29-time Emmy Award-winner, Roy has produced or executive produced the television broadcasts of many of the world’s biggest sporting events, including the The Olympics, the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, College Football National Championship, Kentucky Derby, Daytona 500 and Wimbledon. Roy’s has produced golf for NBC Sports for the past 25 years, a span that includes the network’s PGA TOUR broadcasts, the PLAYERS Championship, major championships including the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open and the Open Championship (British Open), the biennial Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup matches and the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs. In his 30+ years in sports television, Roy has produced the television broadcasts of many of world’s biggest sporting events and most iconic moments, including: Super Bowl Super Bowl XXXII: John win. After suffering three defeats in previous Super Bowl appearances, John Elway led the Denver Super Bowl in team history over Bret Favre and the Green Bay Packers, 31-24. Roy produced television coverage of Super Bowl XXXII Bowl production until 2006. The Summer and Winter Olympic Games NBA Finals 1992 Summer Olympics: The Inaugural “Dream Team.” Roy produced basketball coverage at the 1992 Summer Olympics in NBA Championships, 1991-93. Barcelona, Spain, where the U.S. men’s national basketball team Roy produced NBC Sports’ – more commonly known as The Dream Team which featured television coverage for Michael Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing and Charles Barkley– earned gold medal with an undefeated Olympic championships with the campaign. Chicago Bulls (1991, ’92, 93). 2008 Summer Olympics: Michael Phelps’ Eight Gold Medals. Roy produced coverage of the Olympics’ most iconic achievement: 1994 NBA Finals / O.J. Michael Phelps winning a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Simpson Car Chase Summer Olympics in Beijing. Roy produced swimming coverage of Arguably one of the craziest every Olympic medal-winning race in Phelps’ career, 28 medals in sports and news/culture total, the most decorated Olympian of all time. crossover moments in television history. Roy produced a “double box” during Game 5 of the 1994 NBA Finals between the Houston Rockets and the New York Knicks, while the world simultaneously watched history play out on live television by following O.J. Simpson’s police car chase. College Football National Championship 2012 Ryder Cup: The Miracle at Medinah: Europe matched the The 1995 Orange Bowl: Tom Osbourne’s First National United States’ achievement in 1999 with a come-from-behind Championship. Roy produced the television broadcast of the 61st Orange Bowl Classic, where Nebraska defeated Miami 24-17, the retaining the Ryder Cup on U.S. soil. Roy has produced every Ryder Cup for NBC Sports since 1993. The U.S. Open 2008 U.S. Open: Tiger The Open (British Open) Woods’ Unlikely 14th 2016 Open: Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson’s Epic Final Major Championship Round Duel. In what earned instant acclaim as one of the Win. One of the most dramatic U.S. Opens in history, Tiger Woods (65 for Mickelson) en-route to breaking the aggregate scoring defeated Rocco Mediate record for all major championships. via a 19-hole playoff for his 14th major TOUR Championship championship. He revealed 2018 TOUR Championship: Tiger two days later that he was Woods’ 80th PGA TOUR Win. playing on a double stress Featuring one of the more fracture on his left leg. dramatic visuals in recent sports In total, Roy produced 20 U.S. Open championships for NBC Sports history with the gallery walking from 1995-2014. behind Tiger Woods on the 18th hole, Woods captured The Ryder Cup his 80th PGA TOUR win, arguably 1999 Ryder Cup: The Battle At Brookline. Following U.S. Captain Ben Crenshaw’s “I got a feeling” press conference, the United one of the biggest comebacks States team generated the largest come-from behind victory to in sports history following defeat Europe 14 ½ - 13 ½. multiple back surgeries. Roy joined NBC Sports in 1981 as a production associate, hired by legendary producer and television executive Don Ohlmeyer, who at the time was NBC Sports’ executive producer. Roy garnered the attention from NBC while serving as a runner for an NBC golf event while in college at the University of Arizona, and made a steady climb through the ranks. An associate producer from 1983-86, Roy was promoted to producer in 1986. During this time, he served as lead producer for NBC’s college basketball coverage, NBA coverage, co-producer for the network’s PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour and Senior Tour golf telecasts and studio producer for NBC’s NFL pre-game shows. In 1993, Roy was promoted to executive producer, NBC Sports, which he held for 12 years. During his tenure, he continued as lead producer for the network’s NBA, golf and NFL coverage, and executive produced three Super Bowls, XXVIII, XXX and XXXII. Roy has been involved with every Summer Olympic Games since 1988 and every Winter Olympic Games since 2002. He served as co-executive producer of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2000 Sydney Olympics alongside television legend Dick Ebersol. Roy continues to serve as producer for swimming and speedskating events at the Summer and Winter Olympics, respectively. In 2005, Roy transitioned to golf full-time, continuing his role as lead producer for the network’s golf coverage, a position he has held since 1993. Currently, Roy is lead producer for NBC Sports’ year-round PGA TOUR coverage, highlighted by THE PLAYERS Championship – one of the most technological advanced events on PGA TOUR – and the FedExCup Playoffs; major championship coverage including The Open (British Open), KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the Senior PGA Championship; and the biennial Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup matches. professional at the Country Club of Green Valley in Tucson. He graduated from the University of Arizona in 1981 with a degree in Business Administration. Roy lives in Ponte Vedra, Fla., with his wife, Anne. They have two children, Billy and Kelly..