Gil Capps is an Emmy Award-winning associate producer on NBC Sports golf telecasts and managing editor at Golf Channel. He has spent his entire working career in golf media, having founded a regional golf magazine right out of Davidson College and written extensively about the game before jumping into television. Capps has worked on-site at more than 400 tournaments around the world --- most spent sitting in NBC’s main tower providing editorial direction to its broadcasts and announcers such as Johnny Miller, Dan Hicks and Dick Enberg. Since 2012, he has helped lead the creation of Golf Channel’s Editorial Research Unit, which he also oversees. A native of North Carolina, Capps now resides with his family in Winter Park, Florida.

Books by Gil Capps

The Magnificent Masters: Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf, and the 1975 Cliffhanger at Augusta

by Gil Capps - Nonfiction, Sports

The back-and-forth battle among Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf at the 1975 Masters Tournament would dramatically culminate in one of the greatest finishes in Masters history. Gil Capps, a 20-year veteran of the golf industry and NBC Sports producer, recaptures hole-by-hole the thrilling drama of this singular event from golf’s golden era --- from the media-crazed build-up to the tournament's final dramatic putt that would change the game of golf forever.