Talent

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Sellers Shy

Sellers Shy assumed the role of leading CBS Sports’ golf production in January 2021. Shy, who joined CBS Sports fulltime in 1997, became only the third lead producer in the storied history of GOLF ON CBS.

Since joining CBS, Shy has been a full-time member of its golf team, serving as a replay producer, associate director, and producer for PGA TOUR coverage, the Masters and PGA Championship, as well as for the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship and Latin America Amateur Championship. The multiple Emmy Award-winner also has served as a producer for THE NFL ON CBS, College Football and NCAA Basketball.

Mentored by three-time major champion Dr. Cary Middlecoff, Shy is a three-time Tennessee State Amateur qualifier and currently serves on the board of the PGA TOUR’s FedEx St. Jude Championship. He first worked as a golf spotter for CBS Sports’ coverage of the 1987 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic and later traveled to the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway for the network’s coverage as its journalism intern.

Born on December 2, 1971 in Memphis, Tenn., Shy graduated with a Journalism degree from the University of Mississippi in 1994. He has served on the board of the University of Mississippi Journalism School and currently has an endowment in the Broadcast Journalism Honors College.

He lives in Memphis with his wife Stephanie, two sons Sellers and Edwin, and daughter, Gracie. Sellers Jr graduated from the Honors College at Ole Miss and was a member of the football team. Edwin currently attends the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and is on the lacrosse team, while Gracie currently attends Ole Miss where she is enrolled in the Honors College and serves as a member of the Chancellors Leadership Program.