Colt Knost resides his dream — and he nonetheless cannot imagine it

Colt Knost, cohost of Subpar and course reporter for CBS Sports activities, can be the primary individual to inform you he’s dwelling the dream — and the final individual to imagine it.

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The scene: Calling from his automotive in Scottsdale, Ariz., after leaving the set of GOLF’s Subpar podcast.

Dylan Dethier: You’re on a break out of your TV gig. Does this really feel like your low season?

Colt Knost: It’s positively my low season. I’ve completed just a few issues for work right here and there. I nonetheless do our SiriusXM present [Gravy and the Sleeze] and GOLF’s ‘Subpar.’ However, for essentially the most half, I get to play lots of golf this time of 12 months.

DD: Are you taking part in at house with a daily group or are you now, like, America’s visitor?

CK: Yeah, principally at house at [Scottsdale’s] Whisper Rock. I’ve performed just a few member-guests. I simply received again from Vegas, taking part in the Southern Highlands, which was a blast. I journey a lot in the course of the 12 months that it’s laborious for me to say no to a member-guest, however I additionally take pleasure in being house. It’s the most effective time of 12 months in Scottsdale.

DD: You have been a Tour professional for almost a decade. How has your relationship with taking part in golf modified these previous few years?

CK: I’ve far more enjoyable now. It’s not a job to me anymore. I simply exit and have enjoyable with the boys, gamble a bit and let the most effective man win. I positively don’t get as upset over dangerous pictures. And, after I observe, I really feel like I can play in addition to I did on Tour, most likely as a result of I don’t care as a lot.

DD: Is there something you’ve realized that you simply’d inform your self 10 years in the past?

CK: Undoubtedly. I’d inform myself to be extra centered and extra accountable when issues went unsuitable. However, truthfully, I feel this was all meant to occur this manner. The sport has modified a lot. I used to be by no means going to be a man who carries the ball 300 yards like a lot of the PGA Tour does right now. However I put in eight years on the Tour, made superb relationships and received to play on the highest degree. After I’m previous, I can inform tales across the hearth. That’s fairly cool.

DD: Today, between SiriusXM, “Subpar” and the CBS job, it looks as if you’re having virtually nonstop surreal experiences. Do you continue to pinch your self?

CK: I pinch myself on a regular basis. I used to be a child who went to a small highschool in the course of nowhere [in Texas]. To be the place I’m now, assembly these athletes — it’s unbelievable. Golf has linked me with so many individuals. As an example, I’ve an amazing relationship with Charles Barkley. For those who’d informed me at 12 years previous, after I was watching him on TV, that I’d be mates with him and we’d discuss trash on a regular basis,I’d have thought you have been out of your thoughts. Or that I’d meet Tony Romo when he was a third-string quarterback with Dallas as a result of he simply needed to play golf, after which he become … Tony Romo. There will probably be moments with individuals I’ve met the place I’m like, Wow, I can’t imagine I’m sitting right here having a beer with you proper now.

DD: How’s your work with CBS going?

CK: I adore it, and I feel it’s going nicely. I get excited to go to work on daily basis. Sitting with Jim Nantz, Frank Nobilo, Trevor Immelman, Dottie Pepper, Mark Immelman, Amanda Balionis — it’s loopy. When you concentrate on golf and the broadcasting world, there aren’t many roles on the market. And the truth that I’ve been in a position to get higher and to develop — it’s superior. The Nantz factor continues to be surreal to me; he’s been with CBS since 1985, the 12 months I used to be born. I’ve by no means identified anybody else in that job. Now he’s a buddy. That’s so cool.

DD: On “Subpar” you typically present us a special facet of golfers and different athletes. Who has shocked you essentially the most and who do you hear about most from followers?

CK: The second half is simple: Mike Commodore, the previous NHL participant. Everybody loves him. They love these old-school guys [and their] wild tales. Guys like George Brett, Mark Grace. They lived in an period when there was no social media; everybody didn’t whip their digital camera out when stuff occurred, so that they have nice tales. As for surprises, I already know a lot of the guys personally, nevertheless it’s nice when the viewers will get to study extra about them. Scottie Scheffler, for instance, comes off as this nice golfer and individual, however individuals don’t understand he’s additionally sneaky humorous and talks trash.

DD: There on the bottom, what’s a Tour second that stands out from this 12 months?

CK: Strolling with Viktor Hovland and Bryson DeChambeau on Sunday on the PGA — that place was rocking. Each of them have been 6 underneath via 17 holes, I imagine, and the group was all about Bryson, and he was speaking again to them, having a good time. It was simply an electrical environment.

DD: Who’re gamers you assume may create a few of that electrical energy in 2025?

CK: I’ll offer you one proper off the highest of my head: Max Greyserman. He has a ton of upside — he smashes it, he’s an amazing putter. He’s completed second in three of 5 occasions [in 2024]. And I’m excited to see what Jordan Spieth does getting back from wrist surgical procedure. It’s one thing he’s been coping with longer than I feel he let on, so I’m excited to see him 100% wholesome.

DD: Folks consider golf as a sleepy sport, however, in individual on Sunday afternoons, I feel they’d be shocked on the depth. What’s it like being contained in the ropes with the ultimate group within the last spherical?

CK: I get excited. I really feel the adrenaline, and I would like it to be a battle. Or, if I’m not with the final group, [I want] my man to make a transfer and get these large crowds yelling. Hell, I get yelled at too. However when it’s a giant second, there’s nothing cooler than attempting to make an superior name on a shot, as a result of when you nail it, it’s on each spotlight. Truthfully, after I look again, I don’t keep in mind lots of the calls. I’ll rewatch some as a result of individuals at all times inform me, “Take heed to your self, see what your tendencies are and the place you would do higher.” And typically I’m similar to, That [call] was silly. However I similar to making it enjoyable, man. Look, it’s a TV present; it doesn’t need to be severe always. I simply hope to deliver some power to it on daily basis and to deliver individuals from their sofa into these moments.