Dan Hicks, NBC’s golf play-by-play announcer since 2000, died at 64 after an acute illness, his wife, Hannah Storm, announced on Nov. 12, 2026.

Hicks spent 34 years with NBC Sports, calling golf, Olympic swimming and skiing, Notre Dame football and other major events.

Storm said the family was heartbroken by Hicks’ sudden passing and remembered him as a devoted husband, loving father to their three daughters, and a warm, funny person who brought people together.

The couple raised their three daughters largely outside the public eye.

In his final Instagram post, Hicks praised his youngest daughter, Riley, for completing the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 11, her third major marathon in 18 months.

Riley finished the race in 3:37:56, according to unofficial results, running the second half faster than the first; her time was nearly 15 minutes faster than her finish at the November 2025 New York City Marathon.

Colleagues said Hicks elevated broadcasts by drawing others into the conversation and sharing the spotlight, including with partners Johnny Miller and Paul Azinger; the PGA Tour called Hicks and Miller’s partnership one of golf television’s defining broadcast partnerships.

Among Hicks’ landmark calls was J.J. Spaun’s long birdie putt on the 18th hole at Oakmont that secured the 2025 U.S. Open, a moment Hicks described as “the stuff you dream about.”

Other memorable calls included Europe’s comeback victory at the 2012 Ryder Cup, Ryan Moore clinching the U.S. team’s 2016 Ryder Cup win, and Bryson DeChambeau’s winning up-and-down at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

Versant Media CEO Mark Lazarus praised Hicks as one of the best in his field and remembered him as a loyal friend and devoted husband and father.

In his final weeks, Hicks attended the Hannah Storm Foundation’s annual celebrity dinner on Oct. 6, supported Riley at the Chicago Marathon the day after his final game, and spent time with Storm at a concert, the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in Scotland over the summer.

Two weeks before Hicks’ death, Storm said she was recovering from a hysterectomy after cancer and would miss ESPN and ABC’s New York City Marathon coverage on Nov. 1; she said she was cancer-free, but her doctors advised her to allow more time for recovery.