CHANTEL McCabe regularly turns heads as a sideline reporter and play-by-play golf announcer.
Fans have described the SiriusXM, PGA Tour Live and ESPN broadcaster as "elegant" and a "beautiful captain" on her Instagram account.
But Chantel was forced to overcome a significant personal and professional setback to become one of the rising female golf personalities in the States.
Chantel got her broadcasting start at the University of New Hampshire, her alma mater, covering ice hockey.
Soon after, she joined the local sports network NESN and covered the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins, as well as golf and lacrosse.
Her big break seemingly came when she was hired by Fox Sports Carolinas in 2012 aged just 22 as the pre-game show host and sideline reporter for the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes.
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But her career was almost derailed soon after it began after she was arrested and charged for driving while impaired in North Carolina in October 2014.
She was briefly suspended from her role by the Hurricanes.
“In light of what happened this past weekend, we think it is best that Ms. McCabe take some time away from the team,” Hurricanes president Don Waddell said in a brief statement.
Chantel, who also worked for the NHL Network and NHL.com, returned to the Hurricanes for the remainder of the season but her contract was not renewed in 2015.
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Needing to pivot to get her career back on track, Chantel joined the Golf Channel in August 2016 where she served as an anchor and reporter for the daily news show Golf Central, reporting on-site at PGA Tour and LPGA Tour events.
Quickly finding her feet, she also contributed to Golf Channel’s Morning Drive on-air team and hosted Golf Channel Digital’s Live From news programming.
“I came in, not having covered golf, I covered pretty much every other sport, specializing in hockey and lacrosse," she told Golf Digest in 2017.
"I didn’t know what to expect covering golf. I knew I liked watching.
"I knew I was going to have a lot to learn, and I told Golf Channel that before I even auditioned.
"And they’ve been so helpful to giving me the tools to be able to grow, and putting me in spots where I could get my footing. That has been tremendous.
“I absolutely love it....this has been my absolute favorite stop in my career just because of the people.”
Since 2021, Chantel has covered golf for SiriusXM, PGA Tour Live and ESPN.
She has also expanded into covering the Premier Lacrosse League for ESPN in 2022 and 2023.
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A committed Christian, Chantel married orthopedic surgeon Matt Welsh in Orlando in 2021.
The couple plan to start a family soon.
