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Longtime golf producer Frank Chirkinian is going into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem made a surprise announcement Wednesday night. He says that Chirkinian has been selected through the lifetime achievement category.
He will be inducted May 9 in St. Augustine, Fla.
Chirkinian revolutionized golf coverage as the producer for CBS Sports. He also came up with the idea of putting a camera on a blimp for a college football game and produced the first Winter Olympics on television, the 1960 Squaw Valley Games.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=6106873
