Dottie Pepper once took a short hiatus from broadcasting to give more of her time to the advancement of golf.
As a PGA of America board member for three-plus years, the winner of 17 LPGA Tour events including two majors left her role as a commentator for NBC and Golf Channel late in 2012 to focus on the PGA’s grow the game initiatives that included junior golf.
Now 10 years into her role as the primary on-course golf reporter for CBS, Pepper wanted to show her support for similar programs on the Grand Strand through the nonprofit Project Golf, and was the featured speaker Tuesday at the Circle of Champions Celebration and Fireside Chat at Wachesaw Plantation in Murrells Inlet…