The next generational shift in golf might be on TV (The Associated Press)

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Peter Kostis went to the Ryder Cup as a swing coach and left with a broadcasting career.

USA Network televised the 1989 matches when no one else wanted the Ryder Cup. Jim Simpson was the lead announcer. Gary McCord, Ben Wright and journalist Don Wade were part of the reporting crew.

''They get over there and realize they may be short a person,'' Kostis said. ''I had several players on both teams that I was coaching, so they said, 'Would you like to be an on-course reporter?' I said, 'What do I have to do?' They said, 'Just walk and tell us what's going on.' I jumped at it. And that was my first foray into television broadcasting.''

Roger Maltbie was handed a microphone, but…