Frank Chirkinian, the Godfather of televised golf dies @ 84

Frank Chirkinian, a pioneer in golf television who dazzled audiences each spring with his production of the Masters Tournament, died Friday at his home in North Palm Beach, Fla. He was 84.Among the innovations Chirkinian introduced were relation-to-par scoring, multiple cameras, microphones on tees and aerial blimps. He won four Emmy and two Peabody awards during his career, where he was