Emilia Doran (née Migliaccio) is not your traditional broadcaster, as she has managed to combine playing in some of golf's biggest events with covering them on TV - sometimes at the same tournaments!
Get to know more about Emilia here with these facts about her life and career.
Emilia Doran Facts
1. Emilia Doran was born on April 25th 1999 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
2. She went to college at Wake Forest and was twice named a first team All-American.
3. She was part of the Wake Forest team that won the 2023 NCAA D1 Women's Golf National Championship, claiming victory in her match 4&2.
4. She turned down the chance to turn professional to pursue a career in broadcasting.
5. Her mother, Ulrika Migliaccio, played college golf at Arizona and was a 1992 All-American.
6. Doran holds the joint record of US Arnold Palmer Cup appearances with five.
7. She also made history at the US Women's Open at Pebble Beach in 2023 by both playing in the tournament and working as an on-course reporter for the Golf Channel.
8. Doran's media work now includes being an on-course reporter and analyst for the NBC Sports broadcast team, along with the Golf Channel and PGA Tour Live.
9. She has played at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur five times.
10. Emilia has played in the US Women's Open three times, but not managed to make the cut.
11. Doran played in the 2016 Junior Ryder Cup and the 2017 Junior Solheim Cup.
12. She reached a career-high of third in the Women's World Amateur Golf Rankings back in 2020.
13. She played for the US Curtis Cup team in 2021 and 2022.
14. She met her now husband Charlie Doran in a writing class during her freshman year at Wake College.
15. He also caddied for her at the 2025 US Women's Amateur. During that tournament, she beat Reagan Zibilski in the round of 64 at Bandon Dunes.
Like the US Women's Open two years earlier, it was an event that also combined her broadcasting duties as, later that day, she was working as an on-course reporter for the Golf Channel.
