KIRSTY GALLACHER has been axed from presenting this year’s Masters live from Augusta, and has been replaced by James Haddock.
The Sky Sports news poster girl has an extensive depth of knowledge of the sport as her father Bernard Gallacher captained Europe to win the 1995 Ryder Cup.
However the 41-year-old will instead now be going on holiday with her children, where she is reported to be ‘very upset’ about being axed.
Gallacher has been in the entertainment industry for almost 20 years, here’s everything you need to know about the television presenter.
Who is Kirsty Gallacher?
Kirsty Gallacher is a television presenter who currently works for Sky Sports.
The 41-year-old was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on January 20 1976, and moved to Virginia Water in England, Surrey when she was 18 months old due to her father’s golfing career.
She was married to former England Rugby Union international Paul Sampson from 2010 to 2015, with the couple having two children – Oscar and Jude.
Gallacher is a keen supporter of Hibernian FC.
Why isn’t Kirsty Gallacher presenting the 2017 Masters?
Despite presenting live from Augusta in recent years, she has been replaced as Sky cannot afford to send her to America.
According to the Daily Mail, Sky Sports News can’t justify sending the 41-year-old to cover the golf, despite spending £11million PER MATCH for Premier League fixtures.
Instead of reporting live from the studio, she will now be going on holiday with her children after being upset about being snubbed.
What is Kirsty Gallacher famous for?
Kirsty Gallacher studied journalism and promotion at the London College of Fashion as she originally wanted to be a fashion journalist.
In 1998, she got her break as a presenter on Sky Sports News after working as a production assistant for two year from 1996.
Gallacher was a presenter on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, and also hosted her own Sky1 show Kirsty's Home Videos from 2000-2004.
In 2005 she won the third series of the Channel 4 show The Games, where would be a presenter on the following series.
She returned to be a presenter on Sky Sports News in 2011, and was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in the 2015 series where she was eliminated after week 6.
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