Kirsty Gallacher Pictures

Kirsty Gallacher (Height: 5'6" - 1.65 metres) was born in Edinburgh in 1976. She moved to Berkshire when she was 18 months old when her father [Bernard Gallacher] became the Club Professional at Wentworth. She's a graduate of the London College of Fashion, she wanted to be a fashion journalist but fate stepped in... Whilst at a dinner held in honour of her father by Sky Television, [he had just become the first European captain to lead Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup in the United States] she was asked to take a screen test, with a view to becoming a presenter on the soon-to-be-launched Sky Sports Channel. Initially she declined as she was more interested in fashion journalism. Kirsty said it was six months of arm-twisting and "pestering" from Sky that eventually made her to agree to take the screen test. She says she was "awful". Despite being "awful", Sky gave her a job, not in front of the camera, but behind the camera. Sky felt she was a bit too young at the time [she was 22]. Kirsty says they then "chucked me in at the deep-end".

For two years prior to joining Sky, she worked on the European and US PGA Tours, including Europe's victory in the 1997 Ryder Cup at Valderrama. Kirsty has also worked on radio. She was part of the Rock 'n' roll Football team on Virgin Radio in 2001. She has also worked for BBC Radio Five.

Europe's Ryder Cup win at the Oakhill Country Club in 1995 is her favourite sporting moment. The team was captained by her father and it was the first time that Europe had won the Ryder Cup in the United States.

She has been presented programmes on Sky, ITV1 and Channel Four. Her home videos show, Kirsty's Home Videos [no longer in production] remains popular. Regularly shown on Sky, Kirsty can count amongst her viewers HRH Queen Elizabeth II. This rather odd fact was confirmed to Kirsty by the then editor of British newspaper The Mirror. The Mirror knew of the Queen's interest in the show because they had an under-cover reporter working at Buckingham Palace(!)