Open Coverage on BBC

JCDUB

I'm appalled with the BBC coverage again:mad:

Saw McIlroy putting his second into the first hole to 6 feet, then the next time we see him is putting a long one in on the second for birdie!!

Meanwhile they show three shite shots on the first from Poulter.

Anthony Kim takes nine on the second and we didn't see one shot, not one!!

Why?Because they're showing David Howell hitting a three wood down the middle of a fairway.

Very biased coverage so far, it better improve!!

Come on Padraig:)

And as for Poulter's get-up, don't get me started:rolleyes:

SuprSi

JCDUB wrote: »

I'm appalled with the BBC coverage again:mad:

Saw McIlroy putting his second into the first hole to 6 feet, then the next time we see him is putting a long one in on the second for birdie!!

Meanwhile they show three shite shots on the first from Poulter.

Anthony Kim takes nine on the second and we didn't see one shot, not one!!

Why?Because they're showing David Howell hitting a three wood down the middle of a fairway.

Very biased coverage so far, it better improve!!

Come on Padraig:)

And as for Poulter's get-up, don't get me started:rolleyes:

Have to agree on Poulter's clobber - it's ridiculous!!

f22

Hmmm Poulter, well his dress sense ties in with his personality. He's a knob!

I agree, the coverage is a bit scattered but a mile better than the US bull we have to put up with.

copacetic

surprised at the complaints, they've been featuring McIlroy and Harrington and (mcDowell earlier). This means we've seen nearly every one of their shots. They spent 3 or 4 minutes just showing McIlroys various expeditions to the rough. Outside of these groups your're lucky to see any shots unless you are near the top.

madds

JCDUB wrote: »

I'm appalled with the BBC coverage again:mad:

Saw McIlroy putting his second into the first hole to 6 feet, then the next time we see him is putting a long one in on the second for birdie!!

Meanwhile they show three shite shots on the first from Poulter.

Anthony Kim takes nine on the second and we didn't see one shot, not one!!

Why?Because they're showing David Howell hitting a three wood down the middle of a fairway.

Very biased coverage so far, it better improve!!

Come on Padraig:)

And as for Poulter's get-up, don't get me started:rolleyes:

+1

I was going to comment on the coverage as well. I'm working from home today (;)) and the first time I saw coverage of Villegas was when he was putting on 18 for birdie. He finished with a 66.

Noticed the no show of McIlroy's birdie putt on the first also. Harrington, as you would expect, is getting a lot of coverage.

irishtoffee

f22 wrote: »

Hmmm Poulter, well his dress sense ties in with his personality. He's a knob!


So i take it you have met him then.

fullstop

irishtoffee wrote: »

So i take it you have met him then.

You don't have to meet someone to know they're a knob, I'm sure he's seen enough of him on tv to form an opinion :rolleyes:

conno16

any good shots of woods eating a mars bar
or woods blowing his nose
or woods whistling as he walks down the fairway

f22

irishtoffee wrote: »

f22 wrote: »

Hmmm Poulter, well his dress sense ties in with his personality. He's a knob!


So i take it you have met him then.

Let's just say I have enough experience around him to form an opinion

Jimmy Iovine

Not the biggest fan of Peter Alliss. Theres no doubt he knows his stuff but his biased views get annoying after a while. Like earlier, "Its dissappointing not to see a few British players on the leaderboard. It would be nice to see loads of our lads up there." So not to attract questioning by irishtoffee, I have based my views on what ive heard from him on the tele as I havent met him in person, but I doubt Id like to. Hed probably just annoy me a lot

irishtoffee

f22 wrote: »

irishtoffee wrote: »

Let's just say I have enough experience around him to form an opinion

Entitled to your opinion but i half to say i have met him a few times and can't say a bad word about him.A friend of mine was at a Cobra demo week with him last year and said he was a great laugh.

Benny Cake

anybody else coverage gone to sh1te in the last few mins? mines breaking up the whole time, wreckin my head!:mad::mad:

f22

irishtoffee wrote: »

f22 wrote: »

Entitled to your opinion but i half to say i have met him a few times and can't say a bad word about him.A friend of mine was at a Cobra demo week with him last year and said he was a great laugh.

Horses for courses, have witnessed him being a total ignoramus on more than one occasion. Off the course he may be a gentleman, perhaps golf brings out the worst in him.

Aidric

I wish they'd drop the monty & lyle story, yawn.

mag

i think they need a "giles & dunphy" to spice it up a bit

alxmorgan

mag wrote: »

i think they need a "giles & dunphy" to spice it up a bit

Dunphy on Golf...classic

"That Poulter is a clown Bill, a clown !!!"

"Look at that ball fly - ya baby !!!"

conno16

i think gary lineker is prob the biggest tosser tv has ever known

torrance just kept looking at him with a mix of disgust and pity throughout yesterday

syngindub

Does anyone have a stream for this mornings play?

Aidric

conno16 wrote: »

i think gary lineker is prob the biggest tosser tv has ever known

torrance just kept looking at him with a mix of disgust and pity throughout yesterday

He is the Alan Partridge of golf presenting but Torrance is just as big a clown.

krattapopov

Have to say I'd take the beeb any day over their american or sky counterparts

soundsham

krattapopov wrote: »

Have to say I'd take the beeb any day over their american or sky counterparts

+1

i'd be very interested to hear where/what all the negative guys are comparing beeb to surely not se(yanky)tanta....
sky and beeb not too different imo only that beeb have probably twice the no. of commentators giving bigger variety,some better some not(aimed at you shane if you read this)

have to say i love mark james, one of the wittiest caught ken brown for a beaut this morning

mag

loving the super slow-mo camera...

JCDUB

mag wrote: »

loving the super slow-mo camera...

Good call mag, it's excellent.

Although I did have to swallow some sick when they showed Furyk on it:eek::eek:

PhilipMarlowe

I'd hate to see me chipping over a bunker off a bare downhill lie to a tight pin in super-slow-mo

mag

JCDUB wrote: »

Although I did have to swallow some sick when they showed Furyk on it:eek::eek:

haha. westwoods left arm looks well freaky at impact too!

Mister Sifter

I love the BBC coverage, but i can't stand Sam Torrance. Mute button at the ready!

Aidric

That Shane O Donoghue really is a hopeless case. He was interviewing Martin Kaymer earlier, a guy coming off back to back European Tour victories, and says to him "are you happy with how you are playing at the moment?".

conno16

would you prefer if he asked him about the weather or what he was planning to have for dinner?

sounds like a legit question to me..

Aidric

It's fairly obvious to anyone with a brain that the guy's game is in great shape if he's just won back to back tournaments.

conno16

nobody is debating the fact that on paper his form looks real good
i think you'll find that shanes question was in relation to martins level of satisfaction with his own form

mag

o'donoghue is woeful beyond belief. although he's at least marginally better than he was at the masters this year where he was lucky to get away without a smack from several players due to his dumbass cackhanded questioning.
hazel irvine is the only member of their 'team' that can properly interview imho.

mccutchie

Guys, can we not give SOD a break, i'm sure the questions are not exactly off the cuff, and with the amount of time he has, he can only ask so much.He is generally interviewing players before the round, when they have alot on their minds, and are in the zone.

I must admit i thought Harrington was very short with him on Thursday afternoon, whilst Paul McGinley was a gentleman this morning.