Golf coverage/commentator discussion thread!! Mod note #12

eagle eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121462775#Comment_121462775

She's excellent although of late she's gone a bit too nice. She's got great insight into the shots that should be played especially around the green.

IAmTitleist

Loved Monty when he was on Sky. Would be great if he were to come back!

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121465550#Comment_121465550

Oh my god no

Deeper Blue

Monty was god awful

Trampas

Mc Ginley with a genius comment. The greens are softer than in the practice rounds. He must have slept through the rain

Deeper Blue

Is the commentary slightly behind the play on Sky? Beem seems to react to things a few seconds after they appear on screen

Gipo3

That seems to be always the case with sky PGA tour coverage.

GolfPar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122008672#Comment_122008672

McGinley is the same, unless you like someone churning out stat after stat.

Deeper Blue

Unless I'm mistaken Butch wasn't on the coverage last year? Or maybe I'm thinking of the Ryder cup. Thought he'd retired. Great to have him on.

Xander10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122010707#Comment_122010707

Personally, I find him a pain in the arse to listen to.

callaway92

Faldo is a very tough listen. Thoroughly unprofessional at times I feel and not funny at all.

I can see how he fits into American coverage well though.

eagle eye

I like Faldo.

The Big Easy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122012673#Comment_122012673

First time we've agreed on something!

eagle eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122013074#Comment_122013074

Its not the first time, it's just rare. 😁

Glad to see we have something in common! 😁

Deeper Blue

This "Live from the Masters" show is absolute rubbish. Where are the featured groups?

The Masters is a million miles behind the other majors in terms of coverage.

Golfgraffix

all on the red button, coverage has been quite good since three o clock

zocklie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122015280#Comment_122015280

That's great if you pay for sky sports. I have nowtv, and there was nothing to watch till 8pm

zocklie

Rich beem always sounds like he's sucking on sweets before he says something, he's brutal.

Deeper Blue

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122015280#Comment_122015280

No red button for me sadly, I'd have thought putting the featured groups on the main channel would make more sense, with the talking heads on the red button. Especially when they have their own commentary on featured groups

The Big Easy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122015714#Comment_122015714

If you click the main Masters thumbnail on the Sports homepage on Now it brings you to the full coverage section where you can choose from "bonus streams" of which the featured groups is one.

Too late for today, but should help you tomorrow.

CalamariFritti

I find Nick seriously annoying. Comes across smug and if he's trying to be self-deprecating/funny; is he?; not sure, either way, its not working, something muppety about him. Wouldnt be a fan of Henny either. The rest are ok. I like Radar and the old lads. Iona is ok, too, and Allison has something fresh about her, but they're not around this week. afaik

McGinley I have nothing against but would second the 'very small doses' sentiment.

Deeper Blue

Massive Tiger fan here, but I've no clue why we're watching his walk up 18 when we already saw his post round interview half an hour ago? At this stage the leaders are on the course so we should be seeing them.

Loafing Oaf

Henni in an evening dress and heels demonstrating Collin Morikawa's swing. Is this really the way to get women on sports tv taken seriously?

Deeper Blue

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122019937#Comment_122019937

I'd be more concerned about the quality of her presenting skills, interview skills and analysis to be honest, none of which are stellar

tayto lover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122019768#Comment_122019768

Far too much about players who have had their day. Tiger was about 10 over and they were still showing him despite the leaders being out on the course. He was a great player but this sentimental showing of him is a bit much.

Deeper Blue

That Henni/Davies/Coltart commentary combination was a tough listen, thankfully they've changed it up

Trampas

So they showed a stat that Scottie will need to remain world number 1 until 2035 and Andrew goes another 14 years. You’d have thought basic maths might have been better with coltart

Deeper Blue

There's nothing I love more than watching an entire press conference where a golfer is asked the same question in 20 different ways, all while several of the world's best players are contending in a major

Deeper Blue

Hopefully the coverage improves over the weekend. I've no interest in watching a broadcast that's essentially CNN news with a few golf shots thrown in.

Also, what's the obsession with discussing golfer's kids/whether they've recently had a kid/whether they're about to have a kid. I can't think of another sport where it's fixated upon anywhere near as much. I couldn't tell you how many kids Kevin de Bruyne or Novak Djokovic or Lewis Hamilton has, mainly because it's rightly never mentioned.

Trampas

Some of the questions felt like Scottie knocked the person down. How many times have the general public driven by a fatal accident and carry on their day like nothing happened. It’s like sky and golfers have to mourn a death. If this accident happened 10 miles away nothing be made of it or person had a heart attack at home. Just because it happened outside the gate and involved a volunteer.