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

Ohmeha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122151942#Comment_122151942

Not just golf I've listened to increasing amounts in these recent woke years in other sports on various networks drowning their broadcasts about newborn babies, engagement rings, weddings… yeah congrats and all that on your private life but I tuned in to watch the action FFS

Musicrules

Was watching the golf on sky. Was missing so much golf there with their chats and then catch up. Switched on CBS, it's like night and day. The Americans actually make it exciting and not missing any leaders shots.

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122152456#Comment_122152456

Woke? 🤣

eagle eye

Theres no woke going on with sky or they wouldn't be praising DeChambeau and everybody else from that tour.

Deeper Blue

Henni Koyack continues to be an absolute pain to listen to. The fact that she's been promoted to a main commentator is an abomination. Feedback on social media is universally negative too from what I can see.

Mantis Toboggan

When players are hitting into the green it wouldn't kill Sky to highlight the flag, often very difficult to see where the green is.

Deeper Blue

Did they show Brooks putting into the bunker before he made that triple? If they did I must've missed it

Jack Daw

Why have they decided to interrupt live coverage of a major in order for us to have to endure a 20 minute interview with Bryson De Chambeau.

Horrendous stuff.Dreadful broadcasting, what is American sports media obsession with doing everything bar showing the sport they are broadcasting.

Deeper Blue

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122261209#Comment_122261209

And that's after already showing us Bryson's interview with Sky several hours ago. Sky's coverage has definitely gone downhill in the last few years.

awec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122261209#Comment_122261209

I suspect the Sky lads were all on a break during that but yes, that was excruciating.

awec

maybe not, Bryson back again.

This is awful coverage. The guy talking to him is a dose.

Deeper Blue

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122261246#Comment_122261246

Smylie Kaufman. Was in the final group on Sunday at the Masters one time, shot 81, done nothing since. Apart from maybe causing multiple TVs to be switched off in unison

CalamariFritti

The thing is for PGA events Sky is just piggy backing on the signal from US broadcasters. And those have a lot of weird stuff going. Like from 1 to 4 its golf channel then for an hour or two its Peacock, then for the rest of the evening its CBS. When it goes from one to the other there are often longish breaks with hardly any live pictures. Sometimes Sky even says this out loud. Regular viewers will know this. Also we all know the US broadcasters have wicked ad schedules.

Sky then takes all that and cuts and mashes and glosses over so that it almost looks like as if it was 'their' signal and gloss over all the US interruptions. Most likely the Bryson interview is such a gloss over of either a broadcaster switch or something or other that would be even of less interest to a European audience.

You can say a lot about Sky like too expensive anyway and too much former greats coverage and yay Scotty had his second daughter and Henny and Nick and Laura and all the rest of it. But on a technical and professional level they know what they're doing. They're doing this for a long time.

Deeper Blue

Henni: "If anyone can handle this putt it's Corey Connors"

This is the same Corey Connors that's known for being one of the worst putters on tour. Superb analysis.

Trampas

Henni getting her Rodgers mixed up

Loafing Oaf

A lot of effing and blinding today, commentators seem to be apologising every couple of minutes. Even Speith dropped an s-bomb; you'd think he'd be more of a 'gosh darn it' man….

Adiaga 2

Hard enough to watch today with all the rain on the camera lenses. You’d think in 2024 they’d have some technology to counteract this.

eagle eye

Why isn't Boxall on for the main part of the day. He's the best commentator by miles.

Loafing Oaf

Golf keeps cutting out for me on Sky Q. Regular thing across multiple channels for the last few months but this is the most annoying it's been…

soverybored1878

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122404979#Comment_122404979

Or a flannel 😂

Dan Steely

A McGinley boo boo today at Wentworth on Sky. Forgot his microphone was still on and effed about Coultard. Was funny. Murray had to apologise for him after.

Benicetomonty

Awful commentator.

Trampas

So McGinley who likes to come across as whiter than white makes himself look like a right ……….. but talking about a work colleague

eagle eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122640694#Comment_122640694

How do you make out that McGinley tries to make himself look like a saint? From my watching golf it's his colleagues that paint that picture using his Ryder cup captaincy as the reason for it.

And Coultart is awful btw.

McGinley has improved massively over the last year. He is great on the golf channel too. I'd love if he ended up there full time.

Benicetomonty

Paul at it again working the Presidents Cup. Tom Kim makes a 30 footer and its all very exciting, with PMcG exclaiming how much momentum has been gained. Forgetting, of course, that Scheffler has a putt from 15ft for a half. Which he makes. Momentum quelled, Paul goes radio silent. But regretably, for only a minute or so.

He has such a lack of composure in the box its astonishing. A charlatan.

eagle eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657481#Comment_122657481

When he holed the putt it was huge. It meant they weren't losing the hole and had a great chance to win it. Scottie doesn't hold that many 15 footers either.

Paul McGinley is a gentleman and has been that way his whole life. He got where he is today by being one of the hardest workers, practising more than than almost everybody else. He would always lend a helping hand to anybody with issues.

Do you remember when he gave JJ Henry a half on the final green in the Ryder Cup because of the streaker?

And here you are with no clue about the man calling him a charlatan.

Cop on to yourself and grow up.

Benicetomonty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122659019#Comment_122659019

He is though, as far as his commentary is concerned. Ive nothing against McGinley personally and frankly, never thought he got the credit he deserved for not only being a part of 3 consecutive Ryder Cups, but for being a part of a winning team every time. His singles win over Stewart Cink in 04 was particularly impressive, even though its the half V Jim Furyk in 02 that he is remembered for.

But being a fine player does not always translate to being a good commentator. It didnt for Monty. It doesnt for Davies. And it doesnt for Paul. Hes well able to crack out a few stats but he has no composure in the box, he gets way too excitable at times and comes across amateurish as a result. It also affects his delivery, to the point where he trips over his own words quite often. Not as badly as Faldo, but if you compare him to Murray, Radar or even Dougherty, (who I was v unsure of when he began), the difference is significant. His named colleagues are grounded, objective and professional and, frankly, more coherent as a result.

Trying to defend the above example is beneath you. He gushed it out with ridiculous prematurity and was made to look like a fool when the world number 1 stepped up and did what world number 1s do and followed him straight in. Anybody who knows how matchplay works wouldve held their tongue; Paul cant. Its endearing at times because hes so in to it, but not sustainable.

eagle eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122659347#Comment_122659347

Well for me he's a breath of fresh air. Dougherty is awful.

He talks straight. If Rory is playing poorly he says it and he criticises some of his decisions. The others are fawning over him all the time. And I disagree about Laura Davies, she's the best of them.

McGinley has great knowledge of every course and he says it straight about players.

Benicetomonty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122661166#Comment_122661166

Well, if you think Laura Davies is the 'best' commentator of 'all' of them, then we are so far apart from each other in respect of what constitutes a good golf analyst that any further interaction would be an exercise of utter futility. She is absolute bottom of the barrell for me, worst 'pundit' Ive ever heard.

eagle eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122661300#Comment_122661300

Dougherty is horrendous and everybody I know says that. Coltart is brutal too.

Radar is brilliant and I like Beem as well but they are on course a lot. So up in the box Laura is no.1 for me although of late we are getting to hear more of David Howell who I like. McGinley is not afraid to criticise unlike any of the rest of them and it's great. It's not like he's controversial with his criticism at all, it's just straight up.