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

WHIP IT!

Tyson Fury wrote: »

I like McGinley, offers a lot more than most on sky imo.

You can't possibly be serious. He's horrendous. He annoys me almost as much as Monty and his uncontrollable lips!

First Up

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Tyson Fury wrote: »

I like McGinley, offers a lot more than most on sky imo.

You can't possibly be serious. He's horrendous. He annoys me almost as much as Monty and his uncontrollable lips!

Nothing horrendous about him. He often brings up technical issues and insights that others (e.g Butch Harmon) don't. And he doesn't slobber over Tiger as some do.

He's fine.

kiers47

First Up wrote: »

Nothing horrendous about him. He often brings up technical issues and insights that others (e.g Butch Harmon) don't. And he doesn't slobber over Tiger as some do.

He's fine.

hahaha. Do you ever miss a chance to mention Tiger? You are obsessed with him.

McGinley is bang average as a pundit. Better than the US coverage but jesus there are surely better guys out there. Butch is fine. Harrington was good i thought last year.

Pdoghue

kiers47 wrote: »

hahaha. Do you ever miss a chance to mention Tiger? You are obsessed with him.

McGinley is bang average as a pundit. Better than the US coverage but jesus there are surely better guys out there. Butch is fine. Harrington was good i thought last year.

Agreed. McGinley doesn't offer much insight, which Harrrington did in spades last year. Not to mention McGinley's obsession with the Ryder Cup.

First Up

kiers47 wrote: »

First Up wrote: »

Nothing horrendous about him. He often brings up technical issues and insights that others (e.g Butch Harmon) don't. And he doesn't slobber over Tiger as some do.

He's fine.

hahaha. Do you ever miss a chance to mention Tiger? You are obsessed with him.

McGinley is bang average as a pundit. Better than the US coverage but jesus there are surely better guys out there. Butch is fine. Harrington was good i thought last year.

I enjoy Harrington a lot but I'd listen to McGinley any time ahead of Mark Roe - or Butch, who has yet to say anything more profound than "attaboy Rory".

sky88

if you were to play a drining game for every time mcginley mentioned the ryder honest to god you might die :pac:

"Nothing horrendous about him. He often brings up technical issues and insights that others (e.g Butch Harmon) don't. And he doesn't slobber over Tiger as some do"

he does the same with rory as the others with tiger. Poulter gets the same attention from sky as well. everyone has there guys they slobber over

was watching american coverage last night bit all over the place they seemed to zone in on spieth, li, phil and finau for most of the coverage i seen.

does anyone know if sky is using the same shots as american or there own cameras.

i assume tonght we will see every shot of tiger and not much else

danganabu

To be fair to McGinley its a tough gig, its quite easy to say that x.y and z were good when they were only on once or twice, pretty hard to pretty much talk about the same thing week in week out.

boomtown84

But what about his new barnet...

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sky88 wrote: »

if you were to play a drining game for every time mcginley mentioned the ryder honest to god you might die :pac:

"Nothing horrendous about him. He often brings up technical issues and insights that others (e.g Butch Harmon) don't. And he doesn't slobber over Tiger as some do"

he does the same with rory as the others with tiger. Poulter gets the same attention from sky as well. everyone has there guys they slobber over

was watching american coverage last night bit all over the place they seemed to zone in on spieth, li, phil and finau for most of the coverage i seen.

does anyone know if sky is using the same shots as american or there own cameras.

i assume tonght we will see every shot of tiger and not much else

CBS cameras are on-site. They are covering lots of different things happening at the same time and feeding it to the control room. Each broadcaster covering the tournament decides which players/shots they want to use.

Sky decides what to take from what CBS offer them. The Spanish, Japanese, South African etc broadcasters will make their choices so they can feature their favourites.

Eir Sport doing it on the cheap and are just re-broadcasting what CBS is showing in the US.

Mantis Toboggan

Speith and Mcllroy will almost be finished by the time live coverage starts. It might take Netflix or amazon to come in and force their hand. Nobody wins by restricting the coverage.

Deeper Blue

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Speith and Mcllroy will almost be finished by the time live coverage starts. It might take Netflix or amazon to come in and force their hand. Nobody wins by restricting the coverage.

Agreed, in this day and age there should be comprehensive coverage. The fact that the "featured" groups didn't feature Spieth or McIlroy is ridiculous.

tayto lover

Jaysus some of those lads on SS try to make a science out of a game of golf.

Mushy

tayto lover wrote: »

Jaysus some of those lads on SS try to make a science out of a game of golf.

I don't mind them talking about this stuff for the pros. It's when we go out to play tomorrow and the mid-40 year old 18 handicapper starts spouting some of the crap before their shot is the big problem (for me)

Eoinyh

No artist, another one of mcginleys bs statements that he keeps regurgitating, he makes me want to regurgitate

First Up

I'm curious about the hostility to McGinely's contribution. Everything I've heard him say has been spot on

tayto lover

Every time they show one of the lads I backed he's making a balls of a shot.
I think i'll watch it on the radio :mad:

Deeper Blue

First Up wrote: »

I'm curious about the hostility to McGinely's contribution. Everything I've heard him say has been spot on

*Golfer hits in the rough*

Paul: "That's not a great shot there Ewen"


*Golfer hits it to 2 feet*

Paul: "That's an excellent shot Ewen"


*American or European does anything*

Paul: "We might see that at the Ryder Cup this year Ewen"


Etc.

sky88

First Up wrote: »

I'm curious about the hostility to McGinely's contribution. Everything I've heard him say has been spot on

Mainly the constant talk of the ryder cup for me. Him and monty are just terrible for that.

When hes talking about the shots i dont mind think hes a better studio person than in the commentary box

Happy4all

First Up wrote: »

I'm curious about the hostility to McGinely's contribution. Everything I've heard him say has been spot on

Nice Man, but utterly bland as a commentator.

fred funk }{

I might be the only one who actually LIKES McGinely around here...lol

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NDWC wrote: »

First Up wrote: »

I'm curious about the hostility to McGinely's contribution. Everything I've heard him say has been spot on

*Golfer hits in the rough*

Paul: "That's not a great shot there Ewen"


*Golfer hits it to 2 feet*

Paul: "That's an excellent shot Ewen"


*American or European does anything*

Paul: "We might see that at the Ryder Cup this year Ewen"


Etc.

Have you specific examples?

First Up

Happy4all wrote: »

First Up wrote: »

I'm curious about the hostility to McGinely's contribution. Everything I've heard him say has been spot on

Nice Man, but utterly bland as a commentator.

His comments on the difficulties of playing off Augusta's slopes and the need to shape shots are far from bland. He's the only commentator I've heard who seems to know what its like to play it.

prawnsambo

First Up wrote: »

His comments on the difficulties of playing off Augusta's slopes and the need to shape shots are far from bland. He's the only commentator I've heard who seems to know what its like to play it.

Yeah, he's actually an insightful commentator. There's so much time on their hands to say stuff that inevitably you're going to get clichés but there are nuggets in there as well.

First Up

prawnsambo wrote: »

First Up wrote: »

His comments on the difficulties of playing off Augusta's slopes and the need to shape shots are far from bland. He's the only commentator I've heard who seems to know what its like to play it.

Yeah, he's actually an insightful commentator. There's so much time on their hands to say stuff that inevitably you're going to get clichés but there are nuggets in there as well.

Of course he is also following a script. Sky pay a lot of money for the Ryder Cup and take every opportunity to hype it. McGinley is strongly associated with the RC and I'd expect his job spec with Sky includes a requirement to remind everyone about it as often as possible.

danganabu

fred funk }{ wrote: »

I might be the only one who actually LIKES McGinely around here...lol

Nope ur not the only one

Deeper Blue

First Up wrote: »

Have you specific examples?

I don't but if you watch a few hours of sky's coverage you'll find plenty.

Don't get me wrong he seems like a nice man, just not my cup of tea as a commentator .

First Up

NDWC wrote: »

First Up wrote: »

Have you specific examples?

I don't but if you watch a few hours of sky's coverage you'll find plenty.

Don't get me wrong he seems like a nice man, just not my cup of tea as a commentator .

As I said above, part of his job with Sky is to push the RC. That's the commercial side of it (and he is a commercial man) but it doesn't detract from his informed and interesting on-course comments.

Henry Ford III

Sarah Stirk can look good at times as well as knowing her golf. Every little helps.

McGinley is pretty good. Ewan Murray is a bit "know it all". Butch Harman is very good technically.

Mysterypunter

Kenneth Ferrie was a guest once, also David Horsey. Both were good, and Ferrie was very good on the simulator. He was 6th in the US open in 2006 and won a couple of big European tour events. Horsey was placed in the Hassan trophy a couple of Weeks later, he said he was playing well and would be thereabouts

Gwynplaine

Why so little live coverage? Have it on here now and 3 lads in studio talking shìt.
Show the golf and quit the over analysis of every single tiny thing.

RGS

My understanding is that the masters committee dictate the coverage.
Their tournament their rules is their motto.

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RGS wrote: »

My understanding is that the masters committee dictate the coverage.
Their tournament their rules is their motto.

You'd have thought that anyone with even a passing interest would know that but we still get people blaming the broadcasters.

Mantis Toboggan

RGS wrote: »

My understanding is that the masters committee dictate the coverage.
Their tournament their rules is their motto.

They shouldn't be allowed to dictate coverage. This is a world tournament run by the pga.

The pga tour need to grow a set and stop fawning to the demands of old men in stuffy jackets.

First Up

Tyson Fury wrote: »

RGS wrote: »

My understanding is that the masters committee dictate the coverage.
Their tournament their rules is their motto.

They shouldn't be allowed to dictate coverage. This is a world tournament run by the pga.

The pga tour need to grow a set and stop fawning to the demands of old men in stuffy jackets.

You tell 'em.

danganabu

Tyson Fury wrote: »

They shouldn't be allowed to dictate coverage. This is a world tournament run by the pga.

The pga tour need to grow a set and stop fawning to the demands of old men in stuffy jackets.

No its not, its a tournament held on a private course and is accredited by the PGA, the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. PGA have no say at all.

Mantis Toboggan

danganabu wrote: »

No its not, its a tournament held on a private course and is accredited by the PGA, the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. PGA have no say at all.

So the pga have no input? Where does the funding and prize money come from?

Surely PGA could withdraw support for it or take it off the schedule.

It's not so long ago that they didn't allow women or blacks play golf, it's about time these grumpy old men arrived into the 21st century.

kiers47

Whatever about the first couple of days. Is anyone really interested in watching these lads who are completely out of contention playing for money and world ranking points.
I couldn't care less about anyone worse than even par tbh.

Mantis Toboggan

kiers47 wrote: »

Whatever about the first couple of days. Is anyone really interested in watching these lads who are completely out of contention playing for money and world ranking points.
I couldn't care less about anyone worse than even par tbh.

It's better than watching the Manchester Derby anyway, that's for sure

First Up

Tyson Fury wrote: »

danganabu wrote: »

No its not, its a tournament held on a private course and is accredited by the PGA, the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. PGA have no say at all.

So the pga have no input? Where does the funding and prize money come from?

Surely PGA could withdraw support for it or take it off the schedule.

It's not so long ago that they didn't allow women or blacks play golf, it's about time these grumpy old men arrived into the 21st century.

I don't think you understand how these things work. Augusta National can do whatever they like (a lot of it is good) and the PGA, CBS and probably God can go whistle.

Eoinyh

First Up wrote: »

I don't think you understand how these things work. Augusta National can do whatever they like (a lot of it is good) and the PGA, CBS and probably God can go whistle.

Enlighten us on what is good about what they do

danganabu

Eoinyh wrote: »

Enlighten us on what is good about what they do

Do a huge amount for the amatuer game

Seve OB

NDWC wrote: »

*Golfer hits in the rough*

Paul: "That's not a great shot there Ewen"


*Golfer hits it to 2 feet*

Paul: "That's an excellent shot Ewen"


*American or European does anything*

Paul: "We might see that at the Ryder Cup this year Ewen"


Etc.

Honestly that it ridiculous. What do you want him to say about said shots? Nothing? Do you ever watch football. Do commentators there say if a shot was good bad or indifferent? Of course they do...... all the time. And then they might mention that if a team keep playing like this they will get a spot in the c(ampions league.... or go on and win a cup..... how are the golf comments above an6 different to that?

First Up

Eoinyh wrote: »

First Up wrote: »

I don't think you understand how these things work. Augusta National can do whatever they like (a lot of it is good) and the PGA, CBS and probably God can go whistle.

Enlighten us on what is good about what they do

Admission is hard to get but reasonably priced and they limit numbers so everyone has room. Catering is good value - way less than at other PGA events. Marshalling is brilliant - no messers or loudmouths tolerated. Fan behaviour is about ten steps up the food chain than the usual yobbos.

Mantis Toboggan

danganabu wrote: »

Do a huge amount for the amatuer game

Ah fair play to them, more than justifies them restricting the coverage

danganabu

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Ah fair play to them, more than justifies them restricting the coverage

My coverage is just fine, no complaints being watching for the last two and a half hours

Mantis Toboggan

danganabu wrote: »

My coverage is just fine, no complaints being watching for the last two and a half hours

What are you watching?

Seve OB

Tyson Fury wrote: »

What are you watching?

Probably the same as me. Amen corner or the feature groups.
They have their own channel here on OSN and again... loads of golf.... no ads

Mantis Toboggan

Seve OB wrote: »

Probably the same as me. Amen corner or the feature groups.
They have their own channel here on OSN and again... loads of golf.... no ads

You on your holiers in dubai and staying in watching the golf?

danganabu

Tyson Fury wrote: »

What are you watching?

Been switching between feature groups, Amen corner and 15/16 holes, but at the moment the feature groups are Spieth/Dustin and Stenson/McIlroy so staying on that for now.

Seve OB

danganabu wrote: »

Been switching between feature groups, Amen corner and 15/16 holes, but at the moment the feature groups are Spieth/Dustin and Stenson/McIlroy so staying on that for now.

That’s what happens when you have kids