spiderdan wrote: » Nick D is unbearable, can't stand when he's on. He's either trying to be as profound as possible making out as if he's commenting on the Berlin Wall coming down or else some **** gag about his co com.
AOH77A wrote: » Watching it on CBS. Faldo, Jim Nantz, Dottie Pepper, Frank Nobilo and a few others. Presentation is quite good compared to Sky.
Richard Hillman wrote: » They needed Ewan Murray to spew his cringey pre-written line for the winning putt to throw into the Sky Ad Montage.
Deeper Blue wrote: » I don't really understand why they have Beem on the course when he can't actually follow the players? He should be doing the main commentary the whole time
castletownman wrote: » They are really building up Rob MacIntyre for big things as if he is up there contending.
Pussyhands wrote: » Butch Harmon yesterday kept calling Zalatolis a kid. "this young kid" You'd expect him to ask "whats your favourite humming noise?" next.
Mysterypunter wrote: Butch is 78, in golf years that's about 160.
lostatsea wrote: » That stupid, irritating laugh of Butch. He is a humourless, childish man who constantly laughs at his own very unfunny comments. He is the classic pub bore.
fullstop wrote: » He’s playing in his first Masters and finished just outside top 10. He’s British, the channel is British. Not sure what you’re expecting to happen. Can you imagine if it was on RTÉ and it was a young Irish pro in his first Masters?
Richard Hillman wrote: Sky were giving it the large one about the entire of Japan coming to a standstill for the golf. It was 3am when it started ffs. The whole coverage is just full of **** talk.
eagle eye wrote: » I'm 51 and I'd call Zalatoris a kid.
Bgiraffe wrote: » Trying to sound interesting for several hours, for several days, must be difficult in fairness. I'd give the commentators a bit of leeway on that score. And it was probably the dullest Masters in memory. Beyond that, I think Butch's day is probably done. Offered very little of substance. Just the usual 'young man, great swing' blarney. When he basically admitted he didn't know who Robert MacIntyre was on Thursday or Friday, that was enough for me. Peter Alliss hadn't a scooby about some of the players in his latter years commentating either. Real credibility buster. Literally one day of prep on all the participants in the field would give you enough info to get by. MacIntyre apparently still plays (or did so until recently) Shinty in Scotland. You'd find that in 20 seconds with a google search. And can you imagine all the interesting info Butch actually has, his Dad winning Masters in '48. He could give you chapter and verse about the history of Augusta I'm sure, good and bad. All of that stuff is off limits of course so instead it's the 'that young man has a nice swing, he'll go a long way' spiel. Nick Dougherty is tough to listen to as well, if it's not the 'Mr Palmer' and 'Arnie's place' guff on a regular week it's ratcheting up the fawning and sycophantic comments throughout a major. I could easily live without him. And McGinley, jeez, he comes across fine in interviews where trained journalists extract interesting anecdotes and theories from him. He doesn't seem to know himself how to give anything of interest bar stats and hackneyed comments like 'Rory should have pointy elbows'. It's like he has a 'safe' button he presses each time just before going on air, for fear of possibly offending anyone at all. He was supposedly a serious joker and messer in earlier years. Beem and Radar are an antidote to all of the above. At the very least, they don't seem to be acting or putting on a show.
Pussyhands wrote: » I wish commentators realised they don't have to comment on every single shot. If a player hits the green and leaves a relatively simple 2 putt from 20 feet they don't need to make a comment like "and that's a solid shot, a chance of a birdie for Mickelson"
