Best Golf Pundits

conno16 · 09-04-2009 09:43AM #1

who do you feel really knows what they're talking about and has the personality for it
include golf commentators here as well

have to say i always think ronan rafferty is quite good
has rarely embarrassed himself

mag · 09-04-2009 09:54AM

the bbc team are always head & shoulders above the rest for me - brown, alliss, torrence, etc.. although alliss does seem to be getting 'odder' as the yrs go by

f22 · 09-04-2009 10:11AM

You just have to love Lineker, maybe it's just the ears :eek:

I have to admit that Di Stewart brightens up European Tour Golf a little though.

L.O.F.T · 09-04-2009 10:14AM

PGA TOUR Today host Win McMurry.

http://www.winmcmurry.com/contact.html

PhilipMarlowe · 09-04-2009 10:30AM

I like listening to Tony Johnstone when he is on Sky sometimes... like during the USPGA.

Adiaga 2 · 09-04-2009 10:38AM

Licksy wrote: »

I like listening to Tony Johnstone when he is on Sky

Tony Johnstone and Steve Beddow send me to sleep.

Most of the rest of the Sky team are good. I like Mark Roe and Tim Barter.

thegen · 09-04-2009 11:21AM

You have to go with Peter Alliss or maybe there is an opening for an alternative expert, Conno how you fixed?

Mister Sifter · 09-04-2009 12:00PM

I love the BBCs golf coverage, although i do think the quality has dipped a little in recent years. Alliss and Hay were untouchable in the opinion. Torrance and Ken Brown i like, but i can't stick the Andrew Cotter fella.

He can be a bit sugary sweet at times, but Ewan Murray is great on Sky. Sets the scene very well and has a way of building up even a mundane finish or tournament into a 'moment of history'. Richard Boxall is also very entertaining.

thegen · 09-04-2009 12:27PM

L.O.F.T wrote: »

PGA TOUR Today host Win McMurry.

http://www.winmcmurry.com/contact.html

Loft more of a Di Stewart man myself;)

Marshy · 09-04-2009 12:39PM

L.O.F.T wrote: »

PGA TOUR Today host Win McMurry.

http://www.winmcmurry.com/contact.html

Ugh, can't stand her voice! Its always blaring out when I'm on the PGA Tour website. Can't blame them for going down the eye candy route though.

Licksy wrote: »

I like listening to Tony Johnstone when he is on Sky sometimes... like during the USPGA.

Yeah I like Tony too. Generally, both the BBC and Sky have very good coverage.

The_Kew_Tour · 09-04-2009 02:00PM

Allis is very good always enjoyed him..Murray in sky sports is bit too goody goody for me

whatawaster · 09-04-2009 02:09PM

Peter Alliss is the man. And i also miss Alex Hay
Like Ken Brown as well - i remember him reciting poetry on Amen corner a year or two ago.
Also quite like Butch Harmon on Sky.

Aidric · 19-06-2009 04:24PM

Graeme1982 wrote: »

I love the BBCs golf coverage, although i do think the quality has dipped a little in recent years. Alliss and Hay were untouchable in the opinion. Torrance and Ken Brown i like, but i can't stick the Andrew Cotter fella.

He can be a bit sugary sweet at times, but Ewan Murray is great on Sky. Sets the scene very well and has a way of building up even a mundane finish or tournament into a 'moment of history'. Richard Boxall is also very entertaining.

Agreed on Cottor, an absolute abomination. Please take him off the airwaves and he can take Torrance with him. I'd also lump Bruce Critchley in with these as a solid bore.

f22 wrote: »

I have to admit that Di Stewart brightens up European Tour Golf a little though.

She's a little peach.

sneem-man · 19-06-2009 04:46PM

Not a pundit I know !

I find Wayne Riley both knowledgeable and amusing...

irishtoffee · 19-06-2009 06:05PM

Thomas Bjorn and Butch Harmon are really starting to bug me.

Johnny86 · 21-06-2009 03:21PM

nobody mentioned david ferrety yet...the man is hilarious

marbar · 21-06-2009 03:26PM

allis is the man. been around so long and such a wealth of knowledge
can't understand lineker doing it. gaging for an excuse to speak spanish to garcia or jiminez

who is the guy bbc send out on the course again to show you the best/worst lines, positions etc? really like him

Trampas · 21-06-2009 03:56PM

Bjorn is suck a bore.

no emotion at all

rednik · 21-06-2009 04:01PM

I remember Mark McCormack of IMG fame working for the BBC. He had a great voice and worked well alongside Alliss. I suppose I prefer the BBC for golf having grown up listening to these guys being introduced by Harry Carpenter. Of the modern commentators I like Boxall he has a great sense of humor. Bruce Critchley and Ewen Murray are just boring with Murray so full of cliches especially coming to the end of a tournament.

taidghbaby · 21-06-2009 04:16PM

irishtoffee wrote: »

Thomas Bjorn and Butch Harmon are really starting to bug me.

Trampas wrote: »

Bjorn is suck a bore.

no emotion at all

I actually think bjorn was good!! he seems to have a good insight into the players (probably because he's played with most of them)! Though not a lot of laughs i'll admit!

probably says a lot about me though really

copacetic · 21-06-2009 04:19PM

Bjorn's voice gets to me, but he has got some interesting viewpoints. He mentioned yesterday how Garcia stands over a 6 footer hoping for it to go in whereas a lot of players expect it too. He reckoned that the emotional energy used up effects the rest of your game which rings true for me.

tom francy · 21-06-2009 07:12PM

on the eye candy side not many mention of sarah stirk from satanta

cant beat di stewart ....

irishtoffee · 21-06-2009 08:07PM

I keep waiting for Bjorn to say i'll be back ha ha ha.Where is Boxy and Riley?

21-06-2009 08:15PM

Bruce Critchley is the one I can listen to most easily

soundsham · 21-06-2009 08:43PM

love bjorn
at least he is current
love riley too and ewan except when he kept on about lowerys language

soundsham · 21-06-2009 08:49PM

Johnny86 wrote: »

nobody mentioned david ferrety yet...the man is hilarious

he's a barclay banker
more interested in making himself hi-profile with his gibberish than getting on with the job

Aidric · 21-06-2009 09:21PM

Bjorn does know his stuff inside out in fairness but he sounds like he's reading a bedtime story.

fullstop · 21-06-2009 10:07PM

tom francy wrote: »

on the eye candy side not many mention of sarah stirk from satanta

cant beat di stewart ....

Maybe that's cause Sarah Stirk is not in the least bit hot, quite the opposite in fact. Di Stewart is hot though.

soundsham · 21-06-2009 10:14PM

shes a horror
has a face like a cat ..........imo

PhilipMarlowe · 21-06-2009 10:29PM

Not having setanta, I had to google sarah stirk

A 5 second search on google brought me to this (Not Safe For Work but not too unsafe either)
"sisters"?

MisterAnarchy · 21-06-2009 11:04PM

Most of the BBC commentators are good bar Torrance who is a buffoon.
I like Ken Browne,Peter Aliss and Wayne Grady.

Ewan Murray isnt bad but too biased and Bruce "Racist" Critchely is ok,albeit outrageously anti American.

On the American front I like Jim Nantz and Johnny Miller.
Cant stand Faldo or those 2 assholes Feherty and Mc Cord.

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