UK Open 2015 (ITV 4)

KevIRL · 2015-03-05 21:44:12

One of my favourite tournaments of the year with the multiple boards and 'FA Cup' style open draw, huge field too. Don't feel that ITV give it as good coverage as Sky did though, Sky were much better at switching to the outer boards for close games/upsets. Will likely see none of it as am heading to Killarney with the wife…

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#62 09-03-2015 11:23PM

ArmaniJeanss

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Used to be slightly different format at the Reebok with a Thursday night session instead of what is currently the Friday afternoon session. So 4 days but the same overall length if that makes sense.

I think Butlins Minehead is fine for the Players Championship in December, think it really works great as a venue then. But don't think it works well for the UK Open at all.

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#63 10-03-2015 08:41AM

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I have to agree with everyone saying that Minehead is not a good venue for the UK Open, the Reebok was far better with all games going on the same room. It really added to the tournament. Minehead is a good venue for the Players Championships but not for the UK Open. This has nothing to do with Sky v ITV it's simply down to the venue. I think the UK Open has lost a little bit of it's appeal since moving to Minehead.

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#64 10-03-2015 08:52AM

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its not a big deal to sky if they swapped this for the grand slam

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