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

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,231 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    Padraig Harrington sounds really good on commentary.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,825 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    We seem to be seeing a lot of Fleetwood even though he's barely inside the top 20. Plenty other big names within a couple of the lead they could be showing


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    NDWC wrote: »
    We seem to be seeing a lot of Fleetwood even though he's barely inside the top 20. Plenty other big names within a couple of the lead they could be showing

    That's why the bbc are a pain.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,825 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    That's why the bbc are a pain.

    I'm watching on Sky so maybe it's a British feed, I doubt they'd be showing as much of him in the US


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    NDWC wrote: »
    I'm watching on Sky so maybe it's a British feed, I doubt they'd be showing as much of him in the US

    Yeah, you'd be seeing more Phil and co.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    NDWC wrote:
    I'm watching on Sky so maybe it's a British feed, I doubt they'd be showing as much of him in the US


    All broadcasters have a choice of which players/shots to show from a dozen or more options. BBC understandably give more prominence to British players.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    And started whinging about players hitting the ball further as usual.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,804 Mod ✭✭✭✭Keano


    That prick Aliss just burst in. He interrupted Pádraig to take over.

    Language please


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,340 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    That prick Aliss just burst in. He interrupted Pádraig to take over.


    Jesus, take a chill pill will ya.


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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭charlieIRL


    Keano wrote: »
    Language please

    If they keep it up it's bans from now on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,037 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    I presume the BBC and Sky schedules will be brought forward today. Checked their tv guides and they haven't been changed, yet


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,816 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    I presume the BBC and Sky schedules will be brought forward today. Checked their tv guides and they haven't been changed, yet

    It has on my Sky Q, live coverage from 2.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,985 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    He tried yesterday .

    But I'm sure Mcginley will get some link to Ryder cup to today.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    Aliss is in to bore everyone with his whinging again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    Aliss is in to bore everyone with his whinging again.


    Yeah we get it you don't like him, stop spamming the thread about it! Some of us enjoy listening to his commentaries!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    Yeah we get it you don't like him, stop spamming the thread about it! Some of us enjoy listening to his commentaries!

    I don't like him, you like him. Both of us are allowed to express our views.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    I don't like him, you like him. Both of us are allowed to express our views.


    But not the same thing over and over please.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    First Up wrote: »
    But not the same thing over and over please.

    You talking about Aliss right? :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    You talking about Aliss right?


    You


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    First Up wrote: »
    You

    Humour fail. Like Aliss. :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    Humour fail. Like Aliss.

    It was neither accurate or funny. Give it a rest.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    First Up wrote: »
    It was neither accurate or funny. Give it a rest.

    Stop dragging this thread off topic. Thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Azinger and Harrington are great.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    razorblunt wrote: »
    Azinger and Harrington are great.

    No sign of Harry today!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    Coverage of the players outside the final group has been terrible today


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,825 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    sky88 wrote: »
    Coverage of the players outside the final group has been terrible today

    But why would we want to see people in contention like Koepka and Poulter when we can watch Fitzpatrick and Fleetwood putting for pars to remain 10 back?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,100 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Harrington back on BBC.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    Between Sky, Eir and BBC, I think I've seen everything (and everyone) worth seeing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭MuffinTop86


    Every time that guy says buhrdey I want to throw a shoe


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    No sign off of Harry today!

    He’s on now.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    I know I've been going on about him but saying that this is an anti climax takes the biscuit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,825 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    I find Claude Harmon to be an absolute bore to listen to, he hasn't a fraction of his father's charisma


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭Donald Trumped


    I haven't watched too much golf lately but why are Sky Sports using a mix of their own commentators and the world feed commentary for coverage of the Made in Denmark this week? Does that suggest that money is tight in sky and they don't have enough commentators to do their own coverage? Or is there an agreement with European Tour productions who are in charge of the world feed for such an arrangement to take place with sky?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    I haven't watched too much golf lately but why are Sky Sports using a mix of their own commentators and the world feed commentary for coverage of the Made in Denmark this week? Does that suggest that money is tight in sky and they don't have enough commentators to do their own coverage? Or is there an agreement with European Tour productions who are in charge of the world feed for such an arrangement to take place with sky?

    Why are you asking us?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭Donald Trumped


    First Up wrote: »
    Why are you asking us?

    It seems to me that sky are cutting back their on course commentary in European events from what I can gather, therefore they are using the world feed commentary, so if anyone can give a reason why there are doing this, then that will be most welcome. You certainly won't get the answer why they are doing this from sky themselves!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,839 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    It wouldn’t be that money is tight - 1) it’s likely that some are on a break after being over for the PGA last week

    2) there’s so little interest in this tournament that there’s no need to send the full crew over


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭Donald Trumped


    callaway92 wrote: »
    It wouldn’t be that money is tight - 1) it’s likely that some are on a break after being over for the PGA last week

    2) there’s so little interest in this tournament that there’s no need to send the full crew over

    I accept that but up to last year sky always has their own crew broadcasting their own feed, without any assistance from world feed commentary in the European events on the European tour. Possibly the signs that sky were reducing their on course commentary in Europe came at the Morocco Open when they did exactly the same i.e used commentators from the world feed as well as some of their own.

    This is a 3 million euro tournament and there are some good players playing this week i.e Matt Wallace, Thorbjorn Olesen and Lee Westwood to name but a few so I don't buy that there is little interest in this tournament. It mightn't be that big of a deal, but at the same time I would rather watch paint dry than having to have to listen to Jay Townsend who is a bit of a pain to be honest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,839 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    I accept that but up to last year sky always has their own crew broadcasting their own feed, without any assistance from world feed commentary in the European events on the European tour. Possibly the signs that sky were reducing their on course commentary in Europe came at the Morocco Open when they did exactly the same i.e used commentators from the world feed as well as some of their own.

    This is a 3 million euro tournament and there are some good players playing this week i.e Matt Wallace, Thorbjorn Olesen and Lee Westwood to name but a few so I don't buy that there is little interest in this tournament. It mightn't be that big of a deal, but at the same time I would rather watch paint dry than having to have to listen to Jay Townsend who is a bit of a pain to be honest.

    They’ve often used world feed for smaller events, especially the South African/Asian ones on the Euro Tour.

    You sounds like you’re trying to spin something up that just isn’t true.

    There’s enough facts to look at before you should even be considering them being ‘short of money’ etc


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 314 ✭✭Blinky Plebum


    callaway92 wrote: »
    They’ve often used world feed for smaller events, especially the South African/Asian ones on the Euro Tour.

    You sounds like you’re trying to spin something up that just isn’t true.

    There’s enough facts to look at before you should even be considering them being ‘short of money’ etc


    Last couple of years they seem to send their own commentators over the cover PGA tour events more than they did before.Most of the time in the past you'd get the Golf Channel or CBS feed for PGA tour events but in the last few years we seem to be getting skys commentators more often.

    I suspect sky are switching their focus to the PGA tour more than Europe as the vast majority of the best players play most of their golf on the PGA tour these days and also PGA tour is on TV at a much better time of the day than the European Tour is.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,150 ✭✭✭✭LuckyGent88


    Well in terms of the main commentators for sky, I’d imagine they will stay over stateside until the US open and then head over to lahinch after that for the European big tournaments.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,816 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    Not mad on the American commentary, but I sort of prefer the 'featured groups' approach to regular golf coverage.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    Not mad on the American commentary, but I sort of prefer the 'featured groups' approach to regular golf coverage.


    As long as they are featuring the people who matter.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    As a point of record, The womens' world cup took RTE preference over our own international golf open.

    Even GAA pundits bullshighting after a qualifier for 20 minutes is pushing it. I know the score now show me the golf please.

    Women's soccer?

    Name me one player playing in that womens' cup final, no googling please.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    Yea pretty shocking scheduling- golf almost over


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭maestroamado


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    As a point of record, The womens' world cup took RTE preference over our own international golf open.

    Even GAA pundits bullshighting after a qualifier for 20 minutes is pushing it. I know the score now show me the golf please.

    Women's soccer?

    Name me one player playing in that womens' cup final, no googling please.


    We are eejits to pay a license fee.
    The only real Irish Golfing event on our calander.
    Yet RTE decide to delete most important 30 mins of the event..


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    As a point of record, The womens' world cup took RTE preference over our own international golf open.

    Even GAA pundits bullshighting after a qualifier for 20 minutes is pushing it. I know the score now show me the golf please.

    Women's soccer?

    Name me one player playing in that womens' cup final, no googling please.

    Megan Rapinoe of the USA team mainly because of her anti Trump comments.

    Anyway Jon Rahm is going to win a second Irish Open in 3 years so let`s congratulate him for his excellent performance..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭paulos53


    We are eejits to pay a license fee.
    The only real Irish Golfing event on our calander.
    Yet RTE decide to delete most important 30 mins of the event..


    ??


    It is on RTE1


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,109 ✭✭✭RikkFlair


    We are eejits to pay a license fee.
    The only real Irish Golfing event on our calander.
    Yet RTE decide to delete most important 30 mins of the event..

    It was on RTE News Now for those 30 minutes


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    RikkFlair wrote: »
    It was on RTE News Now for those 30 minutes

    They could have at least let us know.

    Diabolical.

    Fair play cork boy for taking an interest in womens' soccer, I prefer the Tennis players myself:p.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    RikkFlair wrote: »
    It was on RTE News Now for those 30 minutes
    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    They could have at least let us know.

    Diabolical.

    Fair play cork boy for taking an interest in womens' soccer, I prefer the Tennis players myself:p.

    There was a flash message just before they went off air on RTE2 that it was switching to RTE News Now, never heard of it, I had to tune it in


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