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

Dirty Dingus McGee · 19-06-2017 2:05pm

Rikand wrote: »

Ah here!

It's like preferring the pain of a headache to the pain of being kicked in the balls.

fred funk }{ · 19-06-2017 3:50pm

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

what this week proved is that Clarke is absolutely awful and should never be let near a microphone again.He's horrifically phoney. He's that bad I actually miss Montgomerie.

He voice is very strange when commenting. Its like he's talking through his teeth, he needs to open his teeth more or something.

Rikand · 10-08-2017 6:22pm

Great coverage on BBC. No ads is great!

rickis tache · 10-08-2017 6:24pm

about 5 mins behind give me sport on facebook although would sooner listen to bbc than us commentary

Thepoet85 · 10-08-2017 6:35pm

Rikand wrote: »

Great coverage on BBC. No ads is great!

Which channel is it on, I can't see it.

Eoinyh · 10-08-2017 8:22pm

Oh good lord, give it back to sky,commentary on Eir is painfull

CalamariFritti · 10-08-2017 8:32pm

Eoinyh wrote: »

Oh good lord, give it back to sky,commentary on Eir is painfull

I don't notice any difference to the usual PGA tour commentary from golf channel or CBS.

Mantis Toboggan · 10-08-2017 9:02pm

bustercherry wrote: »

BBC is woeful too. I can deal with a few adverts so I can listen to people in touch with a sport.

Can't stand the ads myself, 7 hours solid of golf. It's fantastic.

First Up · 10-08-2017 9:11pm

Tyson Fury wrote:

Can't stand the ads myself, 7 hours solid of golf. It's fantastic.

Nothing wrong with the BBC commentary team. Mark James, Ken Brown, Peter Alliss and Maureen Madill are all well up to the job.

They have to take the pics from US coverage which limits their options but they are doing OK.

Mantis Toboggan · 10-08-2017 9:15pm

First Up wrote: »

Nothing wrong with the BBC commentary team. Mark James, Ken Brown, Peter Alliss and Maureen Madill are all well up to the job.

They have to take the pics from US coverage which limits their options but they are doing OK.

The only thing bothering me at the moment is the sound or lack thereof.

First Up · 10-08-2017 9:20pm

Tyson Fury wrote:

The only thing bothering me at the moment is the sound or lack thereof.

The sound is fine on my set.

Deeper Blue · 10-08-2017 11:14pm

Can't beat a bit of Peter Alliss commentary, he's always been my favourite so delighted he's back commentating at a major.

Mark James comes out with some great one liners too.

Ken Brown is quality as always, witty as well as informative.

Maureen I could take or leave.

Overall I'd say BBC have a stronger commentary box line-up than Sky who are dragged down by the likes of McGinley and Clarke.

TheRiverman · 10-08-2017 11:17pm

Thepoet85 wrote: »

Which channel is it on, I can't see it.

The red button.

benny79 · 11-08-2017 9:53am

I agree with most I love the BBC commentary & no Ads but I really miss the Sky cart, post round interviews with the Pro's and the tips they give in the studio as it breaks the golf up a bit..

bmay529 · 11-08-2017 10:06am

I have to say it is good not to have ads on BBC BUT watching highlights late in the evening when you know the result does not compare with watching a live feed. Bring back a live Sky feed

Mantis Toboggan · 11-08-2017 10:10am

bmay529 wrote: »

I have to say it is good not to have ads on BBC BUT watching highlights late in the evening when you know the result does not compare with watching a live feed. Bring back a live Sky feed

In fairness there was 7 hours of live coverage on a free to air channel. Not bad.

Wichita Lineman · 11-08-2017 10:30am

I enjoyed the BBC red button coverage.

bmay529 · 11-08-2017 10:55am

Tyson Fury wrote: »

In fairness there was 7 hours of live coverage on a free to air channel. Not bad.

I know probably a silly question to some but how can I get the BBC free to air coverage. I have a Virgin Horizon box on cable feed

dball · 11-08-2017 11:04am

peege wrote: »

Follow these instructions to add the red button channels manually

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057094385/2

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bmay529 · 11-08-2017 11:23am

Thanks dball but does that not relate to sky box whereas I have a Virgin horizon box on cable!!

Loafing Oaf · 11-08-2017 11:27am

NDWC wrote: »

Can't beat a bit of Peter Alliss commentary, he's always been my favourite so delighted he's back commentating at a major.

Still pin-sharp, amazing at his age.

I remember watching a golf major on the BBC years ago and when a guy hit an indifferent chip, old Peter observed: "It's like a prospective son-in-law, one's always looking for something better." His American co-commentator totally lost it, couldn't speak for about two minutes.:p

Dirty Dingus McGee · 11-08-2017 11:32am

Who is the Australian Guy (not Ian Baker-Finch) on TNT's coverage being show on Eir. He's absolutely horrendous all he does is juts list out a couple of tournaments the player has won in the past and that's it from him.He's terribly bland.

BigChap1759 · 11-08-2017 8:16pm

Have to say I find the BBC commentators a bit out of touch and not as knowledge as the sky folks

RoadRunner · 05-04-2018 6:36pm

Lots of moaning about masters coverage again this year. What's the deal with this is this a sky issue or do the masters organisers themselves not want coverage over the first few days for some reason?

Keano · 05-04-2018 7:10pm

Augusta dictate when coverage can start

Eoinyh · 05-04-2018 7:30pm

They should dictate who commentates and kick Mcginley out the gap

death1234567 · 05-04-2018 7:52pm

Keano wrote: »

Augusta dictate when coverage can start

It's the same every year. The best golf tournament of the year and the one where you see the least amount of golf. All the filler on sky is mind numbing.

FastFullBack · 05-04-2018 7:58pm

death1234567 wrote: »

It's the same every year. The best golf tournament of the year and the one where you see the least amount of golf. All the filler on sky is mind numbing.

Coverage doesn’t start until 8, so Sky have to fill the time somehow.

Would you prefer if they just went live at 8 and had no buildup?

Roger_007 · 05-04-2018 8:13pm

This is the first year that I've been free to watch the Masters but the Sky coverage is absolute crap. The red button doesn't work and all I've seen so far is McGinley and Harmon etc having a mutual admiration session.
Is it always this bad?

Happy4all · 05-04-2018 8:18pm

Roger_007 wrote: »

This is the first year that I've been free to watch the Masters but the Sky coverage is absolute crap. The red button doesn't work and all I've seen so far is McGinley and Harmon etc having a mutual admiration session.
Is it always this bad?

yep. Paul is a nice gut but very bland on this. Butch just scares me staring at the camera

dball · 05-04-2018 8:22pm

mc ginley looks like he was auditioning for Dallas reboot earlier today

bobwilliams · 05-04-2018 8:47pm

I don't know how sky can advertise this as 'live'...they are miles behind

FixdePitchmark · 05-04-2018 8:53pm

Only noticed now that my Sky is not HD

Is Sky HD extra money - I'm with the terrible virgin.

Like watching golf about 10 years ago with trees and grain a bit blurry.

dan_ep82 · 05-04-2018 9:12pm

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Only noticed now that my Sky is not HD

Is Sky HD extra money - I'm with the terrible virgin.

Like watching golf about 10 years ago with trees and grain a bit blurry.

Yep, pretty annoyed with the quality, looks worse than normal channels.

obi604 · 05-04-2018 9:30pm

Hi

What channels is the master on?

Is it something like sky sports only on Thursday and Friday. Then also on BBC on Saturday and Sunday.

FixdePitchmark · 05-04-2018 9:31pm

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Yep, pretty annoyed with the quality, looks worse than normal channels.

Probably have there own cameras or some crap like that that you get at this event.

First Up · 05-04-2018 10:04pm

obi604 wrote: »

Hi

What channels is the master on?

Is it something like sky sports only on Thursday and Friday. Then also on BBC on Saturday and Sunday.

On Eir Sports too.

Seve OB · 05-04-2018 10:34pm

Eoinyh wrote: »

They should dictate who commentates and kick Mcginley out the gap

they can and do. pretty sure it was either feherty or mccord who they banned from the place

im watching it on OSN HD, uninterrupted coverage, no adds, no studio, just lots of golf

FixdePitchmark · 05-04-2018 10:35pm

Seve OB wrote: »

they can and do. pretty sure it was either feherty or mccord who they banned from the place

im watching it on OSN HD, uninterrupted coverage, no adds, no studio, just lots of golf

what is OSN seve and how are you watching.

Seve OB · 05-04-2018 11:01pm

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

what is OSN seve and how are you watching.

TV its the local sports station here.
Its the best coverage I've seen in ages, just loads of golf, so the pictures are there if SKY etc want to pick them up they clearly can. Sure there are the usual breaks to show the leaderboards and a few flowers, but in fairness, they are very quick and not that often.

obi604 · 05-04-2018 11:13pm

Seve OB wrote: »

TV its the local sports station here.
Its the best coverage I've seen in ages, just loads of golf, so the pictures are there if SKY etc want to pick them up they clearly can. Sure there are the usual breaks to show the leaderboards and a few flowers, but in fairness, they are very quick and not that often.

Where is “here”

Seve OB · 05-04-2018 11:28pm

obi604 wrote: »

Where is “here”

Dubai, sorry, fix knows where I am. On hols.

Just had a single ad for trivago pop up there while the commentators were mid sentence and came back mid sentence.... weird

Benicetomonty · 06-04-2018 12:41am

Seve OB wrote: »

they can and do. pretty sure it was either feherty or mccord who they banned from the place

im watching it on OSN HD, uninterrupted coverage, no adds, no studio, just lots of golf

Beem made the mistake of saying "fans" earlier. Apologised immediately and banged on about patrons for a good 2mins thereafter. Laughable.

dball · 06-04-2018 8:45am

"fans" - you can get away with if followed up with an apology.
if you say "crowd" the heavens open up and your entire being is transported to Canada - where you live the remainder of your life in exile

londonred · 06-04-2018 8:46am

Watched on EIR picture was good commentary ok but headwrecking watching the same fecking ads every few minutes although the golf simulator looks cool thinking of getting one for the spare room after I have my weekends away in Dromoland Castle and the K Club.

kiers47 · 06-04-2018 9:12am

One positive on Poulter winning last week is we dont have to listen to him on the sky coverage. Hopefully he'll just scrape in on the cut line and we will also be saved from any potential weekend work with Sky.

Im not sure i could handle him and Mcginley.

GreeBo · 06-04-2018 11:15am

Paul McGinley is fast becoming the John Madden of golf commentators.

kiers47 · 06-04-2018 11:26am

I flicked over to the US commentary for a while actually and f**king hell.
Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo, jesus f**king wept. You might as well just mute the TV. Bad enough having to listen to Nantz for 20 weeks during NFL season without that.

McGinley and Butch was a small compromise i suppose. :pac:

Mantis Toboggan · 06-04-2018 11:35am

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

charlieIRL · 06-04-2018 11:55am

I watched on the sky red button last night, was able to flick between the main converage / amen corner / holes 15 & 16 and the featured groups. Thought it was excellent.

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