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

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    #512
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users Posts: 7,985 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


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


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    #513
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users Posts: 16,008 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    youcancallmeal wrote: »
    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.


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    #514
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,742 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    He tried yesterday .

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


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    #515
    Farawayhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    Aliss is in to bore everyone with his whinging again.


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    #516
    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    Farawayhome wrote: »
    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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    #517
    Farawayhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    Snake Plisken wrote: »
    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.


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    #518
    First Up
    Registered Users Posts: 14,822 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    Farawayhome wrote:
    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.


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    #519
    Farawayhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


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

    You talking about Aliss right? :D


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    #520
    First Up
    Registered Users Posts: 14,822 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    Farawayhome wrote:
    You talking about Aliss right?


    You


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    #521
    Farawayhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    First Up wrote: »
    You

    Humour fail. Like Aliss. :D


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    #522
    First Up
    Registered Users Posts: 14,822 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    Farawayhome wrote:
    Humour fail. Like Aliss.

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


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    #523
    Farawayhome
    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.


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    #524
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Azinger and Harrington are great.


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    #525
    Farawayhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Farawayhome


    razorblunt wrote: »
    Azinger and Harrington are great.

    No sign of Harry today!


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    #526
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


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


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    #527
    Deeper Blue
    Registered Users Posts: 7,538 ✭✭✭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?


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    #528
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users Posts: 17,653 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Harrington back on BBC.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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    #529
    First Up
    Registered Users Posts: 14,822 ✭✭✭✭First Up


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


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    #530
    MuffinTop86
    Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭MuffinTop86


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


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    #531
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Farawayhome wrote: »
    No sign off of Harry today!

    He’s on now.


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    #532
    Farawayhome
    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.


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    #533
    Deeper Blue
    Registered Users Posts: 7,538 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


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


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    #534
    Donald Trumped
    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?


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    #535
    First Up
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    Donald Trumped wrote:
    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?


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    #536
    Donald Trumped
    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!


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    #537
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭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


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    Donald Trumped
    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.


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    #539
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Donald Trumped wrote: »
    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


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    #540
    Blinky Plebum
    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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    #541
    LuckyGent88
    Registered Users 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.


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