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I dunno about the future of the show. I hope it keeps puttering along and I don't much care if it's about a chipping or gimmick contest. I like rooting for my favorites and hating the designated villains of each season. It's a golf soap, filmed over about 12 days as cheaply as possible, and edited for dramatic effect. Nothing more.

This season is definitely down, but I lets face it -- when BB switches to the gals, it's never been about driving distances. No one cared how far Mighty Mouse Taylor hit it as as long as she continued to do bikini handstands. This season is down because the girls aren't as pretty. If the show were a golf competition and not a pretty-girl soap, they'd stick a few Asian imports in with limited fluency in English and all the short-hitting blonde cuties would be eliminated pronto. No one would watch, of course, hence the reason why they don't do that.

Of course, it's outlined ahead of time based on what has worked in the past and what they think will work in the future. Of course, they set up play for drama and they set competitions up to be easy to film for dramatic effect. Ask yourself, why when one of the only cuties (Renee) faces "elimination" in the very first episode, they make her challenge into a just "make par against no competition or go home" practice session. That's too soon to lose a cutie.

For the same reason, Mary will not win, but she'll stay around to near the end. Mary has been scripted as the villain of this season. Dramas need villains for the conflict, but dramas must also give the villain his/her comeuppance prior to the finale.
 
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Dr RosenRosen said:
My conspiracy theory:

If I put my producer's hat on, Sadena winning would have been bad for the show, especially if she steamrolled everyone. So as a producer, I want to keep Mary because she's an instigator and "life" of the show (whether you like her or not). Mary's antagonist is Jackie so it would be imperative to keep her on the show to ensure the fight.

I want to keep Fiamma because she's the blonde, skinny, traditionally "hot" golfer that Big Break puts front and center on the show. (Where they find these girls, I'll never know.)

That leaves Renee and Sadena. If I am truly cynical, I believe the producers structured it so Renee would survive. She's attractive, modest, soft (explained below), and if I'm hyper-cynical, white.

The outlier is Sadena. First, she is a black woman. Second, she is aggressive and strong, but not an instigator like Mary. Rather, she is quiet and focused, something that typically doesn't play well on reality tv. Further, she is not traditionally attractive; she's more hardened athlete than model or party girl. (Although if you notice, the producers softened up her look extensively compared to the beginning of the show.)

Hopefully, I am completely wrong about this and the challenges weren't structured to the other girls' strengths and to Sadena's detriment. I really want to be wrong here, but I would be naive to think the producers only care about the best golfers, and not what would play best to the Big Break audience.
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tgtt said:
While I think it's edited to portray whatever the producer wants I'd like to believe the format is set ahead of filming. So, I don't buy any conspiracy theories.
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I agree. I don't think anything is set up either.
 
And it sucks that Sadena is gone.
 
As much as it's talked about here....it seems that the producers are making money with this season..... People tune in to witness the drama. Then talk about it till the next episode. Sounds like a win to me. I do like seeing Adams as the host sponsor.....moves them a little more into the women's equipment ranks.
 
Dr RosenRosen said:
My conspiracy theory:
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As much as I'd like to think there's no setup, I'd have to agree. There is a show on Velocity called Graveyard Carz (about the restoration of old Mopar musclecars). While the cars themselves are cool, the show is unwatchable because of the constant bickering of those on the show. The host himself admitted almost all of it was a setup for content. I'd like to say that Mary's attitude is growing tiresome, but how much of it is real and how much is "for show"? We just don't know. What I do know is there are an awful lot of pics out there (Twitter and otherwise) where Mary is posing with other BB contestants in seemingly friendly circumstances. Anyway...just my take on it.

That said, I think we're left with the three best of the group in Mary, Renee and Jackie, and if I'm not mistaken, Jackie actually is now on the LPGA tour having passed Q-School. I think she'll go further than the rest. If that attitude of Mary's is real, she'd do herself a favor to tone it down and concentrate on her own game. Too much wasted energy IMHO.
 
I don't think it is set up. But, let's be real the show is about ratings. What sells is hot chicks and drama. Each season it's a delicate balance of skills with golf porn. The show couldn't succeed with only Mary and Gerina. Sara Brown, Carling and Blair were the best thing they had and recycled them for a few extra seasons. If Meghan Hardin had more of a game she would be on most every season. Personally, i don't mind the golf porn. Some of bodies in golf skirts are better than any playboy.
 
jschlesi said:
I don't think it is set up. But, let's be real the show is about ratings. What sells is hot chicks and drama. Each season it's a delicate balance of skills with golf porn. The show couldn't succeed with only Mary and Gerina. Sara Brown, Carling and Blair were the best thing they had and recycled them for a few extra seasons. If Meghan Hardin had more of a game she would be on most every season. Personally, i don't mind the golf porn. Some of bodies in golf skirts are better than any playboy.
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Why did you include Gerina with Mary? Mary and Lori I could understand, but not Gerina!
 
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Gerina and Lori had as much as game as anyone on the show. Not sure Gerina was the hot chick that could play golf like the other eye candy they recycled.
 
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Personally, I'm rooting for Jackie. She has been steady all season.
 
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I'm rooting for anyone not named mary
 
jschlesi said:
Gerina and Lori had as much as game as anyone on the show. Not sure Gerina was the hot chick that could play golf like the other eye candy they recycled.
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Lori played well for a while, but she was a b!tch like Mary. Gerina was nice. She is also a Facebook friend of mine! SHe was Gerina Mendozaand now she is Gerina Piller and she is doing quite well on the LPGA Tour. She didn't win, but she's had arguably more success on Tour than any other female other than Kristi McPherson (I think that's her last name). I know right now she is ranked way higher than McPherson.
 
Tonight was the big battle IMO. I think the two top rated players from the season sounded off tonight in the elimination and IT FREAKING STINKS THAT SADENA GOT BEAT BY THAT &*$*$*$ MARY....ok I'm better now..I hope the girl who went to the first elimination challenge wins it all now...go Renee
 
There is no way producers orchestrated who gets eliminated and who doesn't. This isn't like an NBA game where refs can literally give or take away points. The competitions are left to the players and the players alone. Even if events were designed to eliminate certain players, there is no way to guarantee who succeeds and who fails. Humans are amazing creatures and will surprise you by doing the unexpected all the time.
 
This may be a bit off topic -- but has anyone tried those foil-sealed Macanudos that they hype on the show? I'm really dying to try one because my cigars always dry out when in leave them in the bag too long. First time in a while that TV advertising has worked for me.
 
I want to say congrats to eliminated big breaker and Missouri native Tonya McCall for getting a win earlier this week on the Cactus Tour. Not only did she win, she smashed the field winning by a margin of 8 strokes. She was the only player in the field at Par or below, finishing 7 under....2nd place was 1 over

Lindsay Aho finished T-6 at 5 over.... Kylee Duede finished T-35 at 28 over (that's right, +28).

She was one of this years contestants who got bit by a bad day/bad hole and was sent home way too early based on her ability compared to some of the others.

Is the Cactus tour comparable to the LPGA??? Heck no... To the Symetra tour??? No, probably not. But anytime you can beat a field of professionals of any level by 8 strokes in 3 rounds you have performed very very well.
 
darnall said:
I want to say congrats to eliminated big breaker and Missouri native Tonya McCall for getting a win earlier this week on the Cactus Tour. Not only did she win, she smashed the field winning by a margin of 8 strokes. She was the only player in the field at Par or below, finishing 7 under....2nd place was 1 over

Lindsay Aho finished T-6 at 5 over.... Kylee Duede finished T-35 at 28 over (that's right, +28).

She was one of this years contestants who got bit by a bad day/bad hole and was sent home way too early based on her ability compared to some of the others.

Is the Cactus tour comparable to the LPGA??? Heck no... To the Symetra tour??? No, probably not. But anytime you can beat a field of professionals of any level by 8 strokes in 3 rounds you have performed very very well.
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That's called stepping up to the plate and smacking the dog snot out of it!! I just looked it up. For her efforts, she won $3100. Better than a kick in the head, but I bet that barely covers costs. Of course that's a known issue playing on these smaller tour events for men and women.
 
Oh I'm sure you are right... kind of like racing on the level I do... you have to win to break even for the night, and no amount of winning can cover one bad nights worth of damage.
 
darnall said:
Oh I'm sure you are right... kind of like racing on the level I do... you have to win to break even for the night, and no amount of winning can cover one bad nights worth of damage.
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No doubt. It's the biggest thing that kept me from racing. I didn't like the cost and lack of return. I didn't feel the love that much. I did enjoy helping other people spend their money on their projects though!!
 
I'm just hoping Renee takes the win for this season. She has been solid

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I guess I should catch up on this season, but I just have no desire to watch the Big Break anymore. Too much short game challenge followed by a 3 hole elimination.
 
War Eagle said:
I guess I should catch up on this season, but I just have no desire to watch the Big Break anymore. Too much short game challenge followed by a 3 hole elimination.
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Don't waste ur time...especially since 24 is on starting Monday anyhow
 
I love how the editing gets seems to get everyone to dislike Mary. I actually like her. I think Jackie is the "mean" one from the group. But, because it is a higly edited show, we will never know. What would be cool, is if, after the season, all of the girls are brought back on to summarize the season.
 
staticline said:
I love how the editing gets seems to get everyone to dislike Mary. I actually like her. I think Jackie is the "mean" one from the group. But, because it is a higly edited show, we will never know. What would be cool, is if, after the season, all of the girls are brought back on to summarize the season.
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This actually happens every season.
 
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