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Maybe require one of the captain's picks be from the Champion's Tour.
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This - holy crap this. I spent the week fighting to see anything and had to just camp on holes.
Some hills you cant stand on, I mean gravity and the slick grass prevents it. On some of the hills you COULD slide right down into play.
Better spectator friendly venues. WS is an awesome track layout wise, but it was terrible for viewing. So many dips and bumps made it tough to see, and they wouldn’t always let you stand up on a hill to see the shots.
The best hole to watch was 7, no question. You could stand by the tee and see the shot and the green due to the elevation. Many holes had almost no view, which is crazy for the amount of people there. Crowd view should be more of a consideration (and the cell tower… yeahhhhh)Exactly what I wound up doing too. But also, they need to add a cell tower there. What in the world man…
The best hole to watch was 7, no question. You could stand by the tee and see the shot and the green due to the elevation. Many holes had almost no view, which is crazy for the amount of people there. Crowd view should be more of a consideration (and the cell tower… yeahhhhh)
The TV coverage of golf in the USA is far inferior to what we are used to in UK on Sky Sports.
USA has two problems.
1. Too many adverts.
2. Ex Pros who are more interested in telling you how good they were , instead of ex pros who want to tell you how good the current players are. Sam Torrance is very good at telling you what a great chip that was, Azinger wants to tell you how he did it better.
Its the main reason why I hardly watch any golf these days.
Yep. Here, it’s shite. Commentary is awful and cameras only follow a couple of groups. You see very little golf played over here compared to back home. Not helped by the fact that Paul Azinger features heavily, who I wouldn’t piss on if he was fire!The Sky coverage in the UK is very good.
They'd be better than NBC for sure. But, Wayne and Garth on the local public access channel in Aurora would be better than NBC.I'm going to say it. Fox would nail the RC coverage.
They'd be better than NBC for sure. But, Wayne and Garth on the local public access channel in Aurora would be better than NBC.
How to improve it? More golf not just 3 or 4 groups when say 12 are on the course. That can be done while serving the ad dollar master. It just takes some creativity and innovation. And not having the same 2 ad spots on repeat ad nauseum. Also, better announcers. Tirico, Azinger, and several others make it nearly unwatchable. Bones and John Wood were very good. I've been beyond my Feherty saturation point for a while. I've heard all of his stories numerous times and can damned near finish them all for him. He isn't close to the worst offender on NBC's golf team.I had issues with NBC's coverage. Anything sports related with Mike Tirico is an automatic mute for me. But, I do enjoy listening to Bones and Feherty. Not questioning your opinion about the coverage, but how do you think it could be improved? My viewing was limited to NBC and the Golf Channel (broadcast and online)
The advertising and commercials, while annoying, can't be eliminated. Otherwise there is no television broadcast.
How to improve it? More golf not just 3 or 4 groups when say 12 are on the course. That can be done while serving the ad dollar master. It just takes some creativity and innovation. And not having the same 2 ad spots on repeat ad nauseum. Also, better announcers. Tirico, Azinger, and several others make it nearly unwatchable. Bones and John Wood were very good. I've been beyond my Feherty saturation point for a while. I've heard all of his stories numerous times and can damned near finish them all for him. He isn't close to the worst offender on NBC's golf team.