Comments on: Golf Commentators http://golfdashblog.com/golf-commentators/ A golfdashboard dedicated to improving your game with great golf deals, golf news, golf reviews and no BS golf commentary Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Duke http://golfdashblog.com/golf-commentators/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Duke Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:58:00 +0000 http://xumbitemp.wordpress.com/2006/06/22/golf-commentators/#comment-281 John,<br/>I was actually writing up this blog to post when I saw where you posted most of my thoughts. Like minds think a like. <br/>Yes, Yes, Yes, the mentality of TV Producers to mandate that golf be viewed like a team event is really wearing on me. Gone are the days when Lord Byron was on the tube and gave you lively stories on each player’s swing and reasoning on why they made a shot instead of Mr. Millers claim they hit the hit ‘about two groves too high on the club’ or ‘Gary, even though this is a 50ft putt it is really makeble for anyone who qualifies for the US Open’.<br/>Now we have to hear from Mr. Burman ask questions in terms that sound more like someone who wants to appear ‘cool’ when in fact he has no idea what he is talking about. But, the jocks like him because he is the guy they listen to while spilling beer all over the living room floor yelling at the football players on the screen to ‘Kill the Bum’, ‘Hit him where it hurts’ and ‘Come on Ref, get with the program’. So, these guys think, ‘if Chris is covering this, it must be Cool’ Thus, the ‘U-da-Man’ mentality was evolved. <br/>On the other hand you have the Masters, where due to political arrogance, have no commercials to fill the air so it is much calmer. It could be that it is that way my designed since the Masters controls everything about the event and may go so far as to have someone in the booth to direct, or oversee the direction, of how the tournament is aired. Whatever they do, it comes across as probably more like how Golf feels than any of the event.<br/>As far as the US Open, yes, the same should be true, but there is a difference in the US Open than any other golf tournament, outside of the FBR in Phoenix, where the crowds who come may not be as pure golfer as at the Masters or British Open. The US Open is more of an outing for anyone who wants to watch a very difficult sport. Or it could be that they keep the event up in the Northeast where people are starved for outdoor events and the people with the ‘full contact’ mentality want to get out of the house so they go to a golf tournament to, as you say, watch for the meltdowns ‘train wreak, car crashes, busted helmets, broken bones or players jumping into the crowds (like they got their wish for in this year’s US Open).<br/>But I agree with your point and take it one step further to say more needs to be done to let the media know what they are doing to the game. IF the game of golf is to grow as it should more people need to take action and express their opinions. More needs to be done to tell the sponsors of the event how disgusting it is to watch the bastardization of a game that does not fit in the model of NASCAR or NHL marketing.<br/>I share with you, and will take action in all areas I effect in the electronic media, online media and the printed media, (and in my seminar/workshops) to stand up for all golfers to express our objections to our intelligence being insulted with negative attitudes and glamorous presentations in hopes the producers of these televised events will get back to telling the viewers more about how golf works and is played instead of what product we need to buy so they can get paid. <br/>I speak more on this and the same issue the LPGA is having with TV and their events in my articles on my site. Great to read that others are expressing their concerns on this issue.<br/>Duke http://busienssgolf.wordpress.com http://businessgolf.blogspot.com John,
I was actually writing up this blog to post when I saw where you posted most of my thoughts. Like minds think a like.
Yes, Yes, Yes, the mentality of TV Producers to mandate that golf be viewed like a team event is really wearing on me. Gone are the days when Lord Byron was on the tube and gave you lively stories on each player’s swing and reasoning on why they made a shot instead of Mr. Millers claim they hit the hit ‘about two groves too high on the club’ or ‘Gary, even though this is a 50ft putt it is really makeble for anyone who qualifies for the US Open’.
Now we have to hear from Mr. Burman ask questions in terms that sound more like someone who wants to appear ‘cool’ when in fact he has no idea what he is talking about. But, the jocks like him because he is the guy they listen to while spilling beer all over the living room floor yelling at the football players on the screen to ‘Kill the Bum’, ‘Hit him where it hurts’ and ‘Come on Ref, get with the program’. So, these guys think, ‘if Chris is covering this, it must be Cool’ Thus, the ‘U-da-Man’ mentality was evolved.
On the other hand you have the Masters, where due to political arrogance, have no commercials to fill the air so it is much calmer. It could be that it is that way my designed since the Masters controls everything about the event and may go so far as to have someone in the booth to direct, or oversee the direction, of how the tournament is aired. Whatever they do, it comes across as probably more like how Golf feels than any of the event.
As far as the US Open, yes, the same should be true, but there is a difference in the US Open than any other golf tournament, outside of the FBR in Phoenix, where the crowds who come may not be as pure golfer as at the Masters or British Open. The US Open is more of an outing for anyone who wants to watch a very difficult sport. Or it could be that they keep the event up in the Northeast where people are starved for outdoor events and the people with the ‘full contact’ mentality want to get out of the house so they go to a golf tournament to, as you say, watch for the meltdowns ‘train wreak, car crashes, busted helmets, broken bones or players jumping into the crowds (like they got their wish for in this year’s US Open).
But I agree with your point and take it one step further to say more needs to be done to let the media know what they are doing to the game. IF the game of golf is to grow as it should more people need to take action and express their opinions. More needs to be done to tell the sponsors of the event how disgusting it is to watch the bastardization of a game that does not fit in the model of NASCAR or NHL marketing.
I share with you, and will take action in all areas I effect in the electronic media, online media and the printed media, (and in my seminar/workshops) to stand up for all golfers to express our objections to our intelligence being insulted with negative attitudes and glamorous presentations in hopes the producers of these televised events will get back to telling the viewers more about how golf works and is played instead of what product we need to buy so they can get paid.
I speak more on this and the same issue the LPGA is having with TV and their events in my articles on my site. Great to read that others are expressing their concerns on this issue.
Duke http://busienssgolf.wordpress.com http://businessgolf.blogspot.com

]]> By: JFB http://golfdashblog.com/golf-commentators/comment-page-1/#comment-280 JFB Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:33:00 +0000 http://xumbitemp.wordpress.com/2006/06/22/golf-commentators/#comment-280 Good post John, I agree with you.<br/><br/>The problem becomes one of "selling the sizzle with the steak"....it's what newspapers have figured out all along...same goes for TV.<br/>People watch races(golf) for the crash(meltdown), not on why they go around the track(course). Good post John, I agree with you.

The problem becomes one of “selling the sizzle with the steak”….it’s what newspapers have figured out all along…same goes for TV.
People watch races(golf) for the crash(meltdown), not on why they go around the track(course).

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