AussieKB
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Better not read the LIV thread or you will have a coronary.....
2024 Troon Open
- Thread starter Doon frae Troon
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chrisd
Major Champion
I've very rarely dived into that thread, but have dived in more times than I've watched LIV AT all
Beezerk
Money List Winner
Hahaha, I noticed this yesterday as well! I remember thinking it looked like he was wearing a pair of novelty golf slippers.
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Not only that, he wears awful golf shoes
Swango1980
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Hopefully having won the Open, he'll get a voucher to spend in the pro shop at Royal Troon. He might be able to get a better pair.Not only that, he wears awful golf shoes
Orikoru
Tour Winner
What? I was talking about his golf shoes.Not only that, he wears awful golf shoes
Bunkermagnet
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I found the highlights bored me. Don’t have Sky so no live coverage (probably thankfully as well)
Swango1980
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Golf highlights is something I have never been able to watch. It just becomes about players hitting shot after shot, putt after putt, and it all becomes a bit monotonous.
I need to watch golf live, where every shot has the potential to be great, awful or anything in between.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Same with cricket highlights. Invariably a boundary shot or a wicket and not much else
PaulMdj
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Doesn’t the word “Highlights” give it away though?
Who wants to watch a bloke spending 4 minutes walking from his tee shot to his ball to play his next shot or 1 minute stood over a ball doing a pre-shot routine.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Even live golf is just highlights for a lot of it. How many times do we see it: "Here's Tom Dickenharry on the 13th green" - he's +7, this is the first time he's been shown on the coverage and he has a 30 foot putt. Hmm, I wonder if it'll go in?Doesn’t the word “Highlights” give it away though?
Who wants to watch a bloke spending 4 minutes walking from his tee shot to his ball to play his next shot or 1 minute stood over a ball doing a pre-shot routine.
PaulMdj
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Live for 12 hours or highlights for 1 hour, what do you expect to see in the highlights?
Swango1980
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I'm not sure Bunkermagnet was trying to suggest the highlights should have been done differently? I just think he was simply saying he was bored by watching them.
PaulMdj
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I know, hence why I asked him what he expected.
Whereditgo
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My thoughts echo yours, I'm not particularly interested in watching putts unless the make or not has an impact on the leaderboard or gets someone on a roll of scoring or stops momentum. I would much prefer to watch approach shots, recovery shots and tee shot strategy.
PaulMdj
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I’m sure that’s what we’d all prefer, but as this is being discussed on the Open thread it’s hard to show just that when all 4 days are live.
Whereditgo
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I suspect it's more to do with the fact that every green will already have several cameras around it.
Arthur Wedge
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The coverage of the Open is poor imo
There is a lot of focus on “technology” , Skyzone , the cart etc etc and they miss so much live golf it’s poor
It shows how bad it it when they have to announce they are showing 1 hour of uninterrupted golf ?
They have exclusive rights and should be showing the golf live from the first shot to the last
There should be red button no advert coverage from the first tee time
Along with the ability to watch every hole
BBCs coverage had issues because it didn’t have the all the bells and whistles of Sky cart etc etc but it showed a lot more live golf than we see now
Worse thing to happen to the Open when it went behind a paywall
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
And it will stay with Sky for the forseeable. Some of us actually enjoy watching the pros in the Open Zone and some analysis of the course and players swings. I am sure the red button had featured groups or featured holes from day 1 but it will never be ad free aside from a dedicated Rolex hour
Steve Wilkes
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I was cricket yesterday so missed the last day. Just finished watching the BBC's final day's highlight show. I knew the result, but I must say I was fixed on the whole 2 hours. They showed drives, approach shots, recoveries and putts in equal measures, that got the tension and importance of each shot. And insights from Ken Brown what more could you want
Swango1980
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I think it is absolutely miles better on Sky, than the BBC.
As for interruptions, I barely noticed any adverts. I'm sure they were there, but I remember saying to myself "I'll get a drink during the next ad break", and it took absolutely ages until that time came. And, when it did, the ads were short. Also don't remember too many breaks in coverage to go to Skyzone, although in fairness, I watched most of the live coverage on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe they did a lot more of that on Thursday / Friday, before the leaderboard took shape?
I'm pretty sure we got to watch nearly every shot all the leaders took on the Saturday and Sunday. Which is actually better than other Majors I think, where you often seem to miss a lot of their drives, as suddenly they are hitting an approach shot after the last shot you saw them play was holing out on the last green
