BBC Coverage - USUAL COMPLAINT

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So what about those millions of other non golf fans who watch telly during the week ?

BBC have to cater for everyone - the coverage will start before the last 6 groups starts and will grab the important action

The BBC isn't a dedicated sports channel yet still showed more live golf in this one tournament than any other on sky.
 
bluewolf said:
They disappeared when Paul Dunne started putting a score together. They still showed a fair amount of Paul Lawrie, especially at the end of the round. For the last few hours they concentrated the coverage on the players in the top 5/6. Neither Lawrie nor Warren were making a move, so they didn't get shown as much.

Theyre damned if they do and damned if they don't. If they concentrated the majority of the coverage on the British players, they'd have been roundly criticised. It feels as though they can't win with some on this forum.
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My point is that they were right in contention and then not shown, without any reference. I was disappointed they didn't make a move and bemused that they vanished off the telly. Not just because they are British but because it was two scots, playing together, in the penultimate group. How they got on, good or bad, should have been one of the main interests of the day.

Anyway, I'll shut up since it appears I am the only one who feels that way.
 
FairwayDodger said:
My point is that they were right in contention and then not shown, without any reference. I was disappointed they didn't make a move and bemused that they vanished off the telly. Not just because they are British but because it was two scots, playing together, in the penultimate group. How they got on, good or bad, should have been one of the main interests of the day.

Anyway, I'll shut up since it appears I am the only one who feels that way.
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Surely the main interests should be the players in contention ?

Why would the BBC focus on people down the leaderboard instead of a young Irish amateur plus about 10 others fighting it out around 10-12 under

The coverage goes around the world so don't see why two scots should be one of the main interests.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
So what about those millions of other non golf fans who watch telly during the week ?

BBC have to cater for everyone - the coverage will start before the last 6 groups starts and will grab the important action

The BBC isn't a dedicated sports channel yet still showed more live golf in this one tournament than any other on sky.
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no

but they do have a red button and BBC3 and 4

no reason why they cant bang it on one of those.
 
FairwayDodger said:
My point is that they were right in contention and then not shown, without any reference. I was disappointed they didn't make a move and bemused that they vanished off the telly. Not just because they are British but because it was two scots, playing together, in the penultimate group. How they got on, good or bad, should have been one of the main interests of the day.

Anyway, I'll shut up since it appears I am the only one who feels that way.
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No, you're part of the silent majority according to the Op. ;)

Anyway, we're seeing the end of an era. The last time the Open is on the Beeb. We've got an amateur at the top of the leaderboard. The top 15 are all sheer quality. The conditions will be testing, and we'll be waving goodbye to a legendary British broadcaster on a Monday rather than a Sunday. It's shaping up to be a classic. I for one can't wait.
 
tugglesf239 said:
no

but they do have a red button and BBC3 and 4

no reason why they cant bang it on one of those.
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Can't broadcast on BBC3 and 4 until 7PM I understand for anything

Everyone pays their license fee not just us golfers so they need to cater for everyone
 
bluewolf said:
No, you're part of the silent majority according to the Op. ;)

Anyway, we're seeing the end of an era. The last time the Open is on the Beeb. We've got an amateur at the top of the leaderboard. The top 15 are all sheer quality. The conditions will be testing, and we'll be waving goodbye to a legendary British broadcaster on a Monday rather than a Sunday. It's shaping up to be a classic. I for one can't wait.
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I thought next year is the last Open on BBC ?
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Can't broadcast on BBC3 and 4 until 7PM I understand for anything

Everyone pays their license fee not just us golfers so they need to cater for everyone
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fair do's

but they still have a red button.

Tbh, i much much prefer the BBC coverage than Sky 100%. I am not a beeb basher by any stretch.
 
tugglesf239 said:
fair do's

but they still have a red button.

Tbh, i much much prefer the BBC coverage than Sky 100%. I am not a beeb basher by any stretch.
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Again there will regulations they need to follow that will stop them using the red button until a certain time - they will cover the main action - about 6 hours worth again tomorrow
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Surely the main interests should be the players in contention ?

Why would the BBC focus on people down the leaderboard instead of a young Irish amateur plus about 10 others fighting it out around 10-12 under

The coverage goes around the world so don't see why two scots should be one of the main interests.
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At the end of the day they were down the leaderboard. When the bbc stopped showing them they were very much in contention.
 
FairwayDodger said:
At the end of the day they were down the leaderboard. When the bbc stopped showing them they were very much in contention.
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But they weren't dropping the birdies and being overtaken by many other players who were providing the entertainment and the good golf - you saw them a few times early in their round and then towards the end of their rounds and they were mentioned a few times by the commentators.

Any sports broadcast has to focus on the people that are providing the competition and the entertainment - that was highlighted by Harrington then Spieth , Willet , Dunne plus all the others challenging. If Warren or Lawrie were sinking the putts and amongst the top 5 or even ten then they would have been part of the main focus along with the others.
 
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