BBC Coverage

[HRC99]

Guess trying to keep away from Peter Allis didn't work!

When I think about it, I don't really like Sam Torrance, Maurenn Madill, Andrew Cotter or Jean van de Velde (terrible) and I do like Wayne Riley, Bruce Critchley, Ewan Murray, Howard Clark and Boxy but there is still something about the overall BBC coverage that I prefer. I don't dislike Sky's coverage at all, far from it; I think they do a very good job.

Perhaps, it is the ad breaks and the continuity of coverage that the BBC provides that involves you more in the story of the day?

All I know is, if a golf tournament was on the BBC and Sky at the same time, I would choose the BBC every time. In some ways, it's like ITV. When the World Cup comes around and both screen the same game, I'll be watching the BBC.

Still, I really enjoyed watching the golf yesterday, it was the perfect way to cool down after melting all morning out on the course!

 

[freddielong]

Peter Allis is a legend of Golf, I think the comparison that has been made was not BBC to Sky but European tour to USPGA tour and yes the US is shocking at times.

 

[alexgolf]

This is a very interesting and important thread as we have more golf on the TV now than we have ever had, and yet total interest in the game seems to be going down.

I base that on membership numbers going down, clubs going or are near to going bust, and the general non interest in the game outside of people that are really interested in it.

Now this is not an anti SKY thread. What they do with their coverage is in the main excellent. We can all pick holes in various parts of what they and the BBC do, but the fact that our game is on as much as it is is great.

What was disapointing is that with the new araingement for the PGA of SKY coverage during the day for the first two days and then BBC for the last two, the highlights were on BBC2 so late.

If our game is going to really survive in the long term we need people exposed to it. The BBC highlights should have been on @ 7.00pm on BBC2 for an hour and a half/two hours.

Not 11.55!! And why could there not be coverage on BBC3/4 or on the red button!

The best thing about the BBC coverage is no adverts and you get a fuller coverage of shots. Otherwise there is little to choose. Ken Brown is better for me. Others cant stand him.

 

[HRC99]

Its chicken and egg. With more interest, the BBC would put the highlights on earlier. Earlier highlights would create more interest...and so on.

 

[viscount17]

overall I prefer bbc coverage to Sky, not that I see much of that. I don't think there's much to choose between them as far as camera work goes but if the same outfit is producing the video how come the beeb manages to get the proportion between tee, fairway and green so much better. Is this down to local producers?

the interaction between commentators can be the killer - Sky aren't good at that, though they each have their share of duffers. J van der V didn't work, Sam is frankly boring to listen to. Ken Brown and Wayne Grady are both good.
Though I like PA, he is getting to the stage that Murray Walker did, less an asset than an embarrassment but I think the beeb are really struggling to replace him. there is no natural replacement as there was with Arlot and Johnston, and whoever they get has to have the gravitas to enable them to challege the status quo. The last thing I want is a repetition of Walker's hero-worship of Schumacher.