Gary Lineker fronts BBC golf.

[toonarmy]

There's only one man I want in the host spot.

The legend that is Alan Partridge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH-5KUaeMaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6OhAZ5efus

Eat my putt.

 

[Cernunnos]

Who would be your choice to front golf on the BBC then?

Clarkson, Hammond and May! They know nothing about golf (actually dislike it!), but it would be amuzing to watch.

I must admit the thought had crossed my mind too... though only briefly... It would be interesting to see them say do apro-celeb event as frontmen. The irony is the likes of James May would get really into it & would try to make himeself an expert on all things golf.

For instance remember their hatred for Caravans & caravaning & which of them had a caravan holiday with a wine buff... James May.

 

[Cernunnos]

Anyone else find it difficult to stay awake last night though!!

I had no choice but to be awake I was working so couldn't catch more than the occasional result.

bumox

 

[RichardSanderson]

I don't know where you people get the idea Lineker isn't qualified for the job. I'd say for someone to play off 4, they have to have a fair idea of how the game works.

 

[Dodger]

I used to play local league football would that qualify me for Match of the day? No,the guy is deadful end of.

 

[RichardSanderson]

Thats a ridiculous comparison.

 

[AliB]

I'm just praying they don't bring in Tim Henman - apparently a good golfer and I guess looking for job as p[resenter. , but the moist boring voice on TV.

AliB

 

[thecraw]

I don't know where you people get the idea Lineker isn't qualified for the job. I'd say for someone to play off 4, they have to have a fair idea of how the game works.

I play off of 4, doesnt mean that I am qualified to be a TV anchorman, fact is in my opinion he is pathetic, you dont have to agree and some even like him!!!

Listen to Torrance, hes a natural, knows what hes talking about, thats all I ask, surely the BBC could offer Sam a studio role to anchor their golf before someone else does.

 

[Dodger]

Perfectly sums up the dreadful Beeb coverage......

Gary Lineker hits woodwork with

Masters commentary

FROM THE TELEGRAPH.CO.UK WEBSITE
By JASPER GERRARD
Augusta is so impossibly beautiful it would tempt even that great golfing sceptic Mark Twain to take out his driver – and not just to club the television commentary team into blessed silence.
The Masters is both joy and torture. What delight we feel each year at our first glimpse of greens smoother than billiard tables and bunkers a deadlier white than Greg Norman's teeth – all tempered by the realisation we will have to endure that commentary.
The BBC coverage is presented by Gary Lineker who, while so comfortable hosting Match of the Day, appears so wooden here that Tiger Woods could use him on a long par-five.
Not since Cherie Blair decided she would make an amusing after-dinner speaker have we seen such a mismatch. At the end of play he and Sam Torrance sit on two comfy chairs by the verandah of what could be an old folks' home, chewing over rounds we haven't been shown.
When Gary asked Sam if good conditions would help Tiger, Sam looked like one made to sit with an old boy who's gone a bit gaga; very slowly, he explained that top players want tornadoes because these will blow away the field.
And then there's the incidental music – the sort you might hear on a low-budget advert for a hospice: "Let us help your loved one die with dignity."
As for Torrance, a slot surely awaits on Newsnight to deploy all his Paxmanesque savagery. Not really. No matter how bad the slice or shank, Torrance applauds. Always.
Woods was furious with his first round but our Sam declared it the best the master had played in a decade. When Paul Casey ran up a bogey Torrance called him a "birdie machine".
Torrance also runs up the odd bogey himself, confusing a pair of Oriental golfers. He resisted saying "they all look the same", but did shrug "well, they are both teenagers".
Equally ludicrous but also rather lovable is Ken Brown with his "Ken on the Course" slot. As a golfer he looked stern but he is morphing into an affable Percy Thrower, telling us how azaleas need to avoid the frost and even showing us a range of garden chairs.
The post-round interviews have scarcely been more illuminating. The best line came from a player, Ian Poulter, when asked by Shane O'Donoghue how good he was at forgetting misses. "Forgetting what?" Poulter shot back.
Less funny is the commercialisation. Not only are players invited to boost ratings in emerging golf nations, but we are told repeatedly the Masters is sponsored by everyone from Mercedes Benz to AT&T.
Peter Alliss even said Augusta is "sponsored by Exxon Mobil and everyone is very happy". What was that about the BBC being advert free?
As for Alliss, he is easy to rib but we'll miss him when he's gone. He has taken to quoting himself ("as I said a few years ago, Gary Player is the Queen Mother of golf, everyone loves him") and like Dan Maskell in his later years, he is stuck in yesteryear. But how remarkable to have a commentator who can say he advised Gary Player to return to South Africa rather than turn pro.
And at least he knows his golf. Some of his colleagues, by contrast, are teaching us more about plants than putting. If Twain were still with us he'd probably describe this as "a good azalea ruined".

 

[The_Squire]

Was it me or am correct in thinking that Lineker was on the screen for less time this year, not that I'm complaining.

 

[CrapHacker]

I think he's getting better

 

[thecraw]

Hes a useless pie!

End of discussion.