Grieve14
Head Pro
I find it amusing that so many people are getting worked up about Mark Crossfield!
Lest Westwood on Close House Filly Course
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Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
I think at this stage the European Tour need him as much as he needs them. As others have said, they need to cultivate the social media world as part of the drive to promote the game and their tournaments with the younger (and some of the older) generation.
All they will be bothered about is the number of subscribers he has to his you tube channel, and he is a big player in that field at the moment. How he acts is probably not a big consideration at this stage, and the players to some extent do what they are told to do by their sponsors as part of the appearance fee or conditions of playing in that tournament. But agree if the tour players continually find him a pain he could find it a bit harder to get access or any decent one on one time with them. Which I imagine is the ultimate goal for him.
Duckster
Tour Rookie
I've been keeping quiet on this one as I've nothing really against Crossfield, as others have mentioned he's found his little niche. But lets be serious here. The European Tour needs him?? Come on. Really?? Is he actually doing anything to promote the European Tour, also, don't get confused with promoting golf in general or putting his course Vlogs and getting it to the younger masses as promoting the European Tour. Promoting himself, definitely. He got to go to Turkey / Close House etc.. and get decent access pretty much on the back of Your Golf Travel having a close relationship with ISM. If it was me in his position I'd be doing the same thing. Plus isn't he tied in the the Golf Juice thing on Sky. Get as much work / exposure / money as possible.
Personally, I've watched bits of the Close House stuff and if you think that Westwood is in a right mood with him then you're watching a different set of vids to me. Crossfield might not be top of his Christmas card list, but I get the feeling that Westwood has had to put up with worse. Lets be honest here, Westwood will have known what he was getting into waaaaaay before the 1st tee and had agreed to do it.
JV24601
Head Pro
I find your post amusing as I can't see anybody stating that they're worked up.
I see lots of posts of people finding him annoying and disliking him, equal to those who like him.
I'd love to remind all that I am not right here, nor am I wrong. It's simply my opinion. Nobody - no matter how eloquently they put something, or how good at golf they are, or are how many forum posts they've made on here - is right or wrong. It is just people's opinions being banded about and I suggest people bear that in mind before logging on and reading posts.
Svenska
Assistant Pro
Not quite the same as Westwood playing a normal course but last Friday I played in a winter series tournament at my home course Hinckley GC and Paul Broadhurst was playing in it. Using it as practice for some upcoming events on the senior ET. Anyway the conditions were atrocious due to strong win and torrential rain but Broady was 5 under through 6 holes and then must have grinded out the rest of the holes to finish with a 66 gross (5 under). It was played off the back tees but a few holes were shorter to encourage the pro players to take on a few shots.
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
When I said European Tour I kind of meant the game in Europe generally really, so possibly I didn't word it very well. He does provide exposure to 160,000 followers on You Tube, which I know is not a lot in the whole scheme of things. But golf seems to be less prominent as a main stream media sport now and it seems to be going more to concentrate on the hardcore audience. Which I suspect is where he comes in and how he can help out.
Don't foget as well that Close House is one of Westwoods sponsors so him getting MC there is good promotion for Close House. There are now 15 pages of chatter on here with Close House mentioned on every one. MC videos get seen all over, more publicity for Close House. All of this leads to a renewal of Westwoods deal with Close House. This is as much in his interests as it is MC. This is all great publicity for Close House (6 mentions in one post. Does that get me a free 4 ball?)
JV24601
Head Pro
Which course are you referring to Lord, out of interest?
Having played both I would rather play the Colt. Tough on a wild driving day but altogether more interesting. If your driving is off then Filly please.
If the post is sarcastic then Doh, I've been done :rofl:. I was going to ask you to be one of the 4 as well.
If the post is sarcastic then Doh, I've been done :rofl:. I was going to ask you to be one of the 4 as well.
chellie
Tour Winner
Haven't watched the videos but do find the pairs tweets have got really childish. I don't need to know that he needs a wee.
JV24601
Head Pro
Sorry!!Ditto, I have just unfollowed Crossfield on Twitter for that exact reason, nothing if rarely is there anything informative any more, just constant childish pranks, almost stealing a living now.
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Is it just me or are Crossfields vlogs getting very hard work now. It's just constant childish giggling at in jokes that I am sure are very funny if you are there. But to someone watching on youtube is mostly quite painful. Sad to see Locky now being basically relegated to a stooge to Crossfields 'sense of humour' .
Rick and Pete's are miles ahead now.
Rick and Pete's are miles ahead now.
