Masters 2019

[Lord Tyrion]

I get that mate, but do The Masters care about a village in Northumberland anymore than a village in ........(insert any village in any part of the world)
No other event has this, none, but people still moan! (Not aimed at you)

A village, a village the county town of Northumberland I'll have you know. I fully get your point and I also know that live streaming is likely to be the future. I do get frustrated though by broadcasters lumping into live streaming as though it is available to all when it is still quite restrictive. Great in a city, great if you have cable to your house, but for large chunks of others it is poor still and not yet the answer.

In terms of coverage, it is what it is. We know what's on offer, like it or lump it. I'll be there tonight hiding the remote from my wife with the coverage on

 

[Grant85]

Why are you so determined to moan about it? It's a championship on a famous course with all the world's best players in it. Either watch it or don't?

I specifically said I love watching the event, but that doesn't exclude them from legitimate criticism.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Of course there has to be a cut off. There is a realistic capacity as to the number of players a golf tournament can accommodate - at the Open and US Open this is 156 - who all tee off on the 1st.

Now these are both events in the summer with more daylight, so the Masters would probably not be able to accommodate that number, even if they wanted to, without a 2 tee start.

But if they changed the top 50 to top 75 and gave past champions a 10 year exemption, or age 50 exemption, or that they had to have tour status to remain exempt - they'd still have a limited field of 100 or so and probably a more exciting tournament.

Damn the guy in 76th then!
Will the guys in 51st to 75th actually add anything? Or, as it seems it’s the event every Pro seems to rave about and want to play at least once, guys outside the Top 50 have to work harder to get there.

 

[USER1999]

Ok, so I can watch specific players online, and 2 select groups, an amen corner, and 2 other holes. Fine. Fuzzy, and stop starty, but fine.

But, why not do this, and have wire to wire tv coverage.

Then, everyone gets what they want.

The down side to that is?

 

[Lazkir]

I do like the new tracking facility they've added. Seeing a 3D representation of each hole and exactly where each player has hit is a nice addition. (Some of you will probably hate it though).

https://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/track/index.html

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Ok, so I can watch specific players online, and 2 select groups, an amen corner, and 2 other holes. Fine. Fuzzy, and stop starty, but fine.

But, why not do this, and have wire to wire tv coverage.

Then, everyone gets what they want.

The down side to that is?

Maybe because the TV Networks don’t want to pay for it, even for them their will be budgets and financial restraints.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Ok, so I can watch specific players online, and 2 select groups, an amen corner, and 2 other holes. Fine. Fuzzy, and stop starty, but fine.

But, why not do this, and have wire to wire tv coverage.

Then, everyone gets what they want.

The down side to that is?

For the people wanting to watch there is no downside - it won’t happen and I don’t know why . People can watch on telly 13 hours of coverage of all three of the other majors - why can’t Augusta allow people to start watching from the minute it starts on Telly ? What reason is there to restrict it ? So much golf will be missed

 

[USER1999]

I do like the new tracking facility they've added. Seeing a 3D representation of each hole and exactly where each player has hit is a nice addition. (Some of you will probably hate it though).

https://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/track/index.html

Yep, really like that.

All this extra content is great, and well done, but I still don't get why it cannot be done simultaneously with proper tv coverage.

 

[USER1999]

Maybe because the TV Networks don’t want to pay for it, even for them their will be budgets and financial restraints.

Really?

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Really?

Yes, the cost alone of staff, programme rescheduling etc, I don’t believe it’s a simple case of the cameras already being in place.
Plus is it really practical to see every shot by every player on TV, there would be no continuity.

 

[pendodave]

Ok, so I can watch specific players online, and 2 select groups, an amen corner, and 2 other holes. Fine. Fuzzy, and stop starty, but fine.

But, why not do this, and have wire to wire tv coverage.

Then, everyone gets what they want.

The down side to that is?

There's no downside, but the good ol' boys who run the masters like you all to know that they're in charge and you're not.

 

[Dan2501]

Think it's more the Augusta committee aren't willing to sell the rights. Sky have already proven with The Open that they're willing to pay to show Golf all day, so no reason why they couldn't do it for The Masters, ANGC won't let them. It's the one thing that frustrates me most about The Masters, we should get to see way more golf on TV than they allow. The coverage will start at 7 tonight but no live golf until 8, so annoying. At least Featured Groups are streamable I guess.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Really?

The cameras roll from the minute the first honoury tee off happens and then continues all the way - it’s just restricted from being broadcast live , but highlights are available later of the front 9 before 8 Uk time

 

[IanM]

Masters do things their way.... change happens slowly....part of the charm, part of the annoyance...

But I love it. Rationing the TV coverage is daft, but that's the way they do it.

 

[IanM]

but no live golf until 8, so annoying. At least Featured Groups are streamable I guess.

aka .............."Tiger and Phil!"

 

[Pin-seeker]

We get the same whinging from the same people every year.
Just don’t watch it.

But also don’t make a big song and dance about not watching it 👍🏻

 

[Dan2501]

aka .............."Tiger and Phil!"

Not quite. Tiger yeah, but not Phil. These are the Featured Groups:

2.58pm Sergio Garcia, Tony Finau, Henrik Stenson

4.04pm Tiger Woods, Haotong Li, Jon Rahm

6.38pm Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day (Aus)

7.00pm Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey (Eng), Brooks Koepka

Way better than previous years where there have been some stinker groups in the Featured Groups coverage.

 

[USER1999]

We get the same whinging from the same people every year.
Just don’t watch it.

But also don’t make a big song and dance about not watching it 👍🏻

Yep, and the same people just post the same 'suck it up' drivel.

Nothing new here.

 

[rksquire]

Hmm, fuzzy rubbish on the red button, no live coverage til 8 o clock, can't even show the par 3 live, racism, sexism, stuffiness, exclusivity, non inclusiveness, stuck up its passage, patrons, green bus conductors jackets, heck, I could go on all day.

It is easier to say what is to like. It's a major, there are some flowers, there are some golfers, that is about it.

Isn't that just golf traditionally? Granted, it's changing generally, and Augusta National has been slower but is getting there, but these aren't reasons to dislike the Masters alone (lots of clubs and Open venues fall into the same bracket) - they are reasons to dislike golf in general.

 

[bobmac]

Not quite. Tiger yeah, but not Phil. These are the Featured Groups:

2.58pm Sergio Garcia, Tony Finau, Henrik Stenson

4.04pm Tiger Woods, Haotong Li, Jon Rahm

6.38pm Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day (Aus)

7.00pm Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey (Eng), Brooks Koepka

Way better than previous years where there have been some stinker groups in the Featured Groups coverage.

So no.1 and 3 in the world rankings not featured