Golfmmad
Tour Winner
That is so disrespectful.
He was the voice of golf right up to his last broadcast.
No one even comes close.
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That is so disrespectful.
He was the voice of golf right up to his last broadcast.
No one even comes close.
hairball_89
Club Champion
For who? Not for me. @sunshine's comments mirror my thoughts exactly.
Golfmmad
Tour Winner
If you don't see those comments as disrespectful, I'm lost for words.
sunshine
Well-known member
Nothing disrespectful at all. Maybe he was a great commentator in the 70s and 80s, I really don't know, sounds like you are viewing with rose tinted specs. It became embarrassing listening to his incoherent rambling. When the BBC covered the USPGA a few years ago it was a total shambles, should have pensioned him off 20 years ago.
stefanovic
Medal Winner
He introduced so many people to golf with TV programs like the Pro-celebrity Golf Challenge which ran for about 10 years, and A Round with Alliss.
He was still commentating nearly to the end of his life aged 89.
It seems we will never hear anyone like him again in an age when commentators in any sport have to be so pc and quite frankly, boring.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
He was just giving his opinion, just like you, it's nothing to do with respect for goodness sake.
Crow
Crow Person
I'd say withholding ones very negative opinion about someone who has died within the last year was a mark of respect.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
It's not as if he called him a kiddie-fiddler. He just said his commentary was a bit dated. Sheesh.
Golfmmad
Tour Winner
Of course it is. The fact that he recently passed I'd have thought words like dinosaur were a bit harsh.
Everybody's entitled to their opinion but legends like Peter Aliss deserve better.
I wasn't into golf 20years ago so can only speak of him in his latter years.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Why should he modify his opinion of someone just because the subject died? That would make him somewhat hypocritical wouldn't it?
Crow
Crow Person
I suppose that's one way of reading "he talked utter drivel and was a hopelessly out of touch dinosaur".
(Ever thought if a career in politics?
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Was speaking to.my mate today who had just come back from The open as a guest of the R&A, he said the fairways and greens were still heavily watered, despite the rain the south of the UK has had in recent weeks. Would have been interesting if they gave managed to get it firmer according to him
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Biggleswade Blue
Head Pro
It was pretty interesting anyway!
sunshine
Well-known member
So you only heard him in the last 20 years and still consider him a legend?
If anything,,. it was the BBC who showed a lack of respect by keeping him on air when he clearly no longer followed the game and had no idea about the players.
PhilTheFragger
Provider of Entertainment for the Golfing Gods 🙄
So you only heard him in the last 20 years and still consider him a legend?
If anything,,. it was the BBC who showed a lack of respect by keeping him on air when he clearly no longer followed the game and had no idea about the players.
I think that this is a case of “ if you can’t say something nice then shut it”
Let’s change the subject please
SammmeBee
Journeyman Pro
Grass tends to need water to survive…..
HeftyHacker
Well-known member
Don't links courses quite often pride themselves on their burnt out fairways that give you massive runouts?
SammmeBee
Journeyman Pro
Did you not see any tee shots last week?
theoneandonly
Blackballed
So you only heard him in the last 20 years and still consider him a legend?
If anything,,. it was the BBC who showed a lack of respect by keeping him on air when he clearly no longer followed the game and had no idea about the players.
He was OK, I guess being on the BBC at the height of its golf coverage meant a lot of waffle due to the lack of ad breaks, so we had to put up with stories about Mrs Miggings rock cakes ?. His latter years stuff was all over the shop at times, missing crucial goings on due to his love of an anecdote but at least he wasn't a Paul McGinley!
HeftyHacker
Well-known member
You were questioning why wouldn't they water fairways, and I was giving a reason as to why it would be deemed somewhat unusual for a links course to actually water them - given the supposedly heavy rain in the area in the weeks leading up to the tournament and also that the standard template for a links course in summer is firm fairways with scorched grass on them.
