Leereed
Head Pro
Golf on since 8 o'clock and seen about 25 minutes of golf.advert after advert and interview's or talking in studio. American coverage is CRAP.
Sky coverage
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Deleted member 16999
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Agreed, not watching it after last night, spent the majority of the night following Woods, behind him Watson, Woods finishes 18, Watson drives off the 18th tee and coverage finishes!!!! WTF
bozza
Journeyman Pro
Yeah that's the problem with the American feeds from the Golf Channel/NBC/CBS.
They have adverts every 10mins or so, so Sky have to try fill the gaps.
They have adverts every 10mins or so, so Sky have to try fill the gaps.
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Deleted member 15344
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They had the majority of their coverage watching Harry the Hacker
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Not Sky's fault. Can only go with the feed from the US host and the American networks are notorious for punctuating most events with a plethora of adverts. Sky have to fill somehow
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Hey, let's ensure Sky get the Open though as they pay the most, sorry, they cover golf so well....
KJT123
Head Pro
Can't Sky try and buy the rights to broadcast the PGA Tour themselves? Instead of relying on CBS/Golf Channel?
winty57
Assistant Pro
Sky coverage of European Tour is excellent 3 hours a day, been great this year so far, but thats ok for us that can watch during the day!
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
No, the PGATour have broadcast rights all sewn up.
As for all of todays social media snippets about should The Open be taken from BBC, it is an event, a product, that ultimately has a price so who ever bids the most will get it. So not quite being ripped from the BBC like a child from a despairing mother like so many would have you believe. The BBC would rather spend its (read your licence fee) money on Z list want to be celebrities dancing and some average joes singing and labek it entertainment. If they lose The Open it will be because they didnt protect it by investing in it.
Golf is in decline no matter who broadcasts, thats the sad reality.
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Deleted member 15344
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Or the BBC has to cater for everyone and not just sports/golf fans
The BBC can't have dedicated sports channels
The singing dancing programs etc have millions upon millions of viewers every week - that's what the license viewing public want to see
The BBC will be priced out of it by R&A
The R&A don't need to whore themselves out to the highest bidder.
By being on BBC it's open to everyone license payer - by going to Sky then you restrict the audience -
Will the R&A substitute maximum exposure for money - think they will
The BBC can't have dedicated sports channels
The singing dancing programs etc have millions upon millions of viewers every week - that's what the license viewing public want to see
The BBC will be priced out of it by R&A
The R&A don't need to whore themselves out to the highest bidder.
By being on BBC it's open to everyone license payer - by going to Sky then you restrict the audience -
Will the R&A substitute maximum exposure for money - think they will
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
My point was that the BBC makes a choice about where the money goes and golf is not it. Cut it any way but even with 9 or 10 million watching these programmes (peak) still means more people not watching them. Semantics, yes. Reality, yes.
Course they will go for money, thats the nature of the beast. I am not arguing the point, merely saying that its a product that has a price and the BBC have the option, no matter how practical/impractical, to make a bid for it as do not only Sky, we need to keep an eye on BT in amongst all of this now - they really want to bid with the big boys nowif the latest PL rights rumours are true.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Should be OK tomorrow then as they won't be following Woods. When are the Americans going to realise that he is a has been and is not worth following anymore.
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Deleted member 16999
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You're correct and the sooner they do adverts and earn money, the sooner they can start bidding properly!
colint
Tour Rookie
Maybe when thread on golf forums like this one stop attracting 15 pages of comments ? The fact is, like it or not, people tune in to watch Tiger, especially in the US, which means they can charge more for advertising. Tiger is story no matter how he's playing
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Deleted member 16999
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No issue with them following Tiger, it was more the point that for 4 hours they had also showed the following group then cut it off with them coming up the 18th.
richart
Major Champion
Watching Tiger shoot 82 is much more fun than watching some journeyman pro shoot 69.
BTatHome
Tour Winner
R&A clearly don't have targets to hit in terms to viewers, just get the money in their pocket. So what sort of viewer figures does sky golf coverage actually get? It must surely be a fraction of the bbc .... Ryder cup figures show that sky said over 4M watched their channel during its time ... of course carefully worded statement didn't actually say that 4M were watching at any one time, they simply pointed out that 4M watched the channel during the one month that it was the golf channel !
Ethan
Money List Winner
Try watching golf in the US. It is terrible with many more breaks and inserts. Not to mention their Tiger fetish and inane commentary. It makes Sky look like it is directed by Spielberg and the Sky commentators sound like poets. Sky does a pretty good job with the material available.
srixon 1
Journeyman Pro
Would you watch football if the only player they showed was Ronaldo, even when he didn't have the ball.
It takes more than one player to make a golf tournament. Rather than show Tiger walking down the fairway for 30 seconds or longer they could cut to another player and show his shot.
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Deleted member 15344
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The BBC have peaks around 3-4mil for the open - no sky golf event has that I'm led to believe
