Fore Right
Well-known member
Sounds like it was better, will give it a watch tonight 
sjw
Well-known member
Oh, the other thing that I think is really stupid is how they keep saying "in TGL competitive history". It's on it's 4th week!
"We've never had a hole-in-one in TGL competitive history" Yeah well done Sherlock
"We've never had a hole-in-one in TGL competitive history" Yeah well done Sherlock
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Gave it the full 2 hours tonight, never really grabbed my attention but it was better than previous weeks.
Wife came in and said it was rubbish.
It does feel a bit
but with better tournament sponsors... 
Wife came in and said it was rubbish.
It does feel a bit
but with better tournament sponsors... sunshine
Well-known member
The commentary team are straight from the movie Dodgeball
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
That’s a bold strategy Cotton…
Petercool
Member
They need more novelty things.
I'd like to have a thing where they can get an audience member and a celebrity to have 1 shot or even putt that they call on the other team.
they 100% need a better commentator on the ground. Even a funny man
sunshine
Well-known member
I'm seeing a lot of parallels. The sudden death closest to the pin was hyped up as if it was one of the greatest sporting moments of all time. Pepper needs new shorts.
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
But was there a two on one, menage-a-trois of pain?
sjw
Well-known member
Yeah, the nearest the pin was poor. I'm not really sure why they can't just have ties, but after 15 holes to settle it all with four shots? Seemed a bit of an afterthought
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Americans don't like a draw (can't bring myself to call it a tie)
Dunesman
Well-known member
Saw a little. Rory was certainly pumped for it and you could see how much it means to him. Equivalent to a win of an Elevated Event at least, and maybe we could see a TGL league win finally being the 5th major and added to players majors count.
SatchFan
Q-School Graduate
Can see TGL getting OWGR points soon if Tiger and Rory have anything to do with it.
evemccc
Well-known member
A fairly realistic option…But if not, they’ll at least get tens of millions of PIP money for TGL
sjw
Well-known member
From my nan...
So there you go, detractors. The voice of authority has spoken
So there you go, detractors. The voice of authority has spoken
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pendodave
Tour Rookie
There's a decent summary of the actual live experience on the most recent shotgun start podcast.
Tl:dl - it's possibly better live than in the telly, which considering it's a made for TV product is kind of damning with faint praise.
Tl:dl - it's possibly better live than in the telly, which considering it's a made for TV product is kind of damning with faint praise.
SteveW86
Head Pro
Not a good look for the Full Swing equipment to see players using the GC Quad whilst practising to calibrate themselves to the system
Mel Smooth
Hacker
evemccc
Well-known member
Read that Fleetwood has a complete misread from the sim, and as for this....
I tried to watch the few mins of highlights this morning on the Sky Sports YouTube highlights….I barely lasted 90 seconds —- maybe this is something that is better not in ‘highlights’ form, but it seemed so disjointed, lacklustre, lacking in atmosphere for starters…100% not for me
Swango1980
Well-known member
I forgot it was on, and I won't be rushing to watch it on repeat. It was interesting the first night, but watching episodes after that (albeit in fast forward) is just got very very samey. Just feels like you are tuning in to see 6 guys having a bit of banter on a simulator (which is exactly what you are doing). I'm desperately trying to figure out what aspects of it will generate constant engagement from the TV viewers. It doesn't have:
- Reward - watching people genuinely happy for achieving something
- Jeopardy - seeing people fighting for survival, and the emotions of achieving or failing
- Audience participation - like a game show, where the audience can even try and answer questions at home that are being asked to the people on TV
- Love Interest - I'm just making stuff up now, like people tuning in to watch a Golf Love Island
- Comedy - Having someone that can make you laugh throughout, which sort of happened every time Kevin Kisner had a shot to play in fairness.
Dunesman
Well-known member
It seems we have broadly four strata of golf entertainment then, from the almost throw-away homemade at one end, to serious golf at the other. Increasing from the trivial to the serious sport :I forgot it was on, and I won't be rushing to watch it on repeat. It was interesting the first night, but watching episodes after that (albeit in fast forward) is just got very very samey. Just feels like you are tuning in to see 6 guys having a bit of banter on a simulator (which is exactly what you are doing). I'm desperately trying to figure out what aspects of it will generate constant engagement from the TV viewers. It doesn't have:
I ask myself, why should I watch it again? I genuinely can't think of one good reason why I should.
- Reward - watching people genuinely happy for achieving something
- Jeopardy - seeing people fighting for survival, and the emotions of achieving or failing
- Audience participation - like a game show, where the audience can even try and answer questions at home that are being asked to the people on TV
- Love Interest - I'm just making stuff up now, like people tuning in to watch a Golf Love Island
- Comedy - Having someone that can make you laugh throughout, which sort of happened every time Kevin Kisner had a shot to play in fairness.
- Youtubers : 'characters' and personalties playing totally inconsequential golf, but the entertainment is in any banter, chat, enterainment they can muster, almost in the manner of Have I got News for You, or A Question of Sport. Internet/Youtube, almost Tiktok category stuff. It has been a new territory in very recent years. Whether the interest and clicks will sustain, I would not assume. It has a newness, and feeds some demand for light golf oriented entertainment, but there is only so many times people want to see nobodies playing against each other. It may wane.
- TGL : not much more than the above, but with the novelty of home-sim golf, and the big names, some of who can leverage personality and a chance for a glimpse behind the serious sportsmen. Light TV type stuff. Whether the hybrid golf heavy but inconsequential game play can succeed is to be seen. I am guessing not.
- LIV. Top golfers playing real golf courses, but essentially for nothing of consequence. Carries over some of the razmataz, lounders, fake teams type TV game show element, but in the end is just a bubblegum meal, as no wins or winners are ever going to rank in a true sporting sense. Probably just in a holding pattern until the famous 'deal' is done.
- The proper tours. The worlds best playing for trophies, legacies, and records that matter is always going to have its place. Prone to the accusations of boring, slow, automotons without character, but then that comes with the territory of playing for something that means something. Appeal will limited somewhat, and attempts to widen its appeal are probably pointless. It is what it is, but to some extent its very nature of serious golf means it can never expand beyond niche.
The first three are the new disruptors, trying to 'grow the game', its audience, and money making potential. The fourth will always be there. Is there a future in any of the first three long term ? Like the Chinese premier when asked what he though about the French revolution - "too soon to tell".
