FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
No, definitely not! That was just laughable.
Seriously though, can anyone come up with a decent question to ask at that time? It'd be interesting to hear.
The worst interview question of 2012 ??
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No, definitely not! That was just laughable.
Seriously though, can anyone come up with a decent question to ask at that time? It'd be interesting to hear.
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
I'd maybe just try something like....
Adam, commiserations, I can't imagine what's going through your mind right now. Is there anything you'd like to say?
And then just let him go.
Adam, commiserations, I can't imagine what's going through your mind right now. Is there anything you'd like to say?
And then just let him go.
RGDave
Money List Winner
That's the way.
We've got Olympics soon (whatever they are)....I can see it now.
"So, Usain, you got DQd again, leaving those blocks before the gun didn't really help you at all, did it?"
and add, have you considered your future with your handler Steve yet?
bobmac
Major Champion
The trouble nowadays it's fashionable to lead the person with the question .....how happy are you that you won?
How sad are you after 3 bogies ?
How angry are you
How disappointed are you
etc etc
DaveM
Tour Winner
Yes I knew what was coming to.
Guess you could ask. What did Steve think, when you blew it?
Guess you could ask. What did Steve think, when you blew it?
Junior
Tour Winner
I agree with the OP, but in addition . . . .
What would you have asked Luke on teh range and Adam Scott after what had happened ??
It's their job, they have to ask questions . . . .but what as viewers do you want to know ???
What would you have asked Luke on teh range and Adam Scott after what had happened ??
It's their job, they have to ask questions . . . .but what as viewers do you want to know ???
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Hazel is generally quite good IMO.
She seemed to lose it a bit at end of play, there seemed to be quite a bit of background noise in the studio.
Is the stoopid question woman the new Breakfast sports person? Sounds like her.
I thought the commentry team was quite good this year. I like Cotter, Grady, Brown and Howler. Slack Alliss seems to be fading into the sunset, thankfully.
She seemed to lose it a bit at end of play, there seemed to be quite a bit of background noise in the studio.
Is the stoopid question woman the new Breakfast sports person? Sounds like her.
I thought the commentry team was quite good this year. I like Cotter, Grady, Brown and Howler. Slack Alliss seems to be fading into the sunset, thankfully.
Mary
Head Pro
I think it's a bit unfair to lump Hazel Irvine in the same category (abysmal) as the woman who was interviewing the players. I think that on the whole Hazel isn't too bad, and I'd certainly rather have her in this role than Gary Linekar.
Don't know where they got that woman from, but she was certainly cringe worthy.
I liked Faldo's commentary, insightful, and much better without the cheesy jokes he does on the American network.
Don't know where they got that woman from, but she was certainly cringe worthy.
I liked Faldo's commentary, insightful, and much better without the cheesy jokes he does on the American network.
jdchelsea
Head Pro
nearly as good as on friday (i think) on 909 when they asked snedeker:
When you won the Farmers Insurance trophy did you win a combine harvester?
to which he replied "no I won a surf board"
off the wall but not without comic value
When you won the Farmers Insurance trophy did you win a combine harvester?
to which he replied "no I won a surf board"
off the wall but not without comic value
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Gary Earacher, goodness he was just the pits.
You can't even compare him to Hazel.
I think the men who do not like her are generally the kind of bald headed high handicap bores who prop up the club bar re-telling 10 year old dirty jokes.
You can't even compare him to Hazel.
I think the men who do not like her are generally the kind of bald headed high handicap bores who prop up the club bar re-telling 10 year old dirty jokes.
PhilTheFragger
Provider of Entertainment for the Golfing Gods 🙄
Its a bit like asking Smiffy if he played like a Knob
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mcbroon
Journeyman Pro
Lineker was abysmal.
I'm not bald (yet) and don't prop up the club bar telling any jokes whatsoever but I still don't like Hazel Irvine. I hate the way she pronounces Jack Nicklaus as Jack Nick-louse, and the way she says day-boo instead of debut.
As for the question in the OP - the BBC's continuing infantilisation of golf (see Dan Walker) needs a serious review.
sev112
Tour Winner
i'm so pleased this thread is on here and it's not just me - i nearly told her to f*** off myself !
What then made me cring eeven more - she's got AS there, asks a stupid question, and then spends almost a 1/3 of the time, saying rubbish that " all of australia is really proud of you and youve given us such a great timne thsi week and on and on and on .."
So, he's really glad that she told him that, and evereyone is going to tell him that ad infinitum. She is supposed to be an interviewer of an important national broadcaster and ask questions, not spend our taxpayers money time licking his arse.
What then made me cring eeven more - she's got AS there, asks a stupid question, and then spends almost a 1/3 of the time, saying rubbish that " all of australia is really proud of you and youve given us such a great timne thsi week and on and on and on .."
So, he's really glad that she told him that, and evereyone is going to tell him that ad infinitum. She is supposed to be an interviewer of an important national broadcaster and ask questions, not spend our taxpayers money time licking his arse.
Paul_Stewart
Tour Rookie
Some of the BBC questioning was definitely around Sky Sports News level. It is a standing joke at their offices at Isleworth that to work on SSN, you have to have more teeth than brain cells.
Finding a decent journalist to ask proper questions is not difficult and it's not down to BBC cuts. You just employ a proper journalist in the first place and not some ex-sports star who is trying to cross sports and costs about 10x as much as a real reporter anyway.
So what questions would YOU have asked Adam Scott?
"Obviously the ending you would not have wanted, can you talk us through the final four holes? Was it bad swings, the occasion or something else that caused it?"
"Where do you go from here in terms of your career? Rory McIlroy came straight back to win the next major after his 2011 Masters adventures."
"Your club selection on 18 - was it that dickhead of a caddie's choice for a 3-wood?"
OK maybe not quite that wording on the last one!
Finding a decent journalist to ask proper questions is not difficult and it's not down to BBC cuts. You just employ a proper journalist in the first place and not some ex-sports star who is trying to cross sports and costs about 10x as much as a real reporter anyway.
So what questions would YOU have asked Adam Scott?
"Obviously the ending you would not have wanted, can you talk us through the final four holes? Was it bad swings, the occasion or something else that caused it?"
"Where do you go from here in terms of your career? Rory McIlroy came straight back to win the next major after his 2011 Masters adventures."
"Your club selection on 18 - was it that dickhead of a caddie's choice for a 3-wood?"
OK maybe not quite that wording on the last one!
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Sorry but the worst interview question of 2012 was when someone (Michael Vaughan?) interviewed Tiger at The Masters and didn't know how many times he'd won it!!!
... found a link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/go...s-a-minute-after-they-had-had-a-bad-hole.html
... found a link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/go...s-a-minute-after-they-had-had-a-bad-hole.html
Sorry but the worst interview question of 2012 was when someone (Michael Vaughan?) interviewed Tiger at The Masters and didn't know how many times he'd won it!!!
... found a link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/go...s-a-minute-after-they-had-had-a-bad-hole.html
Totally agree that this was toe curlingly embarrassing but the girl interviewing Scott was close behind. Simply not up toi the task. Heck why not give the GM guys a mike and let them ask the questions viewers want to know
Patrick57
Head Pro
I think she should have asked him if his pulled putt on the 18th was a case of the yips and how he felt when it didn't find the hole.
Patrick57
Head Pro
I think Snedeker's interview after round two was also great stuff. "Do you know you haven't had a bogey or even been in one of the 200 odd bunkers yet."
I'm sure he was trying to stay in the present and those facts were just history. I'm sure that night that sentence must've been ringing in his ears all night. The next day the crowd started saying to him,
"hey Sneddy, you still haven't been in a bunker etc"
Its ''Reverse Psychology and plays with your head. I once had a partner who used very tactical RP with me, "I bet you sink that one, you haven't missed one that length all day."
It doesn't matter how strong willed you are these tactics get into a players head.
I'm sure he was trying to stay in the present and those facts were just history. I'm sure that night that sentence must've been ringing in his ears all night. The next day the crowd started saying to him,
"hey Sneddy, you still haven't been in a bunker etc"
Its ''Reverse Psychology and plays with your head. I once had a partner who used very tactical RP with me, "I bet you sink that one, you haven't missed one that length all day."
It doesn't matter how strong willed you are these tactics get into a players head.
malincanada
Newbie
I can't believe we still haven't managed to get the name of this cretin!!
I'm in Vancouver, Canada so obviously I have the US coverage. They cut into the interview without a lead in and when she dropped that clanger I nearly threw something at the screen!
They then cut back to the US presenters and they say "Adam Scott there, talking to the BBC" and I nearly spit out my tea!!
I couldn't believe that it was a BBC reporter uttering those words. I had to rewind and listen to her voice again. I was thinking "That wasn't Hazel was it?!" and happily it wasn't.
But I digress...WHO IS SHE?!!
START THE WITCH-HUNT!!!
I'm in Vancouver, Canada so obviously I have the US coverage. They cut into the interview without a lead in and when she dropped that clanger I nearly threw something at the screen!
They then cut back to the US presenters and they say "Adam Scott there, talking to the BBC" and I nearly spit out my tea!!
I couldn't believe that it was a BBC reporter uttering those words. I had to rewind and listen to her voice again. I was thinking "That wasn't Hazel was it?!" and happily it wasn't.
But I digress...WHO IS SHE?!!
START THE WITCH-HUNT!!!
