USPGA Championship 2015 Thread

[sawtooth]

Was good to see Rory showing no obvious physical effects on the ankle, was certainly bombing that driver - almost driving that 361 yarder. Had to give up about 20 past 11 but glad to see he stayed in the red. Hopefully the BBC will have the early coverage on today as well then, otherwise Rors and Spieth will be finished before SKY starts.

Yes very well played by Rory considering his lack of preparation.

 

[garyinderry]

. Hopefully the BBC will have the early coverage on today as well then, otherwise Rors and Spieth will be finished before SKY starts.

BBC are not covering it afaik.

 

[delc]

BBC are not covering it afaik.

Unfortunately!

 

[FairwayDodger]

Was good to see Rory showing no obvious physical effects on the ankle, was certainly bombing that driver - almost driving that 361 yarder. Had to give up about 20 past 11 but glad to see he stayed in the red. Hopefully the BBC will have the early coverage on today as well then, otherwise Rors and Spieth will be finished before SKY starts.

Rory/Jordan/Zach will be the featured group on the red button this afternoon.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

That coverage last night was poor - it's a major and they focused on one group only - we failed to see the majority of the field. A grouping including Johnson and Spieth isn't a thrilling group to watch and the commentary was poor and I gave up at 9ish. The BBC has been given endless stick over the Open and Women's Open but IMO it's clear their coverage is far superior in every way.

Everyone kept saying how much better Sky would be covering the golf - well last night wasn't evidence of that

 

[garyinderry]

Is it fair to blame sky. they are taking the American feed. They apologised and said this is the American formula of following a major group.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Is it fair to blame sky. they are taking the American feed. They apologised and said this is the American formula of following a major group.

What was the problem? Seemed OK to me. They concentrated on the marquee group but still saw plenty of other action. You can't see every shot played by every player.

 

[garyinderry]

Even sky were admitting that they 'could' be showing you other golf while we watched the main group stand about in the fairway.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Is it fair to blame sky. they are taking the American feed. They apologised and said this is the American formula of following a major group.

Not for all of it but the commentary you can and why not a live program following the groups earlier instead of only seeing half the field - in fact we only saw about 1 tenth of the field if that play.

Let's be honest if that was BBC then the toys would be firmly thrown out of the cot

There should be no concentration on any group until the final day.

 

[delc]

Is it fair to blame sky. they are taking the American feed. They apologised and said this is the American formula of following a major group.

They could use their own cameras and commentators, rather than relying on the rubbish the U.S. Media put out!

 

[FairwayDodger]

They could use their own cameras and commentators, rather than relying on the rubbish the U.S. Media put out!

Could they? Could every broadcaster worldwide send their own camera team? I think not!

 

[alexbrownmp]

Is it fair to blame sky. they are taking the American feed. They apologised and said this is the American formula of following a major group.

wont that apply for all PGA events?

so all the hand wringing and bleating about the beeb over the wonderful SKY coverage was maybe a bit hasty.

 

[FairwayDodger]

wont that apply for all PGA events?

so all the hand wringing and bleating about the beeb over the wonderful SKY coverage was maybe a bit hasty.

The big difference is that when Sky cover the Open they will be the host broadcaster so not hostage to the US feed. Until we see what happens then we're comparing apples and oranges.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The big difference is that when Sky cover the Open they will be the host broadcaster so not hostage to the US feed. Until we see what happens then we're comparing apples and oranges.

Yet that didn't seem to be the case when the critisim of BBC was going on - it appeared that people posted with a certain guarantee that Sky would do it better. There was no waiting to see what happens then

 

[Piece]

That coverage last night was poor - it's a major and they focused on one group only - we failed to see the majority of the field. A grouping including Johnson and Spieth isn't a thrilling group to watch and the commentary was poor and I gave up at 9ish. The BBC has been given endless stick over the Open and Women's Open but IMO it's clear their coverage is far superior in every way.

Everyone kept saying how much better Sky would be covering the golf - well last night wasn't evidence of that

Surprising post, considering your knowledge on TV coverage! Sky is taking US feed and is bound by that. BBC control The Open coverage. Different things, so a poor comparison.

If you want to compare, the match-up The Masters coverage.

 

[pbrown7582]

Yet that didn't seem to be the case when the critisim of BBC was going on - it appeared that people posted with a certain guarantee that Sky would do it better. There was no waiting to see what happens then

Do you not believe sky will do open coverage better than the BBC? I certainly do.

 

[Spuddy]

Yet that didn't seem to be the case when the critisim of BBC was going on - it appeared that people posted with a certain guarantee that Sky would do it better. There was no waiting to see what happens then

Most of the critiscisim was subjective and came down to whether or not people liked or disliked Peter Alyss. The rest related to broadcast times, particuarly on the Monday. I've no idea what the schedule will be like on Sky for the Open but there won't be any less coverage and I quite like most of the commentators.

 

[TheDiablo]

Yet that didn't seem to be the case when the critisim of BBC was going on - it appeared that people posted with a certain guarantee that Sky would do it better. There was no waiting to see what happens then

I wasn't one criticising the BBC (in fact I enjoyed the coverage) - but is there a sport that SKY has taken from terrestrial TV and not dramatically improved the coverage? People could use that as a base for an assumption that The Open coverage will also improve when it moves across.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Surprising post, considering your knowledge on TV coverage! Sky is taking US feed and is bound by that. BBC control The Open coverage. Different things, so a poor comparison.

If you want to compare, the match-up The Masters coverage.

The Masters coverage was better on the BBC both Saturday and Sunday night - at times the BBC were showing live golf whilst Sky were interviewing or speaking to someone in the studio or repeats or adverts

Couple of our members are in Florida right now - they were watching Live golf in the U.S. whilst Sky were showing re runs from yester years.

 

[Piece]

Most of the critiscisim was subjective and came down to whether or not people liked or disliked Peter Alyss. The rest related to broadcast times, particuarly on the Monday. I've no idea what the schedule will be like on Sky for the Open but there won't be any less coverage and I quite like most of the commentators.

Agree, it's down to personal preference. BBC coverage does well and so does Sky. I just prefer Sky as for me it's more up-to-date and dynamic where as BBC is a bit stuck in the past.