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06-21-2015, 04:28 PM
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This whole mess has gotten me thinking about what Lee Trevino said about the USGA (which is the governing body of our Open). He said when he retired he wanted a job there, where "Dandruff on a blue blazer and gravy on a necktie" was the norm.
While I applaud the USGA for looking for venues normally accessible for public golfers (like Bethpage), this Open looks to the casual golfer/fan as if it's being played in some 'stan country. The imagery is pretty poor and a poor representation of what golf can and should look like here. But that's just my opinion. As for the golf, and I have watched enough Opens to understand the nature of the suffering, it makes me think our foreign guests must be thinking "Is this the best they can do?". I know there's a drought out west but plating off of lint and putting over poa annua should not be the showcase for our Open. And FOX is not ready for prime time golf coverage. Please.
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06-21-2015, 05:20 PM
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06-22-2015, 08:35 AM
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 They make sports worse imho, not better. They throw together inexperienced people and think it will work by using flash. A big thumb downThen there is this. http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/look...n-ratings.html
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06-22-2015, 10:06 AM
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ESPN First Take B team is mentioning Tiger Woods more than Jordan Spieth.
Speculating that he won't accomplish half of what Tiger has done while at the same time completely overlooking the things Tiger didn't do at this young man's age. I can't stand this show. They are just a bunch of pandering morons trying to prop up the past. Tiger is finished.
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06-22-2015, 10:15 AM
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I wonder how good he can get again if he ate his pride and went back to his early coach ? Harmon ?
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06-22-2015, 11:24 AM
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Answering my own question  :http://gottlieb.radio.cbssports.com/...-tigers-swing/
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06-22-2015, 11:42 AM
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Ian Poulter slams USGA:
>>>"It is disgraceful that the @USGA hasn't apologized about the greens,'' he wrote. "They simply have said 'we are thrilled the course condition this week.' It wasn't a bad golf course, In fact it played well and was playable. "What wasn't playable were the green surfaces. If this was a regular PGA tour event lots of players would have withdrawn and gone home on Wednesday, but players won't do that for a major. They were simply the worst most disgraceful surface I have ever seen on any tour in all the years I have played. The US Open deserves better than that.''<<< http://espn.go.com/golf/usopen15/sto...ns-disgraceful Pic of the greens: https://instagram.com/p/4Nmq2zpg2V/
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06-22-2015, 12:23 PM
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Hot air: Fox gets beginner's luck, bumbles thrilling U.S. Open finish, Jordan Spieth victory
...." And then on 16 hole when Spieth made the long birdie putt that would put him three up on the field, there was nothing but silence from lead broadcasters Joe Buck and Greg Norman. Replay. Replay. Silence. When Buck finally prodded Norman, he spit out the worst three words a lead analyst can say in any circumstance. “I’m actually speechless,” Norman actually said before trying to catch-up. And by the way, we are still waiting for someone – anyone – to analyze the final Spieth and Johnson putts on 18. Unfortunately, Fox played catch-up all day." http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/gol...th-victory.ece
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06-22-2015, 10:20 AM
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I thought the coverage was pretty bad, but tried to recognize any positives. Fox has always been progressive when it comes to graphics. I thought the ball tracker off the tee box was cool, but the production was bad, in that they never switched angles fast enough to get the end of the shot. The exact distances from the ball to the hole whether in the fairway or on the green were pretty nifty as well.
This US Open was going to look awful on any network, and I was glad to not have to deal with Johnny Miller (just a matter of preference) but Greg Norman was abysmal. He is a ridiculous, self-absorbed shill and the rest of the team was pretty dreadful too. Buck was surprisingly tolerable to me, mainly because he didn't talk that much.
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06-22-2015, 11:10 AM
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Players takes on this years US Open. The greens.
http://www.sbnation.com/golf/2015/6/...eens-criticism
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06-22-2015, 11:15 AM
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