2014 Masters

• Classyposter58

  

  IggyPride00;1604666 wrote:Scoring was largely pretty bad today.
  
  Augusta loves firm and fast, but firm and fast makes it difficult for charges to happen on Sunday. Water the greens and put the pins in spots that guys can get at them so there is a bit of drama.
  
  Only 7 guys out of a 90 man field broke par. Augusta went through the phase a few years back culminating in Zach Johnson's win where the greens were like a concrete parking lot and it was boring to watch.
  
  I don't want the winner shooting -20, but only 7 guys breaking par tells you they set the course up too hard and sucked the fun out of the tournament.

  It would have been fun if someone not named Bubba got their shit together. Just lame that no one made any sort of charge at all
• reclegend22

  

  Laley23;1604657 wrote:Great tournament. Unfortunately, today was by far these least dramatic. That also probably has to do with CBS inability to cover a golf tournament. Every shot we see outside of the top 4 was a shot we knew would be great. They take all the suspense out of someone making a charge. I know there wasnt one, but the point stands. We didnt see MAJ get to -4 until the putt that did it. We didnt see a lot of guys who made good runs into the top 5 at any point. They faltered, so it didnt matter, but still wouldve rather see them make a run and then watch them give the strokes back more than Bubba and Spieth walking up the fairway for 10 minutes.
  
  On a positive note from the coverage, maybe CC will shut up about the Tiger/CBS hard on he always preaches about. Its just what CBS does, they show those in contention.

  Agree with all of this.
  
  I prefer NBC's coverage of the U.S. Open and British Open myself, as I am more partial to Dan Hicks than Jim Nantz and enjoy the golf analysis of Roger Maltbie and Johnny Miller, even if he is a critical know-it-all who acts like he invented the game. All of those golf analysts are.
  
  It sucks that fucking Fox is covering the U.S. Open this year (I believe). Who the hell is going to cover the event? If it's Joe Buck I'm not sure I'll even watch.
• Laley23

  

  reclegend22;1604833 wrote:Agree with all of this.
  
  I prefer NBC's coverage of the U.S. Open and British Open myself, as I am more partial to Dan Hicks than Jim Nantz and enjoy the golf analysis of Roger Maltbie and Johnny Miller, even if he is a critical know-it-all who acts like he invented the game. All of those golf analysts are.
  
  It sucks that fucking Fox is covering the U.S. Open this year (I believe). Who the hell is going to cover the event? If it's Joe Buck I'm not sure I'll even watch.

  NBC has the best coverage. Their producer, Tommy Roy, is a huge fan of showing as much live Golf as possible. Now, its not exactly easy to do, so you will obviously get some taped stuff from some guys who you dont know or whatever. But he will basically show every birdie putt and long par putt or whatever and every approach from guys who are in contention or are known by the public. It leads to a lot more quick cuts and a lot more drama, as you dont know the result like you do with CBS.
• IggyPride00

  

  Masters ratings were down 25% this year and the lowest since 2004.
  
  Might have been because of the lack of Tiger, but the lack of drama did more to the ratings than anything.
  
  People don't want to watch the Masters play like a U.S Open where only a handful of guys are breaking par. There is no drama, no roars and no excitement with that kind of golf.
  
  Billy Payne needs to get over himself next year and set the course up so guys can score.
• reclegend22

  

  IggyPride00;1604938 wrote:Masters ratings were down 25% this year and the lowest since 2004.
  
  Might have been because of the lack of Tiger, but the lack of drama did more to the ratings than anything.
  
  People don't want to watch the Masters play like a U.S Open where only a handful of guys are breaking par. There is no drama, no roars and no excitement with that kind of golf.
  
  Billy Payne needs to get over himself next year and set the course up so guys can score.

  In addition to the absence of Tiger, the fact that Phil, Sergio, Ernie and Tom Watson (well, he's almost 70 ha) all missed the Friday cut played a huge role in the lack of drama that you discuss. A crazy stat: This year's Masters marked the first since 1994 that neither Phil nor Tiger played the weekend at Augusta.
  
  Maybe next year they can get Happy Gilmore to enter.
• reclegend22

  

  Laley23;1604843 wrote:NBC has the best coverage. Their producer, Tommy Roy, is a huge fan of showing as much live Golf as possible. Now, its not exactly easy to do, so you will obviously get some taped stuff from some guys who you dont know or whatever. But he will basically show every birdie putt and long par putt or whatever and every approach from guys who are in contention or are known by the public. It leads to a lot more quick cuts and a lot more drama, as you dont know the result like you do with CBS.

  Yeah, NBC's coverage is awesome. I've never really sat back to compare the two styles (NBC and CBS) before, but you hit it on the mark. At least NBC still has rights to The Open Championship, which is my favorite event to watch each year anyway.
• wildcats20

  

  NBC doesn't have The Open Championship. It's been on ESPN/ABC for the last several years.
• hilliardfan

  NBC has the Players Championship and the U.S. Open television coverage. ESPN has The Open television coverage and CBS the PGA Championship.
• reclegend22

  

  wildcats20;1604964 wrote:NBC doesn't have The Open Championship. It's been on ESPN/ABC for the last several years.

  Great fact.
  
  I was confusing it with the U.S. Open, apparently. How could I forget Scott Van Pelt's great analysis. ESPN isn't bad, though.
  
  That really sucks that NBC now only holds nothing.
• reclegend22

  

  hilliardfan;1605127 wrote:NBC has the Players Championship and the U.S. Open television coverage. ESPN has The Open television coverage and CBS the PGA Championship.

  I mentioned Fox taking over rights to the U.S. Open in a post above, but apparently that doesn't begin until 2015 (I believe). So hopefully that means one more year with the NBC crew.
• wildcats20

  

  NBC gets all of the team competitions. As well as the early and late season events. They get the FedEx Cup playoffs and pretty much everything up until the Masters. CBS has it's attention on the NFL and NCAA basketball.
  
  NBC gets a decent amount of high profile events.
• wildcats20

  

  And yes, NBC has weekend coverage of the US Open this year. ESPN has Thursday/Friday.
• Laley23

  

  NBC will be showing the Ryder Cup 100% live this year as well, which is awesome. First time ever.
• wildcats20

  

  Laley23;1605209 wrote:NBC will be showing the Ryder Cup 100% live this year as well, which is awesome. First time ever.

  I think it's actually the Golf Channel that will.
• wildcats20

  

  Sorry, the GC has Fridays coverage. NBC has the weekend.
  
  Still fucking awesome.
• reclegend22

  

  wildcats20;1605206 wrote:NBC gets all of the team competitions. As well as the early and late season events. They get the FedEx Cup playoffs and pretty much everything up until the Masters. CBS has it's attention on the NFL and NCAA basketball.
  
  NBC gets a decent amount of high profile events.

  True. I just wish that NBC had a major, which it appears as if they will not after this year.
• wildcats20

  

  I don't see the FOX relationship sticking. So I bet it will be back to NBC in a few years.
• wildcats20

  

  Whoa. Never mind.
  
  It's a 12 year agreement with FOX. Holy shit.
• reclegend22

  

  Yeah, when I read that, I couldn't believe it. Johnny Miller will be dead by the time that NBC has a chance to regain rights.
  
  My question is, Who leads the coverage? Joe Buck? Gus Johnson? That'd be fucking terrible. My guess is Fox has a golf guy lined up or will pluck someone from another network.
• wildcats20

  

  Miller already said he won't jump.
  
  I bet it's a Steve Sands type guy or one of the lesser known GC guys.
• vball10set

  reclegend22;1605220 wrote:Yeah, when I read that, I couldn't believe it. Johnny Miller will be dead by the time that NBC has a chance to regain rights.
  
  My question is, Who leads the coverage? Joe Buck? Gus Johnson? That'd be fucking terrible. My guess is Fox has a golf guy lined up or will pluck someone from another network.

  lol, could you imagine Gus Johnson calling golf???
• reclegend22

  

  I read where Miller said something to the effect that it's a sad day for the USGA that money was more important than a good golf crew. I can't blame his bitter disappointment. NBC had done a great job with the event for more than 20 years.
• reclegend22

  

  vball10set;1605226 wrote:lol, could you imagine Gus Johnson calling golf???

  Lol. No. It'd definitely be like the movie Happy Gilmore.
  
  "Phil Mickelson, from the parking lot! Pure!!!!!!!!!!"
• vball10set

  reclegend22;1605231 wrote:Lol. No. It'd definitely be like the movie Happy Gilmore.
  
  "Phil Mickelson, from the parking lot! Pure!!!!!!!!!!"

  lol, as hard as it would be for the purists, I'd love to see it--if only for a round
• Laley23

  

  Wouldnt be surprised if Whit Watson made the jump. Guy is really good, but at NBC he is stuck behind Dan Hicks.