They showed Norman all the time when he was the top dog. Not likely we'll see any change in the U.S. coverage.
** Your are absolutely correct about Greg Norman. I did hear at one time, that the producer of CBS (I think) liked Greg Norman so they showed him all the time. Wonder why we should re-regulate broadcasting?
Speaking of CBS...anyone see who's on 60 Minutes after the event? None other than Miss Michelle Wie. Should be an interesting show to follow up the main event.
i'll be watching that program as well. i'm interested to see just how "korean" she really is
Lance Barrow is not very good ,matter of fact he is pretty bad.
The coverage wasnt bad the last 18, but this morning ... how do you not show Fred's 2nd to the 15th. He had 10 feet for eagle .... but we didnt see it.
Great Master's though , what a leader board that was really fun
It's b/c Tiger is fun to watch. There is always a good possibility something exciting will happen with him. Maybe he will hole an 8i from 160 yards, or maybe he will hit a drive 100 yards off the fairway (and have a good reaction). He makes great TV.
Tiger was suspiciously absent for long stretches during the afternoon CBS telecast but that just told us he wasn't playing very well and the CBS cameras were elsewhere. CBS got it right this year and the Masters should be proud of the telecast and the Tournament.
It was kinda strange that when they went away from him he hit spectacular shots and they'd come back to him in time to watch him miss a short putt. It happened on 13 and 15 both. I don't believe they even showed the 2nd shot into 15, unless I wasn't paying attention...which could be possible.
Tiger was suspiciously absent for long stretches during the afternoon CBS telecast but that just told us he wasn't playing very well and the CBS cameras were elsewhere. CBS got it right this year and the Masters should be proud of the telecast and the Tournament.
Got it right? Are you kidding? Phil, Phil, Phil, Freddy, Freddy, Freddy--all day long. Phil and Freddy laughing, Phil and Freddy bumping fists, Phil and Freddy hitting great shots, Freddy missing short putts, Phil making putts, Tiger missing putts, Phil and Freddy holding hands--wait! I'm not sure about the holding hands part, but it did get rather intimate!
Actually, it worked out well for CBS because the final group did play great golf shots yesterday. So many shots are shown on tape these days that you really have to be an idiot of a director/producer to miss the good developing story of a tournament. They really did show quite a few different players yesterday, leaguegolf, so in the final analysis, I'll have to grudgingly agree with you!
I didn't see much of Saturday's broadcast. But, I thought Sunday's was great. Most of the Top 10 received decent coverage. The Freddie/Lefty show was enjoyable.
I only wish they would have shown more of Olazabal's 66. What a run. He started the day +2 and finished -4 (T3) with 7 birdies and 1 eagle. Low round of the tournament, AND on Sunday. His iron play must've been knocking down the pin. But, we'll never know.
I like Rocco Mediate, but did anyone else notice him spitting on the course quite a bit? Even on the greens! If there is ever a place where you would refrain from such a thing, wouldn't it be Augusta? (even before your own living room)
Not entirely true, when Olazabal went to -4 be got extensive coverage on the back nine, right up until he finished on the 18th hole. The even talked about some honor he received from the region he's from in Spain. The guy is a two time Masters champion and he made a legitimate run at Phil until his bogie on 16. He got the coverage when he become contender, which in my book is fair.
One of my main pet peeves is when networks cover a golf tournament and focus SO much camera time on a select few golfers, and neglect the rest of the field. This was never so evident on Saturday. Everthing was Tiger, Tiger, Tiger. In fact I'm positive we saw every single stroke by Tiger. I'm surprised that Tim Clark got as much as he did. Other than Tiger, we saw a "smattering" of Goosen, Els, Mickelson, Couples, and about 4 strokes of Harrington, several from Mediate, well you get the idea.
Darren Clarke (-2) got ZERO, Olazabal zero, Mayfair once (-1) Ames (-2) ZERO, Nick O'hern (-1) ZERO. Most of these players are in the red and well in contention.
I'm tired of finding out all the scores of some of my favorite contenders when they show the 3rd page of the leaderboard every 30-45 minutes.
C'mon CBS, there are other players in the field, and your leaving true understanding fans of the game a bit irritated.
I have to disagree with your perspective. Rocco Mediate got considerable coverage at the conclusion of round 3, which was shown on the USA Network Sunday morning. In in the final round he got coverage and right up until his disaster where he shot a 10 on a par 3.
Darren Clarke got some early coverage in Sundays final round, but let's be honest he NEVER really made a run to get into contention, the same could be said for O'Hern, Mayfair, and Ames.
The action in the final round, aside from Olazabel's great round, was at the top of the leaderboard. Before Phil's birdie on the eight there where about five or six guys with a legimate shot at winning. Those guys got most of the coverage.
After Phil went to -6, the only guys with a legimate chance to catch him where within 3 or 4 shots of him. Those are the guys that got most of the T.V. time. On Sunday at the Masters that's the way it should be.
I have to disagree with your perspective. Rocco Mediate got considerable coverage at the conclusion of round 3, which was shown on the USA Network Sunday morning. In in the final round he got coverage and right up until his disaster where he shot a 10 on a par 3.
That was painful to watch, especially since he appeared to making a run at the leaders up until that point...
That was painful to watch, especially since he appeared to making a run at the leaders up until that point...
He got a couple of bad breaks hitting the flag on the ninth hole and at least one more bad break before that. To his credit before that blow up he hung in there pretty good.
And yes, it was painful, it reminded me of a par 3 over water I played last year.
I think you're always gonna have the issue of selected coverage on certain individuals, and that's not gonna change, not even in a major tournament.
What I do personally take issue with is the complete redundency and tidbits of totally useless information. I don't care what Vijay had for dinner the night before, or what Chad Campbell's favorite television show is. But it never fails, many of these guys calling the events always seem to add this worthless, barbershop mantra into the mix.
Lanny Wadkins voice is still ringing in my head. Four days of jibber jabber about how good this shot is, but he didn't quite hit it far enough, but still a good shot, etc. Lanny, for the love of God.... was it or was it not a good shot? Please, go play on the Champions Tour!
I couldn't possibly imagine the combination of Lanny Wadkins and Mike Terrico. I would rather sand off my nipples with a scotch-brite pad than listen to those two guys in the booth.
I have to disagree with your perspective. Rocco Mediate got considerable coverage at the conclusion of round 3, which was shown on the USA Network Sunday morning. In in the final round he got coverage and right up until his disaster where he shot a 10 on a par 3.
Darren Clarke got some early coverage in Sundays final round, but let's be honest he NEVER really made a run to get into contention, the same could be said for O'Hern, Mayfair, and Ames.
The action in the final round, aside from Olazabel's great round, was at the top of the leaderboard. Before Phil's birdie on the eight there where about five or six guys with a legimate shot at winning. Those guys got most of the coverage.
After Phil went to -6, the only guys with a legimate chance to catch him where within 3 or 4 shots of him. Those are the guys that got most of the T.V. time. On Sunday at the Masters that's the way it should be.
I was talking solely about CBS on Saturday. I feel they improved alot on Sunday, but were aweful on Sat. The real point is this :
You have about 18 golfers, which is only 9 groups that are playing well and are, you know, on the course. Your advertising 56 minutes of uninterupted golf per hour, for 5 1/2 hours. So, my question is- why am I going to pgatour.com to get info on some of my favs? I know why, CBS is not covering any other golfer aside from a select few. It seems to me that opening up a few extra doors of info on other players that are on the course wouldn't be a burden for them. For 2 hours I had no idea what Mayfair, Ames, O'hern, Harrington, Els, etc. were doing. I had to go to my computer.
There's one thing to minimize the camera time of players that are 4-8 strokes behind, but just ignorance to avoid them competely is poor broadcasting as far as I'm concerned. Els is what, #4 in the world, good or bad I'd like to see how he got to where he was. There are many, many fans of players that would like to see their favs play in the Masters. CBS even ignored them graphically, not showing any more than the 1st and sometimes 2nd page of their 5-man leader page.
You know it's bad when, after watching for 2-3 hours, you keep having to depend on the internet for info.
This is where CBS really fumbled the ball. Other than a few other minor irritations, not bad.
April 9th, 2006, 04:27 PM
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