Running 2025 golf thread

[Typist Clerk]

Playoff on Golf Channel and Peacock, 9 a.m. ET. NBC won't dare break into Today, its cash cow, for golf.

 

[Webster]

Playoff on Golf Channel and Peacock, 9 a.m. ET. NBC won't dare break into Today, its cash cow, for golf.

and?

 

[playthrough]

Playoff on Golf Channel and Peacock, 9 a.m. ET. NBC won't dare break into Today, its cash cow, for golf.

9 a.m. is a good time to get some fans there and pull a nice rating. The three-hole aggregate format is great.

But my heart goes out to all the corporate sponsors who had tee times tomorrow morning.

 

[Cosmo]

Welp, this playoff has been a total dud.

 

[Webster]

9 a.m. is a good time to get some fans there and pull a nice rating. The three-hole aggregate format is great.

But my heart goes out to all the corporate sponsors who had tee times tomorrow morning.

A buddy of mine who worked in advertising said that a major con when he was considering switching jobs was that he was losing his Monday round after the Players.

 

[playthrough]

Why did Rory get to go first in the playoff just because he posted first in regulation, as opposed to drawing numbers out of a hat as they usually do in Tour playoffs? He then hits a 336-yard Pish missile that Spaun has to follow. Not that it would have changed anything, but one of those little nerdy procedural things ...

 

[MileHigh]

Why did Rory get to go first in the playoff just because he posted first in regulation, as opposed to drawing numbers out of a hat as they usually do in Tour playoffs? He then hits a 336-yard Pish missile that Spaun has to follow. Not that it would have changed anything, but one of those little nerdy procedural things ...

Been going on a for a few years -- I think post-COVID so no one is reaching into a hat and touching it and touching the other paper with numbers on it. Also goes against the first in/last out rule.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Why does NBC go out of its way to patronize all pros but the top stars they endlessly fellate? Spaun didn't have it today, and in a pat on his head voice one announcer, I forget which, said, "I'm sure he'll take something away from this that'll be a big help in the future." He was right in one sense. Second prize at the Players was 2.725 million, a help to anyone. Anybody on the Tour is a wonderful player, the top 0.001 percent of golfers. But it's like only the top 0.0001 percent matter to the commentariat.

 

[playthrough]

Why does NBC go out of its way to patronize all pros but the top stars they endlessly fellate? Spaun didn't have it today, and in a pat on his head voice one announcer, I forget which, said, "I'm sure he'll take something away from this that'll be a big help in the future." He was right in one sense. Second prize at the Players was 2.725 million, a help to anyone. Anybody on the Tour is a wonderful player, the top 0.001 percent of golfers. But it's like only the top 0.0001 percent matter to the commentariat.

No different than the Tour itself. Rory winning was a dream for all at Ponte Vedra Beach.

I hope a LIV guy wins the Masters just to keep the pot stirring.

 

[poindexter]

LIV golf drew 34,000 viewers this weekend.

PGA Tour outdrew LIV Golf viewership 100-to-1 last weekend

The PGA Tour's Players Championship drew over one hundred times more viewers than LIV Golf's Singapore event this weekend.

awfulannouncing.com

The Big Bear Eagle Cam nest on youtube continues to wallop LIV golf. 50,000 + viewers every time I see it.

Jackie and Shadow>>>Bryson and Phil.

 

[playthrough]

Not defending LIV but it's Singapore at 2 a.m. ET. Comparing that to TPC on a weekend afternoon is no comparison.

The first real test will be in two weeks when LIV is playing the Blue Monster and the PGA Tour is in San Antonio with a very mediocre field (Rory said he would play one Texas event and committed to Houston today). Of course LIV won't beat the PGA Tour, but it won't be thumped by a multiple of 100.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Not defending LIV but it's Singapore at 2 a.m. ET. Comparing that to TPC on a weekend afternoon is no comparison.

The first real test will be in two weeks when LIV is playing the Blue Monster and the PGA Tour is in San Antonio with a very mediocre field (Rory said he would play one Texas event and committed to Houston today). Of course LIV won't beat the PGA Tour, but it won't be thumped by a multiple of 100.

I think the real problem is the LIV format. Just the scoreboard on TV gives me a headache. It's not easy viewing at all.