BRUCE CRITCHLEY SHOULD NOT BE COMMENTATING IN HIS CONDITION

I HAVE LEARNT TO NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING WHATSOVER THIS MAN SAYS.if he says its raining ,go out and check.he has just told me in his last 2 speeches the American Jones has won. Simpson lost his first game . the list is endless.

see the main tournament thread

the format is confusing enoough without Bruce confusing things even further

he doesn't appear to know the tournament format or who most of the players are

beyond hopeless

why is he commentating?

He doesn't have a clue what is going on, very saddening he is employed at something he is incompetent at. Won't find a worse sports broadcaster on the planet, well done Sky.

completely agree,been the same for years

He just said

"balls in there air,  human aswell as golf balls"

WTF?

he's completely lost it now

It's ridiculous that he doesn't understand that Grace/Hoffman/ZJ are in a playoff for the Group winner.

Somehow thinks something else is going on despite the fact there are three players all playing the same hole....quite remarkable.

why hasn't Coltart corrected him though, he's just letting him carry on talking rubbish

Think he's too embarrassed for him to say anything while on air.

Maybe now there's an advert on he might enlighten the man as to why three players are all playing the same hole together....be interesting if one of them makes birdie here what he concludes...or doesn't

In his defence the production is useless.  I can't actually remember any pictures of the games being won - the just suddenly were in a 3 man play-off.

tho he doesn't seem to have twigged even now lol

There is no defence...they showed pictures of three guys, all teeing off on the same hole together...what did he think that was...two playing together and the other fella say 'whoa lads, i'll join ye for a cheeky three ball here for a giggle'....can only conclude he's commentating while on the sherbets.

yayyy three way play off but they're on the third now Bruce

GORDON SPIETH ETC ETC

The 3 man play off where he seemed to think different players where on different holes playing in 2 balls beggared belief.

i tweeted sky to tell them to pension the senile buffoon off.

Dont know why sky have to send their own commentators over when the yanks are a much better listen.

Gotta agree the man is a load of old pony, about as useful as Anne Frank's drum kit.

I agree that the US coverage is much better but, as embarrassing as Critchley's gaffes are, it's actually Ewan Murray's boring, cliche riddled and patronising routine that annoys me more. He sees a player, shows off by telling us what tournaments he's won and then inevitably says something like "playing some of the best golf you're ever likely to see" which is clearly sycophantic nonsense. His constant preaching about how "wonderful" the day's play has been, spoken as if we're incapable of deciding that for ourselves, really winds me up. Often I have to turn the sound down and listen to music while watching, just to calm down.

Anyway, with any luck, Murray won't be eulogising about Rory "World Number 1" McIlroy on sunday night as Branden "Amazing" Grace saunters to the matchplay title, playing the best golf the universe has ever seen. That would be wonderful.

retire

Apparently the semis are "two Englishmen versus two Americans".  Unbelievable stuff.

the semis are 2 Englishmen against 2 Americans.

hopefully todays shambolic/ boring performance from the colonel is in fact"the retirement stakes"

retire

Who are the main Brit commentators who do Euro Tour with that yank fella Jacobson?? I find Euro Tour unwatchable thanks to these guys. 10 mins and I'm bored senseless. The Brits have some awesome football commentators - AGUEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! 

Why can't you lot get some golf comms with a pulse? Or fk it, just get Martin Tyler on the golf and call it a day. It's not hard, he will pick it up fast enough.

people get upset by his mumblings?

where is he? new foreign bird