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Looking forward to the wall to wall coverage.Can't seem to find today's and tomorrow's on the range.Never mind no doubt blanket coverage for the 4 days will be exceptional.
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oh and forgot to say, if its on the red button the bbc prob wont stream it in HD the tight b******, they dont stream the snooker in HD on the red button, its going to look horrific 
wtf were the pga thinking not renewing skys contract ffs
wtf were the pga thinking not renewing skys contract ffs
Aug 9, 2017 -- 7:11PM, STUDYFORM wrote:
What's to not like?No Ewan Murray, no ads, no messages all over the screen about what's on later.Even the worst BBC coverage is better than the best Sky offers.
it really isnt, u must be living in the matrix!
Golf channel on dodgy box here,feature group about to start..
the good ole dodgy boxes, remember the old cable boxes, they tell me they were good
Cringeworthy so far, and we're only 10 minutes in. They'd have been better getting Lineker and Shearer to do the job.
Feels more like "Shells Wonderful World of Golf" than a live major.
No HD and the BBC dinosaurs.
No chat just shots a plus though.
No chat just shots a plus though.
At least 5 minutes behind the score board.Might as well be on Teletext.
Sadly, reports suggesting that the BBC commentary team would not be on duty this week proved to be unfounded
do you think PGA would of given bbc the contract if they knew it was on the red button 
When you have Alliss in Blunderland you know it's not good.
All the commentators of yesteryear, Carpenter,Coleman, O'Sullevan, Walker, Maskell etc knew when to step down. But not him.
All the commentators of yesteryear, Carpenter,Coleman, O'Sullevan, Walker, Maskell etc knew when to step down. But not him.
sky channel 980 if you dont want to go through the red button on bbc1
this is brutal,commentators reporting as though they've been kidnapped and forced out there against their will
commentators not getting told who is coming up on camera
and found wanting for knowledge
i can imagine them fuming more than us
and found wanting for knowledge
i can imagine them fuming more than us
The BBC don't do sport.................what do people expect.........sooner it gets shut down, the better..............
does anyone know if the BBC just got the event for this year as a trial or have they signed a multi year deal?
feels like a timeshare
You want BBC to lose contract,but you can't get out
You want BBC to lose contract,but you can't get out
Had no idea about any of this. I guess I have the BBC to blame for my inability to find any streaming of the event last night (in China right now). The leaderboards I was following were way behind as well. Anyone know where to find any semblance of early starter coverage for day 2? Or a leaderboard that isn't caught in a time warp? Thanks.
https://www.pga.com/events/pgachampionship/leaderboard/2017
This one was ahead of the BBC .
This one was ahead of the BBC .
Hi Chose n,
Flashscore was pretty good all day yesterday and it was ahead of most shots on BBC Red Button for most of the day, it has a tendency to freeze but its red birdy/bogey warning will catch your eye if you are doing something else besides.
http://www.flashscore.com/golf/
Flashscore was pretty good all day yesterday and it was ahead of most shots on BBC Red Button for most of the day, it has a tendency to freeze but its red birdy/bogey warning will catch your eye if you are doing something else besides.
http://www.flashscore.com/golf/
ffs walofs
frames 11 Aug 17 09:03
https://www.pga.com/events/pgachampionship/leaderboard/2017
This one was ahead of the BBC .
Is there a way you get more than a handful of players on screen?
https://www.pga.com/events/pgachampionship/leaderboard/2017
This one was ahead of the BBC .
Is there a way you get more than a handful of players on screen?
If your using a separate monitor for the scores you can set it to portrait and get down to Westwood with out shrinking the text much, but if you can't swivel your monitor don't blame me for your stiff neck tomorrow
golfing major
rory tees off 1325
bbc coverage starts red button 1815
what kind of contract did the sign
rory tees off 1325
bbc coverage starts red button 1815
what kind of contract did the sign
Is the Twitter feed on earlier ?
Can those adverts for the highlights and the Omega watch which won't be coming my way be removed Trebor ?
Can those adverts for the highlights and the Omega watch which won't be coming my way be removed Trebor ?
a major and we're having to search internet far an wide for scoring
you couldn't make it up
you couldn't make it up
I can't get rid of the Highlights one, but in Advast Browser the rest are not there, Think Chrome normally stops them, but not this time it seems.
It just confirms there are 3 majors and a fair few big tournament of which this is one.
First scores just come up, didn't think it started til 1.30
Tanihara birdie just came up on mine.Trouble is posts don't appear straight away.
we,re the beeb given this as a sweetner for standing aside for the open or did sky take their eye off the ball,would have been a good one for BT to dip their golf toe in the water
BBC must of got it on the cheap as no one had it as recently as a month ago.F$ck knows what Sky were playing at.
IMG deal with the PGA media rights and the word is they wanted to jack up the prices and Sky walked away. Would have thought an agreement could've been reached as there's no way the BBC are paying as much as Sky would have, and Sky should really have paid a bit more to preserve their major monopoly, seems like things are falling apart for them a bit.
There's the usual flannel about the PGA wanting it on free to air to spread the game etc but I'm not sure some grainy red button footage commentated on by a bunch of bored old men is going to substantially grow the game or their brand.
There's the usual flannel about the PGA wanting it on free to air to spread the game etc but I'm not sure some grainy red button footage commentated on by a bunch of bored old men is going to substantially grow the game or their brand.
Exactly. No point going free to air if the coverage is unwatchable. If I had no financial interest I wouldn't have lasted 10 minutes.
I have no financial interest because it's unwatchable, will be the first major I won't even bother with this weekend , sad times
I have quite enjoyed the BBC's coverage - Alliss, no adverts or hype, just watching the golf.
However, they said last night you would be able to watch featured groups from 1.30pm online and now I can't find it anywhere. Anyone know the link?
However, they said last night you would be able to watch featured groups from 1.30pm online and now I can't find it anywhere. Anyone know the link?
Eilidh Barbour tweeted it would be available on the website but no sign of it. Which shows they have the rights to the featured groups but just can't be bothered. It's pathetic really.
no idea why the pga of america did this to themselves but its hilarious, they obv did no research into the bbc
alot of mugs in this thread very inexperienced in bbc coverage thinking it would be goat
You'd think in giving them the coverage for what must've been a knock down price they'd at least want some assurances it'd actually be broadcast.
shame on the bbc for not catering for 16 golf bettors on betfair with the time to watch wall to wall coverage of a tourney
BC cannot even be bothered to show hardly any of it.
No wonder its the 4th major.
Any more coverage like this and it wont feel like a major anymore.
No wonder its the 4th major.
Any more coverage like this and it wont feel like a major anymore.
Once the coverage started i enjoyed it. A golf shot followed by another golf shot followed by.. you get the picture. Very few interviews or needless analysis. It appeared to be world feed rather than network so we got more shots from a greater range of players.
https://www.facebook.com/GiveMeSport/
perfect stream for those interested
perfect stream for those interested
Alliss might be surprised in a few hours to see Woodland still on the course.
commentary and coverage is shocking but feel a little for the commentators they are obviously stuck in a studio probably in london, clearly have no idea who or what is coming next plus no on course commentators to cover the shots
poor old peter is showing his age mistakes galore, its the usga who do the us open
maureen saying putting has improved lots, last week pga tour radio said he was 181st in strokes gained putting i know who i will believe
live coverage finally on bbc
weather warning - play suspended
weather warning - play suspended
frames, you know your stuff but obviously have an axe to grind regarding BBC. For heavens sake TV golf has never or ever will be shown for the greedy golf punter! Alliss has forgotten more about golf than I will ever know. YES he does make ricks in his bumbling, rambling way. Just listen to the risque perspicacious tongue in cheek jibes! Well I like 'em anyway. Much prefer this to the sermon from the sanctimonious Ewan Murray or the gentleman who invented golf, namely Mr Mark Roe.
I miss the old boy commentator that always makes me laugh, should remember his name really but can't, he always does the British Open.
Good to see Rishi back on our screens though.
Good to see Rishi back on our screens though.
Working off the US feed with no prompting has exposed Aliss in particular as a bluffer who simply doesn't follow golf this century and doesn't recognise most of the world's top 50. God knows why the BBC simply didn't use the US commentary
Ya agree,great to see Rishi back on our screens.Has real in depth knowledge of every sport and has an excellent interviewing technique.
Agreed, Rishi eems like a humble/nice chap too, the people he's interviewing always seem to not mind talking to him (other than Ryan Moore......the jockey obviously)
My 9 year old lad watch 10 mins of golf with me last night and then said "what years this one from dad"
GoBallistic 13 Aug 17 12:26
Working off the US feed with no prompting has exposed Aliss in particular as a bluffer who simply doesn't follow golf this century and doesn't recognise most of the world's top 50. God knows why the BBC simply didn't use the US commentary
He is 87 mate.................................
Working off the US feed with no prompting has exposed Aliss in particular as a bluffer who simply doesn't follow golf this century and doesn't recognise most of the world's top 50. God knows why the BBC simply didn't use the US commentary
He is 87 mate.................................
Although I am a sky lover I liked the bbc coverage obv the main winner it has over sky is no advert breaks I have watched many a sky golf tourny and especially on the final round the advert breaks seem to be every 3 minutes
SUPPOSE if we were gredy I,d have sky for the 1st 2 days and bbc for the sat,sun,thought the weekend coverage was excellent
First time in a long long time agreed with Bruce Millington on anything.But he nailed the BBc coverage fairly well.As expected by many on here,myself very much included.
Was appalling!
Was appalling!
Child prodigy. Youthful brat. Huge promise as young pro. Under achiever. Failed Ryder Cup Captain. Excellent gardener. Now at the bottom of the pile, the lowest of the low a BBC golf pundit.
Saxon if you enjoyed the coverage mate,well done,at least they have pleased ONE Taxpayer in many many millions.FFS mate it was horrendous.
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