Wait, You Mean Those Interviews Weren't From a Real Locker Room?!
by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 12:11 PM EDT
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PrintOnly because I tend to notice the subtle, I couldn't help but see that the interviews that Jim Huber and Tom Rinaldi were conducting from the Open were done from some kind of special R&A locker room - equipped with R&A branded lockers.
Yeah, that locker room wasn't real. The Irish Times confirmed my suspicions.
[TNT and ABC]’s post-round interview area has the look of an upmarket locker-room, with rich, mahogany- like lockers and the R&A logo visible on each of the locker doors.
We’ve since found out the supposed locker-room is a set in a port-a-cabin just beyond the mixed zone behind the 18th grandstand.
Is anything real anymore? Is the Claret Jug just a big chocolate candy?
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I was going to save that post for around Christmas – or after some other schlepp breaks our hearts at the PGA Championship.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 12:57 PM EDT reply actions
lol – we REALLY have to work on your perspective….“poor schlepp” ? Cabrera, G Lover, and Cink ? All with wins on Tour and Cabrera with an earlier major ? Maybe Glover – but he has a lot of game and a lot of respect on Tour. He’s not exactly an unknown.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
I don’t think you’re following my line of logic :) Don’t get me wrong – I have nothing against the guys who have won majors this year. I just would’ve liked them more if someone else would’ve won them.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
ok – I’m trying to follow the – and you’re certainly welcome to your opinions, naturally – but when does reality set in ? I don’t understand belittling the guys who actually DO win a tournament.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
I haven’t belittled them at all. They all won the tournament – they beat who they had in front of them. My disappointment comes more in the guys who didn’t win than they guys who did.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Fine, then retract “schlepp” and replace with “capable golfer who beat the overwhelming fan favorite” :)
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe this is why they give trophies...
…so the players who actually WIN the tournament – the player who has to put up with public criticism because they didn’t let the fan favorite win – can go home after the abuse, see the trophy, and say to themselves – “oh yeah – I WON that tournament – it doesn’t matter what those %&##@’s in the media said about it.”
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Like I said – I don’t lament who won. I lament who didn’t. I’m not going to direct any anger or belittlement to who did win.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
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