You mean like Hank Haney’s transparency ? Or Butch Harmon’s or McCords ? These guys are all IN THE GOLF BUSINESS, and the majority of their income does not come from CBS nor TGC. McCord/Kostis have a golf school business .The guy in the broadcast business with transparencey, IS Johnny Miller. I like Miller’s directness, but many do not,….most notably Woods’ supporters. Kostis’ commentary is always spot on. He understands swing mechanics as good as anybody, and THAT is why CBS/TGC have him on the payroll. He’s very good at what he does.Transparencey isn’t required to anaylize a golf shot. It’s strictly cause/effect . IMO ……………………..Z.

I watched the telecast, and the fact that Kostis is Casey’s swing coach was specifically mentioned on air.

I too have heard Kostis talk about being Casey’s coach on the air. I may have missed it yesterday, but he hardly keeps this a secret.

“transparency” ? I’m begging you – give it a rest – it’s a lie from the head man what’s in charge – and it’s become a joke in most other places.

Ok – back on topic – what difference does it make if Kostis has coached Casey ? He never pulled against Poulter. In fact, his insight into Casey’s swing was good during the final when he explained how Casey’s fatigue was affecting his swing.

If you have to go this way, pick on CBS’ use of Troy Aikman to call Cowboys games where the bias is clear.

Did you, Ryan ?

all of these guys have varying interests in golf. what did he do that was wrong?

Aikman bias? you gotta be kidding me. he is one of the best at what he does.

any conflict of interest when the network commentators were completely open about Kostis’ relationship with Casey? BTW, I was publicly flogged here a little over a month ago by Mr. Ballangee for a similarly uninformed post. I guess you don’t have to know the facts when you run the blog.

I don’t see any problem with commentating on a player you happen to coach. Casey made the final, so that was inevitable

He was fine with it when Casey made the final last year, so why bring it up now ?

Let me put the question out there, cause I’m curious of your answers:

If a writer – blogger or pro journo – were paid by an OEM and didn’t disclose that, would you be upset to find out that their thinking may have been influenced by that relationship?

Kostis is there as a very good commentator who knows what he is talking about. And he should be judged on that alone. It is no secret he is Casey’s coach, so you can’t say he didn’t “disclose” that fact. This really is a non-issue.

Was ludicrous unless you didn’t watch. Conflicts of interest are typically handled one of two ways. The first is recusal, and the other is disclosure. CBS obviously chose to be open to their audience about the relationship (transparency). This exposes the actions of all parties to added scrutiny, and didn’t require them to bench a highly regarded analyst for a world class event. I can’t see anyone complaining about a lack of transparency in Sunday’s broadcast unless they simply didn’t see it, and are basing their complaint on someone else’s observation, say, GolfWatch?