BBC Coverage of Open Championship to Air on ESPN 3
by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 7, 2010 3:18 PM EDT
in Golfiness
Email
PrintIn my excitement about the British Open and St. Andrews (alas, I won't be there), I checked out ESPN's broadcast schedule for the championship. And to my surprise, I found a del.icio.us nugget of programming gold. ESPN 3 - formerly ESPN360.com - will air live BBC coverage of the Open Championship for all four days!
Peter Alliss! PETER ALLISS!
To get you even more excited, here's a video that Alliss shot last week to preview the championship.
26 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I'm glad about this...
to me, this coverage can’t be beat. Alliss the king of the mic, Wayne Grady and Ken Brown in support. Torrance is there too, not keen on him, but even he can’t spoil the quality of this coverage. hope you all enjoy it, cheers.
No Dice
I don’t have ESPN3 so it’ll be Mike Tirico for me.
Jim Dauer
Tired of getting paired up? Check out FullForesome.com.
SWEET !!!!!!!!
I’ll have my monitors polished and speakers perfectly aranged for best sound…and the TV will stay off !
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Court... take a close look
at that picture of Alliss…..somehow, this is how I imagine our EASY to look…what say you….EM,Jumpin,TX…..STUB
lol – my buddy with the XM show found a clip of the 1978 Open at St Andrews with Peter Alliss calling the action….and Sean Connery doing the introduction. It’s pretty cool…try not to listen to the music, though. :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES3LBS0_WT4
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
It came from a box set of Open DVD's
Connery did a few of them in the ’70’s. We get ESPN here, it shows them from time to time.
sitting here watching this part of the show – seeing all these guys and how they looked in ‘78 – right about the 7 minute mark, Ballesteros has to take a drop after hitting his shot into the burn on the first hole. They didn’t get to hold the ball out in front of them the way it’s done today – they had to drop backwards over their shoulder. interesting to watch.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
32 even...
The hotel on 17 looks so much different now of course. Thankfully, the R and A just about looks the same as when Old Tom Morris is teeing off
no kidding. This is the year I graduated high school. Faldo looks like Jimmy Connors with the hair. He was 20 or 21 at the time.
OH ! And look – these guys are hitting DRIVER on the 17th….now who would have ever thought that a driver should be used on that hole ? Oh wait – the R&A just brought driver back for this year’s Open. :-)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Always liked Faldo and Connors
they never gave in. Didn’t like their hairstyles then, but I was in the Navy at the time and would have taken them :)
lol – I was a big Connors fan, too – but you know, between he and McEnroe, Connors was MUCH more crude and disgusting on court than McEnroe. Mac was louder, but Connors did things that could get you arrested in polite company. (lol)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
He who is loudest...
McEnroe won less than Connors too ..7 slams to Jim’s 8..but is legend here for his Wimbledon tantrums…plus the epic ’80 final with Borg.
"To the moon. Alliss!"
Just kidding. I think Allis is terrific, so my comment was just kinda crammed in.
Free golf tee (not a shirt) for the first person who gets that.
by TXQ on Jul 9, 2010 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
That was the easy part, Em. The cryptic one was
“crammed in.”
by TXQ on Jul 9, 2010 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I'M delighted to hear that EASY
other wise Wendy wouldn’t be able to contain herself….as for Court….I see him more as the McDonalds Clown…..STUB
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Have a golf story tip? Contact editor Charles Boyer and he will follow the story! Thanks!
Related FanPosts on Waggle Room
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
