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Sunday Bag: Is This Tiger's Worst Performance Ever?
We're going to start a new segment here for the weekends called the Sunday Bag. (Yes, even if we do it on Saturday.) I'll answer your questions and comments that you send to ryan@thegolfnewsnet.com or through Facebook & Twitter. Just remember, if you send a question, I can print the e-mail....
PGA Tour Trying to Jazz Up Golf Telecasts, Consults Guys Playing
For year now, I've been writing about ways that golf on TV could be better. I've done it for every network - even the ones that I wish would broadcast golf instead of the ones that do. CBS wrote me once after such a column. I think the PGA Tour did once, but maybe I'm making that up out of the...
Why Sean McManus' Visions for Masters Grandeur Never Came True
CBS Sports and News President Sean McManus - who once emailed me like three years ago to talk about a column I did ripping CBS coverage, quite the thrill for a punk kid writing on the Internet - made a pretty bold prediction about the ratings for the Masters provided Tiger Woods' return to the...
And, Finally, A Post About Doing TV at the Masters (Or, Pants Optional)
Beyond the white & green curtain, TV magic happens Over the course of my life, I've had a few opportunities to be on television. In 2001, I was on Jeopardy! (Yes, really.) I did a local quiz bowl show a few times in high school. (Yup, I was a loser.) And I did one TV appearance about a...
Honda Classic Ratings Flat With '09, 2nd Smallest '10 Audience
Camilo Villegas doesn't particularly move the meter, at least according to Nielsen. Sports Business Daily reports that the Honda Classic final round overnight rating was flat against 2009, but down 25% from 2008. This final round was the second lowest watched final round of the year. The only...
Brad Faxon Joins NBC: Just What Johnny Miller Needs?
NBC Sports announced that Brad Faxon will be joining their announce team this season. Fax is 48 and still looking to continue his PGA Tour career, but will join the booth on the Peacock's telecasts in 2010. As Local Knowledge points out, Faxon has been trying to recover from ACL surgery in...
Golf Channel Will Show More LPGA in 2010 Than '09
Seems like an obvious headline, right? After all, Golf Channel and the LPGA Tour agreed to a landmark 10 year deal last year. But, with the LPGA Tour being reduced from 28 official events in 2009 to 23 official events in 2010, one might have wondered how much of the LPGA would actually be on Golf...
LPGA Tour on Golf Channel: 16 Events, 7 Completely Live
When the LPGA Tour announced its decade-long television deal with Golf Channel at the beginning of last season, observers immediately wondered how many broadcast hours would be live action. Golf Channel unveiled that schedule today. Golf Channel will broadcast 16 LPGA Tour events next season,...
Let There Be No Doubt: Michelle Wie Moves the Meter
Earlier in the year, when Michelle Wie wound up finishing in second at the season-opening SBS Open in Hawaii to Angela Stanford, the ratings were double the '08 numbers. She brought people into the Solheim Cup, as well. Combined with the inherent patriotism in the competition, the Solheim Cup's...
Should Tour Players Emulate Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson?
The parade of great pieces about the remarkable life and career of Arnold Palmer - soon to turn 80 - keeps rolling. USA Today has a piece today that profiles Palmer's career around the time when golf on TV started. Former CBS Sports golf producer Frank Chirkinian weighs in on how Palmer's...
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