2018 Golf Thread

[GannonFan]

In 20 minutes you can watch the end of it live.

Hope you were watching. Today's coverage won't be on your DVR.

Why not? You should always add extra time for a live event. Heck, I add a whole hour to the end of a taping if I'm recording an NBA game. Golf should be no different.

[Gil Dobie]

Most of the stories on the ESPN golf page are about Tiger Woods.

[kalm]

Hope you were watching. Today's coverage won't be on your DVR.

Why not? You should always add extra time for a live event. Heck, I add a whole hour to the end of a taping if I'm recording an NBA game. Golf should be no different.

Me too, but I'm guessing the playoff was postponed until this morning due to darkness and I'm also guessing my DVR isn't smart enough to pick it back up the next day.

[89Hen]

Hope you were watching. Today's coverage won't be on your DVR.

Why not? You should always add extra time for a live event. Heck, I add a whole hour to the end of a taping if I'm recording an NBA game. Golf should be no different.

You would have had to add 15.5 hours AND it switched channels anyway. It was on CBS but the playoff moved to the Golf Channel. They played until dark last night and had to come back this morning to finish.

[CAA Flagship]

Why not? You should always add extra time for a live event. Heck, I add a whole hour to the end of a taping if I'm recording an NBA game. Golf should be no different.

You would have had to add 15.5 hours AND it switched channels anyway. It was on CBS but the playoff moved to the Golf Channel. They played until dark last night and had to come back this morning to finish.

Day(light) FTW.

[93henfan]

Most major providers have a mobile app that allows you to program your DVR from your phone.

Welcome to 2018, dipshits.

[GannonFan]

Most major providers have a mobile app that allows you to program your DVR from your phone.

Welcome to 2018, dipshits.

Yes, it's a nice feature these days. I can literally talk to my TiVo at home in about 5 seconds.

[89Hen]

Most major providers have a mobile app that allows you to program your DVR from your phone.

Welcome to 2018, dipshits.

Yes, it's a nice feature these days. I can literally talk to my TiVo at home in about 5 seconds.

I'm just catching up. I can finally control the thermostat from my phone, but haven't looked into connecting to the cable.

[dbackjon]

Golf - who wants to see players take four minutes trying to figure out a shot?

[89Hen]

Golf - who wants to see players take four minutes trying to figure out a shot?

That's mostly the Europeans and Jordan Speith and it sucks.

But yeah, I'd much rather watch a manager walk out to the mound after the batter has already stepped away from the plate three times after he fouled off four pitches.

[dbackjon]

Golf - who wants to see players take four minutes trying to figure out a shot?

That's mostly the Europeans and Jordan Speith and it sucks.

But yeah, I'd much rather watch a manager walk out to the mound after the batter has already stepped away from the plate three times after he fouled off four pitches.

I fully support limiting manager visits, pitching changes, and making the batter stay in the box the entire at-bat.


And add this clown:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/jb-hol ... redictable

[AZGrizFan]

Golf - who wants to see players take four minutes trying to figure out a shot?

That's mostly the Europeans and Jordan Speith and it sucks.

But yeah, I'd much rather watch a manager walk out to the mound after the batter has already stepped away from the plate three times after he fouled off four pitches.

I love baseball (always been my favorite sport), but at least golf has 50-70 other people on the course it can cut to and just go basically from shot to shot to shot....actually very LITTLE time spent consecutively on an individual golfer not named Tiger Woods (whose dick they suck even when HE sucks)...

[CAA Flagship]

Score a touchdown. Kick extra point. Cut to 3 minutes of commercials.
Kickoff. Cut to 3 minutes of commercials.

[kalm]

That's mostly the Europeans and Jordan Speith and it sucks.

But yeah, I'd much rather watch a manager walk out to the mound after the batter has already stepped away from the plate three times after he fouled off four pitches.

I fully support limiting manager visits, pitching changes, and making the batter stay in the box the entire at-bat.


And add this clown:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/jb-hol ... redictable

I haven’t played in a PGA Section Major for a few years but it used to be :45 from the moment it’s your turn to play. First violation is a warning, second and subsequent violations were a $50 fine + penalty strokes.

That keeps you moving and something similar should be used on the tour. It takes me :12 once I’ve selected the club and I’m behind the ball ready to go.

Miss it quick!

[CAA Flagship]

I fully support limiting manager visits, pitching changes, and making the batter stay in the box the entire at-bat.


And add this clown:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/jb-hol ... redictable

I haven’t played in a PGA Section Major for a few years but it used to be :45 from the moment it’s your turn to play. First violation is a warning, second and subsequent violations were a $50 fine + penalty strokes.

That keeps you moving and something similar should be used on the tour. It takes me :12 once I’ve selected the club and I’m behind the ball ready to go.

Miss it quick!

This. I feel like the sooner I hit the next ball, the sooner I can forget about the previous shot.

[dbackjon]

I haven’t played in a PGA Section Major for a few years but it used to be :45 from the moment it’s your turn to play. First violation is a warning, second and subsequent violations were a $50 fine + penalty strokes.

That keeps you moving and something similar should be used on the tour. It takes me :12 once I’ve selected the club and I’m behind the ball ready to go.

Miss it quick!

This. I feel like the sooner I hit the next ball, the sooner I can forget about the previous shot.

Or the sooner I can go look for my ball

[AZGrizFan]

Score a touchdown. Kick extra point. Cut to 3 minutes of commercials.
Kickoff. Cut to 3 minutes of commercials.

Someone did the math once....something on the order of 14-15 minutes of actual action in a 3-hour football game.

[Gil Dobie]

Score a touchdown. Kick extra point. Cut to 3 minutes of commercials.
Kickoff. Cut to 3 minutes of commercials.

Someone did the math once....something on the order of 14-15 minutes of actual action in a 3-hour football game.

11-12 minutes of action, according to the Wall Street Journal, in a 3.5 hour broadcast. An NBA game has 48 minutes of action and covers about 2.5 hours, and that doesn't include free throw shots.

[89Hen]

An NBA game has 48 minutes of action

Debatable.

[Gil Dobie]

An NBA game has 48 minutes of action

Debatable.

Says the fan of the dump and chase league.

[89Hen]

Debatable.

Says the fan of the dump and chase league.

Yes, the league that has several different penalties for delay of game, as opposed to a game that not only allows, but encourages a coach to call a time out when the play is getting too exciting.

[89Hen]

Over the last four seasons, according to numbers compiled by Michael Beuoy, creator of the sports analytics website Inpredictable, the average length of the final two minutes in NBA playoff games was 9.3 minutes of real time, with the last minute taking 6.3 minutes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ba ... olumn.html

[Gil Dobie]

Over the last four seasons, according to numbers compiled by Michael Beuoy, creator of the sports analytics website Inpredictable, the average length of the final two minutes in NBA playoff games was 9.3 minutes of real time, with the last minute taking 6.3 minutes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ba ... olumn.html

No matter how you look at it, it's still 48 minutes of action and generally takes 2.5 hours. Timeouts and commercials don't take time off the clock. And you get addition action during clock stoppage, when the players are shooting free throws.

Hockey has changed for the worse under Bettman, where basketball is adjusting and getting better since King David retired.

[89Hen]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ba ... olumn.html

No matter how you look at it, it's still 48 minutes of action and generally takes 2.5 hours. Timeouts and commercials don't take time off the clock. And you get addition action during clock stoppage, when the players are shooting free throws.

Hockey has changed for the worse under Bettman, where basketball is adjusting and getting better since King David retired.

How has it gotten worse?

The refs actually call embellishment penalties, delay of game penalties are called, the coach loses their time out if they lose a challenge (or take a minor penalty), there is a punishment for icing to discourage it, regular season OT is awesome with 3v3 format, no commercial breaks for playoff OT hockey...

NBA has too many time outs and too much referee interjection for my liking.

[Gil Dobie]

No matter how you look at it, it's still 48 minutes of action and generally takes 2.5 hours. Timeouts and commercials don't take time off the clock. And you get addition action during clock stoppage, when the players are shooting free throws.

Hockey has changed for the worse under Bettman, where basketball is adjusting and getting better since King David retired.

How has it gotten worse?

The refs actually call embellishment penalties, delay of game penalties are called, the coach loses their time out if they lose a challenge (or take a minor penalty), there is a punishment for icing to discourage it, regular season OT is awesome with 3v3 format, no commercial breaks for playoff OT hockey...

NBA has too many time outs and too much referee interjection for my liking.

NBA is also cracking down on flopping.

It's the actual way the game is played today that has take away from the product. Bettman has brought the money and corporate atmosphere to the hockey arena's. Hockey was the last hurrah for a fans friendly sport before he took over. Used to be able to sit outside the arena and watch the players enter, and interact with them after the games. Seats against the glass were affordable for the average Joe. I still like hockey and there is more action in hockey than the NBA, 60 minutes. Getting back to the topic, I'll still watch golf over hockey though.