Rush Sets "Milestone" Golf Channel Rating
/It's so depressing that a 0.3 household rating and 310,000 average total viewership constitues a milestone showing.
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Justin Rose Is Worried Other Players Will Borrow His Most Profound Strategic Insights
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He is this week's SI Golf Plus My Shot stand-in and he explains why he's against wearing a microphone.Rush: Golf Is No Game For Liberals!
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You have to love Rush Limbaugh, as interviewed by one of his biggest fans, Steve DiMeglio."And it looks like a new hair color for Sir Nick..Blimey!!!"
/I'm so glad John Strege's Monday wrap-up is back with a keen eye for player Tweets. I just wish Paul Azinger was in the book at Kapalua to have spiced things up a bit.
We'll let Paul Azinger (via Twitter) say what you were thinking: "...And it looks like a new hair color for Sir Nick..Blimey!!!"
"Rose didn't want the added distraction of feeling like he had to temper his emotions or get into a situation where he'd reveal his 'intellectual property.'"
/From today's SI roundtable on the topic of players wearing microphones.
Read More"He has to deal with 32 prima donnas every year, and somehow he caters for all our needs."
/Doug Ferguson's story on the departure of the much-loved Gary Planos from his role running the Tournament of Champions left me feeling like there is a lot not being said, especially about the impact of Mark Rolfing who now "runs" the tournament now according to the story. And of course his charity is also the tournament's beneficiary.
Read MoreGolf Channel Airwaves To Feature David Feherty In Non-Infomercial Role
/And this just in, bookmakers have moved up the over-under on the increasingly goofy Feherty's inevitable Ben Wright, career-ending idiotic report to September 2011!
Read MoreThey Found A Player Willing To Share His Innermost Profound Thoughts!
/Hyundai Tournament of Champions First-Round Co-Leader Jonathan Byrd to be Mic’d Up for Golf Channel
Read MoreNBC Opts For Jacobsen Over Faxon!?
/Jim McCabe reports that NBC did not renew Brad Faxon's one-year deal and instead retains Peter Jacobsen for a select number of events. I thought both were welcome additions, though Faxon seems more polished and in touch with current players.
Maybe it was the hat he signed to Ian Poulter, posing as Johnny Miller/63 at Oakmont that showed way too much of a sense of humor?
"The Tour needs to help Golf Channel and the networks deliver a much better broadcast product than viewers currently are getting."
/Martin Kaufman, writing about the Golf Channel's new graphics package and desire to mike players at Kapalua this week, pens this cautionary note to PGA Tour players who are resisting the mikes.
Read More“If you look at where we are compared with other sports, we’re pretty far behind."
/You can't say the Golf Channel isn't trying. Besides unveiling a slick new graphics package this week that'll make network graphics look antiquated. And Doug Ferguson reports that they've been given permission by the Deathstar Ponte Vedra to mike players this week. Assuming they have any willing participants.
Read More"'Morning Drive’ starts out in the slow lane"
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Martin Kaufman braved all two hours of Golf Channel's new Morning Drive and writes that the show needs a lot of work."Golf Channel’s ‘Morning Drive’ to Feature Palmer, Trump and More as Part of Premiere Week Guest Lineup"
/The headline says it all. I want to be excited about this show but when Donald Trump is right behind Arnold Palmer, you get the distinct feeling this could turn into a tortuous shillfest for Golf Channel's mostly dismal original programming slate.
Read MoreDirecTV Subscribers: Are You Making Impassioned Pleas To Save Golf Channel?**
/I know I'd be on the phone to complain about them dropping a channel I watch, just wondering if any of you are lighting up the phone banks in Pakistan to tell Rupert Murdoch's goons you want your Golf Channel?
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