1971 U.S. Open Re-broadcast Open Comment Thread

Okay so I'm a little late to post this, but wondering what everyone's impressions were of the Golf Channel re-broadcast? I was watching on an SD tv in a hotel room, so it was hard to see much of the golf course. Or maybe it was all of the shade from trees that have since moved on?

Anyway, what a treat to watch both to see some greats in their prime and to see how much telecasts have evolved.

A few thoughts:

-What color is that for the anchor jackets worn by Byron Nelson and Chris Schenkel?!

-Lord Byron wasn't much on-camera, but he had strong insights once they got to the golf.

-The marshals were dressed like Dr. Beeper

-Several announcers brought the playoff on by mentioning the "P" word way too early and often in the telecast!

-Whoever was feeding Henry Longhurst info and cues could be heard almost as well as Longhurst! Was that a technical screw up or did he have his headset audio too high? Either way it was one of about 200 examples of how far golf on television has come.

-Frank Hannigan did a nice FBI G-man impersonation.

-Frank Gifford was not nearly as bad as I anticipated.

-Was Lee Trevino just standing in the gallery when he was interviewed prior to Nicklaus's 18th hole putt?

-Mr. Nicklaus was painfully slow on the greens.

-Jim Simons appeared to nudge his ball unintentionally on his 18th green chip shot. Who do I call?