TNT’s Broadcast in the Woods

by user LastRow

Kudos to TNT for plugging their heads in the bunker on this one. One would tend to believe, if your network has the exclusive rights to broadcast the first & second rounds of golf’s final major in the 88th PGA Championship you would do a better job of it. True, every weekend hacker knows a major golf tournament doesn’t begin until Saturday…Although the first round at Medinah had a little extra spice to it. Okay, maybe it was a whole bottle of Tabasco sauce…Just a damn shame we couldn’t at least see what was cooking in the kitchen.

Tiger Woods & Phil Mickelson, two names that define the PGA Tour or for that matter golf in general were paired in the same group for the first time since the 2001 final round of the Masters. This is not some series between the Red Sox-Yankees here, this doesn’t happen on a regular basis…We’re talking about 5 ½ years here people. A lot of shit has changed since then. Golf’s greatest rivalry, whether one agrees with it or not, is what we want to see on the boob tube. Unfortunately, the dumb***** at TNT didn’t get that memo…As they began their first round coverage of golf’s fourth major at 2 p.m. eastern time. Too bad Tiger & Phil teed off at 9:30.

If I recall isn’t this the same network that came on the air at 7 a.m. back in June so we could see the conclusion of the third round of the U.S. Open? So I don’t want to hear, “Oh, it wasn’t in the contract.” Although coming on at 7 a.m. was, right? Did the contract say so? Television networks can do whatever they desire; they pay off big bucks for rights to broadcasts events. Wouldn’t it be a better business investment to come on early to televise Tiger’s & Phil’s round rather than show a syndication episode of “Charmed”. No offense to Alyssa Milano (gosh she’s so hot, but dumb too), but this doesn’t happen very often…Today Tiger & Phil would’ve gotten my blood pumping more than you sweetie.

Due to the boneheads at TNT, I was forced to scramble and get updates through Cold Pizza, the Golf Channel, and through my computer (when it decided it wants to work). Without all the dookie that is on webcasts all over the Internet, yet again TW & PM were no where to be found. Is this anyway to treat us here? Isn’t this what we as sports fans love to see…The best of the best facing off against each other. Now I know some dumbasses are going to say, “They weren’t facing each other,” or “It’s only the first round.” Yeah, and tell that to Red Sox & Yankees as they play their first series of the year in April. TNT…You people have no problems with televising NASCAR races, even coming on about two hours before the green flags drops, so we can listen to all the Southern Bell Good OLE Boys and their foreign accents

Not all was lost though, if anybody had an opportunity to catch it, Tiger & Michelin Man made a cameo appearance on TNT for their final two holes when broadcasting began. I wasn’t able to control the excitement & my bodily functions got the best of me…That’s okay though. PEEING YOUR PANTS IS THE COOLEST! What does a three-under 69 tell us…Well, it definitely tells Lucas Glover he’s in trouble. So instead of seeing the two biggest names in golf…What we do get to see is the entire round of one John Daly with his caddie Jack Daniel’s. To LastRowSports.com knowledge, Jack didn’t come out of the bag and neither did Mr. Carmel. A great round for John…I guess it could’ve been worse. We could’ve watched David Duval hack his way to the clubhouse…Thank You TNT!

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Date

Thu 08/17/06, 3:39 pm EST