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I actually like Fox's broadcasts a lot. They show more golf shots than anyone else and use more tech to help you track/see the ball better.

Buck isn't my favorite but he isn't that bad either. I don't get everyone's hate for him. He's a very good player himself btw.

Azinger, Strange, Faxon and Shane Bacon are some of my favorite announcers/commenters.

 

My biggest thing with Fox is that they show more actual golf than NBC and especially CBS. I could care less what narrative Nance is trying to push lol

 

I agree with most of the statements about Fox's coverage, but place me firmly in the camp that wants Joe Buck far away from the course. He made so many gaffes last year, mostly mixing up names with pros from sports he covers more regularly, include calling Kyle Stanley Kyle Schwarber - he clearly has a man-crush on that dude.

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Well, my apologies to anyone who had:

 

Jason Day

Bubba Watson

Zach Johnson

Pat Perez

Emiliano Grillo

 

And, because I always root for the lefties, Phil Mickelson, Brian Harman and Ted Potter, Jr.

 

Y'all really should wait until I make my picks so you can avoid the KOD

 

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I agree with most of the statements about Fox's coverage, but place me firmly in the camp that wants Joe Buck far away from the course. He made so many gaffes last year, mostly mixing up names with pros from sports he covers more regularly, include calling Kyle Stanley Kyle Schwarber - he clearly has a man-crush on that dude.

 

speaking of gaffes...not sure if you remember the Koepka girlfriend gaffe from last year but, earlier today he made a clear and distinct effort to mention Brooks and his girlfriend, by name, and Faxon laughs and said something to the effect of "you're a piece of work".... they moved along pretty quick but made me wonder if Buck and Faxon get along very well.

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Wow the new Titleist driver that Justin Thomas has in play is awesome! It completely eliminates the right rough! So great you'll spend all day in the shade over in the left rough. 

 

Sign me up!! 

 

However, Jimmy Walker was 13/14 on Fairways hit today...That's stupid good. 

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Wow the new Titleist driver that Justin Thomas has in play is awesome! It completely eliminates the right rough! So great you'll spend all day in the shade over in the left rough. 

 

Sign me up!! 

 

However, Jimmy Walker was 13/14 on Fairways hit today...That's stupid good. 

 

I believe I saw that Phil was the same on fairways hit...but that obviously didn't carry over to the rest of the game. 

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Regretting not picking World Number 1 for the spy slam... yeah, yeah, it's early on Thursday... but still.

 

It's never happened.

 

In 118 years.

 

0-118 when you win the week before.

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Why can't I have a gaggle of people dig through native grass to help me find a ball like for DJ? ;)

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Why can't I have a gaggle of people dig through native grass to help me find a ball like for DJ? ;)

 

one of those was Tiger.... not bad to have one of the (if not the) best players in the history of the game lookin for your missed tee shot

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I might be in the minority here, but seeing everyone at 4-8 over par hasn't been very fun to watch. Seeing good shots roll off the green is boring me.

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I might be in the minority here, but seeing everyone at 4-8 over par hasn't been very fun to watch. Seeing good shots roll off the green is boring me.

 

If I want to see people miss greens and fairways I can go play at my local course and do that.  :lol:

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I think if anyone had the talent to do it... it would be DJ.

 

 

side bet ???  :)

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Can't even hold the green with a 9 iron... that ridiculous.

 

More accurately... can't hold that segment (sloping away) of the green with a 9 iron... that's the US Open.

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...is it me or are the greens bumpy?  I've seen a number of putts where the ball is jumping around quite a bit.

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I agree with most of the statements about Fox's coverage, but place me firmly in the camp that wants Joe Buck far away from the course. He made so many gaffes last year, mostly mixing up names with pros from sports he covers more regularly, include calling Kyle Stanley Kyle Schwarber - he clearly has a man-crush on that dude.

 

speaking of gaffes...not sure if you remember the Koepka girlfriend gaffe from last year but, earlier today he made a clear and distinct effort to mention Brooks and his girlfriend, by name, and Faxon laughs and said something to the effect of "you're a piece of work".... they moved along pretty quick but made me wonder if Buck and Faxon get along very well.

Oh I understand that!

The girlfriend thing really got to him is why he brought it up. Most of the time when he's talking about people or giving little back stories or pieces of info, it's given to him on a card by somebody behind the scenes. Apparently in previous years they used somebody from another network to get this info. So wasn't even somebody from Fox feeding him info. And it was that person's error.

Getting stuff like that wrong bugs him to death is why he made sure to correct it. From what I understand, Buck is a massive perfectionist and OCD. As for the Faxon thing, Faxon was the one who corrected him on Koepka's GF's name on air last year. So I'm sure he finds it hilarious that Buck wanted to get it right this time. Buck/Fox know that he usually doesn't do golf and that's why they are trying to simplify things and use Faxon, Zinger, Strange and Bacon as much as possible. Because those guys are used to covering golf. Buck just tries to keep everything running.

At least he understands that less is generally more from announcers with golf coverage. Which to me, is better than Faldo talking over the players and caddies having a conversation about an important shot or something. That stuff drives me up a wall.

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Oh I understand that!

The girlfriend thing really got to him is why he brought it up. Most of the time when he's talking about people or giving little back stories or pieces of info, it's given to him on a card by somebody behind the scenes. Apparently in previous years they used somebody from another network to get this info. So wasn't even somebody from Fox feeding him info. And it was that person's error.

Getting stuff like that wrong bugs him to death is why he made sure to correct it. From what I understand, Buck is a massive perfectionist and OCD. As for the Faxon thing, Faxon was the one who corrected him on Koepka's GF's name on air last year. So I'm sure he finds it hilarious that Buck wanted to get it right this time. Buck/Fox know that he usually doesn't do golf and that's why they are trying to simplify things and use Faxon, Zinger, Strange and Bacon as much as possible. Because those guys are used to covering golf. Buck just tries to keep everything running.

At least he understands that less is generally more from announcers with golf coverage. Which to me, is better than Faldo talking over the players and caddies having a conversation about an important shot or something. That stuff drives me up a wall.

I would rather four days of Joe Buck than one hour of Johnnie Miller doing the open.

 

 

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I would rather four days of Joe Buck than one hour of Johnnie Miller doing the open.

 

 

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You make an excellent point!

 

Edit to say that part of my issue with Buck is from the Cubs/Indians world series and the way he fawned over Kyle Schwarber and, in general, all things Chicago.

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I would rather four days of Joe Buck than one hour of Johnnie Miller doing the open.

 

 

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I couldn't be further on the other side of that. Not necessarily that big a fan of Miller, but I absolutely despise Buck. Probably a carry over from his football fanboy commentary.

 

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...is it me or are the greens bumpy?  I've seen a number of putts where the ball is jumping around quite a bit.

I think they are a mix of bent and poa. The poa is prolly creeping up as it gets later in the day and makes the ball bounce or not roll as well. 

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