As previewed earlier in the week during a CBS conference call, Jim Nantz opened the telecast with some prepared thoughts. Here it is if you missed the telecast.
Jim Nantz 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾wow...powerful! I encourage you to watch this. 🙏🏾 #BLMpic.twitter.com/tas6nGHTr6
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The COVID-19 era’s first official full-field event drew a healthy 683k viewers during its Golf Channel window, and another 447k viewers when a PGA Tour Live free preview ran showing the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge. (Comparisons to last year’s May playing are in the press release below and the primary sign of a ratings bump.)
Before any Tour execs start elbow bumping over the numbers, ShowBuzzDaily says the highly anticipated return’s .12 rating landed 68th on the list of top cable programs Thursday. The live golf scored 82nd for the morning PGA Tour Live airing.
The 69th ranked show Thursday was Loud House on Nickelodeon, while 70th was Untold Stories of Hip Hop on something called WETV. (No clue. I have a better chance of finding TruTV on the dial.)
For Immediate Release:
PGA TOUR’S RETURN BECOMES MOST-WATCHED ROUND 1
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Ask several better players to share some thoughts on hybrid clubs and you’ll likely get a litany of responses. But, if there’s a commonality, it’s that most models have more draw-bias than this segment of golfers would like. Tour Edge believes the EXS Pro hybrid cracks the code.
The “straight from the tour van” EXS Pro hybrid is billed as an “anti-left” hybrid with a deep face and classic styling. Moreover, it targets the higher swing speed golfer who loves the concept of hybrids but needs something with more neutral weighting.
Dating back to the launch of the original CB fairway metal, Tour Edge cultivated a loyal following based largely on high-performance fairway woods and hybrids. With the EXS Pro line, it’s looking to regain some of that momentum. So, is Tour Edge on the right track?
We’re looking for FOUR dedicated right-handed golfers who are motivated, detail-oriented, and reside in the US.
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Plenty of good stuff in this Lance Barrow profile by David Barron in the Houston Chronicle. The longtime CBS golf producer is working his final Colonial tournament since joining the network in 1977.
There was this on his predecessor Frank Chirkinian:
Along with CBS veterans like Steve Milton and Jim Rikhoff, Barrow is one of the few network employees who worked with Chirkinian, who relished his nickname as “The Ayatollah.”
“My personality is different, but Frank taught all of us,” he said. “We used to call CBS the ‘Chirkinian Broadcast School.’
“If somebody compared our telecast with Frank’s, which is hard to do because of technology and all the things we have now, I would view that as the ultimate compliment. I’ve always tried to ensure that nothing gets in the way of covering the golf tournament and the competition, and that’s what Frank wanted to do, too.”
AP’s Stephen Hawkins covered the television angle to the “Return To Golf” and Rickie Fowler’s “mic’d up” approach got the most attention. Deservedly so. As I Tweeted at one point, had Fowler not done so I’m pretty sure the telecast would have been considered a real drag. But just getting inside the ropes with him a few times and overhearing other comments from his group, took us to some places we rarely get in a PGA Tour event.
And there was a bit of a rocky start when a normal microphone picked up an obscenity-infused compliment. Here is the offending moment, should be inclined.
From Hawkins’ story:
“Well, we were hoping for better audio with no fans, surrounding the course,” commentator Jim Nantz then said on the broadcast. “Apologize if anybody was offended with what they may have heard there.”
That threesome of the world’s top three players — No. 1 Rory McIlroy, No. 2 Rahm and No. 3 Brooks Koepka — was being followed by TV support people, a coach, a trainer and a small group of media during the first PGA Tour event in three months.
The expletive was audible even though none of the players in that group were wearing a microphone, like Rickie Fowler did throughout the first round of Charles Schwab Challenge.
As for Fowler, Brian Wacker at GolfDigest.com covers the highlights of what we learned and notes what just hearing these exchanges did to help in a fan-free environment.
In the process of shooting a three-over 73 that included four bogeys in the last five holes, he offered a PG-version of commentary that was mostly a terrific listen to a world so few have access to. It wasn’t explosive, but did provide added value, especially as the day wore on.
After the first two holes of silence—sans for the sounds of Fowler’s shirt moving as he walked—viewers were welcomed into the conversation as Fowler and his caddie, Joe Skovron, shared their thoughts on a 154-yard approach with a 8-iron that sailed about 10 yards too far.
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Women’s Golf Day was founded in 2016 to engage, empower and support participation in the game of golf by women of all ages. The celebration began with 400 locations and has grown to over 900 committed for the year 2020.
As the reality of the Covid-19 Pandemic unfolded and our country and the world sheltered in place, it became clear that the traditional gatherings at golf courses and retail stores in June would not take place as planned. On June 3 a virtual Women’s Golf Day digital celebration was held and participants around the globe were able to upload videos and photos from their home courses.
This virtual online experience has become a collection of videos of empowerment and inspiration, business and leadership advice and fitness and travel tips. One of the most inspiring is Renee Powell’s story, who was the second African-American to play on the LPGA tour and faced adversity as she focused on her love for the game in spite of the limitations surrounding her career. She also began “Driving Force,” a women veterans support group, where she introduces the game of golf to the women who served our country and struggle with the aftereffects of their years of service. Her story holds a powerful message.
In addition, the helpful golf tips, given from the background of Ireland’s beautiful landscape, the joyful smiles of the women from various Singapore golf courses and greetings from golfers in Croatia, as well as inspiring words from Elisa Gandet, the founder of Women’s Golf Day, are all reasons to set aside time from a busy day to watch the videos of the global golfers and professionals who support our sport.
We all have the experience of this pandemic in common with our other Women’s Golf Day participants. We will never take our beloved game for granted, as well as many other activities and events, after what our country is experiencing. In the meantime, we have learned to be thankful each time we are able to join a friend or colleague on the golf course as they begin to reopen.
The LPGA Tour is set to return with the Marathon Classic in late July, having shut down tournament operations in mid-February – an even longer break than the PGA Tour.
Since then, we’ve seen a number of players on social media show off their skills and practice drills. We also saw those who lined up to support virtual Women’s Golf Day on June 2. We wanted to go back and recall how the season started for our Northern California alums to get ready for when they do get back to resuming their seasons.
For starters, here’s the rescheduled LPGA Majors lineup:
AIG British Women’s Open: Aug 20-23, Troon Scotland
ANA Inspiration: September 10-13, Rancho Mirage, CA
In 2002, the PWGA and the WGANC came together to support junior girls in golf by creating the Junior Girls Golf Grant Program. Over $260,000 has since gone to support various local initiatives. The NCGA continues this program to further support and promote women’s golf at the junior level.
This year, the Junior Girls Golf Program has already awarded 36 grants of up to $1,000, with 12 more on deck. Funding for the program comes through generous donations from individual members, member clubs and a $30,000 matching grant from Youth on Course. These funds make a huge difference for the grant recipients.
Most of the applications come from high school golf teams, who use the funds for equipment, uniforms, transportation, access to practice facilities and green fees. At the high school level, many girls’ golf programs do not receive any funding through the school and rely on parent contributions or fundraising efforts by the team. Some programs struggle to fund even the most basic needs, and are often using equipment handed down from the boys team and uniforms shared season after season.
Cobra isn’t going to set the golf equipment world ablaze with its new KING utility iron.
That’s not a knock on Cobra or its new club.
Instead, it’s an acknowledgment of the reality for any piece of niche golf equipment. It’s reasonable to assume most everyone is at least a little intrigued by the driving-iron class but most of us would be better served by hybrids which is exactly why most of us play hybrids.
That said, utility irons exist for a reason.
It’s almost crazy to think there was a time in MyGolfSpy’s history when Cobra didn’t sell wedges. The 2012 Trusty Rusty reboot changed all that.
Eight years later, you could argue that, with Cobra KING MIM and now Cobra KING MIM Black, the company is at the forefront of innovation in irons and wedges.
Sure, the lineup is not nearly as robust as some others. Cobra’s comparably small size mandates that it picks its spots.
While it has no aspirations of being the market leader or offering more options than anyone else, Cobra has continually positioned itself on the leading edge of innovation – often exploring next-generation technologies.
Such is the case with its MIM wedges.
In our weekly Golf Swing Tips I typically minimize humorous comments as some may be offended. I just wanted to provide some interesting thoughts. I suspect that COVID19 may mess up our lives as well as our golf for the next year or 2 as I hear that the vaccine may not be developed for up to 3 years.
I know that President Trump continues to pump the positive comments to keep our spirits as well as the stock market up. Unfortunately the common cold is a Virus similar to the Coronavirus and how successful have we been in eradicating the COLD? Scary isn’t it?
Please golf responsibly so that governments don’t reverse their thinking and decide to close it down. I’m hoping that these rules will help you keep your spirits up.
You may only understand how important this is when you lose a friend. Please Play Safe and apply Social Distancing at all times.
The New Normal Rules of Golf:
• Hazmat suits are permitted. As an alternative, one can wear a college mascot costume or big bunny pajamas.
• Masks are not permitted, because we would look more like stagecoach robbers than a foursome. (Social distancing is critical.)
• Leave the flag in. And to avoid retrieving balls from the hole, any putt shorter than Lebron James is good.
• Ride in separate golf carts and don’t come closer to another player than a fully extended ball retriever.
• Don’t touch another player’s balls. This is always good advice.
• No high fives. Fortunately, we seldom have a reason.
• No petting the geese or the cart girl.
• Don’t use the Porta-Potty. More disease in there than Wuhan China.
• No excuses. Slicing or hooking are not side effects of COVID-19.
• Make an online bank transfer to pay your bets. No cash allowed.
• Straddle the sprinkler on the 18th hole before getting into your car. (Chilly but refreshing.)
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