Golf coverage/commentator discussion thread!! Mod note #12

They take it directly from the US feed so have little to no control over what we see. As an aside you can't really blame them for showing TW

Let’s hope nope gets a double eagle

Whose better than her on Sky? Nobody.

She has some good insights, she's not afraid to criticise a decision about the shot to play and that's both before and after the shot. When she criticises it and it works out she admits she got it wrong, you know like a normal person.

She's a breath of fresh air in my opinion.

That Scottish idiot is awful. I'm as big of Rory fan as anybody but he came out just a short while ago about Rory that he's 'arguably the best golfer in the world' when he's not even close to Scheffler right now. There's no argument about that right now.

I like Rich Been but he's all nicey, nicey all the time.

McGinley has improved but he's much better on the golf channel. It's like Sky have a haves and have nots rule book for commentators.

Faxon is great on US commentary too, much better than when he's on Sky.

He's not. That was Scheffler having a bad week, still got to the semi-finals.

Since January Scottie's results 7, 11, 1, 12, 4,1,4.

Rory's are 1(Dubai), 32, 29, 2, MC, 3.

I'm not criticising Rory, I'd have him second right now but there's a big gap between Scheffler and everybody else. The comment by that stupid Scottish commentator that there's an argument over who is the best in the world right now was just ridiculous.

You're comment, made after an unimportant match, means nothing.

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Do we have 4 days of listening to the words "momentum" and "bouncebackability" to look forward to?

It's fairly mental that we won't see coverage of the 3rd round of a major until the leaders have finished the 7th hole. Augusta would want to get with the times. Guaranteed the horn will blow 10 minutes after the coverage starts too.

Totally agree and don't forget Boxall. I like Laura Davies, McGinley has improved a lot too. David Howell is quite good when they have him on.

Whitaker and Coltart are awful.

I don't I've ever seen him do that but in the box he's awful.

Don't want much golf these days, but watched the lare last night. God, how do ye put up with the adds every (it feels like) 5 minutes. It really spoils it.

I see McGinley is commentating over in the states, think he's a loss for Sky even with his McIlroy grudge. Sky are missing a big name player involved also.

I like Ali Whitaker, she brings a bit of freshness to it. I have her over Henny all day long.

Nick Dougherty just annoys the hell out of me. The little smug ****** - according to himself he's been there done that, can play every shot and knows about everything golf. Yet the only way he can make a bob out of golf is by talking s** about it on telly.

Generally speaking I prefer the older guys from the European Tour. Murray, Boxall and the likes. They have their old guy moments but at least they don't take themselves so very seriously.

Which brings me to McGinley. Fair play to him he's had nice career with a fair few achievements but will he ever stop letting us know about it? He's as bad a Monty. And his little staccato yak isn't very nice to listen to either.

Not only that but unlike the rest of them he's not calling every 20 footer a real chance of a birdie for Rory. Then there was that hole where Rory hit a putt that rimmed the hole and the rest of them were saying how unlucky Rory was and he said that Rory was lucky because if it didn't rim the hole he'd have been at least 15 feet away for his next one.

Loads of players putting it into the water on 12 and Rory hits it on green and 30 feet from hole and McGinley is all that’s a bad shot. No pleasing him

I used to hate McGinley on commentary but he's improved a lot. He's not afraid to criticise a shot, whether it's just a bad one or the thinking behind it.

I've really liked the Sky Sports team over the past few years tbh. Coltart and Murray doing the core commentary is a winner. Getting rid of Faldo and Montgomerie was a bonus (Faldo was fine in small doses, but Monti was and always will be a complete dose).

Beem, Riley, McGinely all very good in my opinion. Stand out for me though is Laura Davies.

Davies? Really? I mean, each to their own, but she makes more mistakes and premature calls than any other golf commentator Ive ever heard, to the point where Im actually embarrassed for her at times. How she's lasted this long I cannot fathom. Like Monty, I think her record as a player will only buy her so many years in the box before Sky fully come to appreciate how awful she really is.

Monty was god awful

Is the commentary slightly behind the play on Sky? Beem seems to react to things a few seconds after they appear on screen

Faldo is best enjoyed in small doses, but I find the rest of the lineup to be top class tbh.