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Why doesn't the ´óÏó´«Ã½ post the full leaderboard for Majors??

the close up shown a short time ago of the kintyre coast was actually the ship rock light on the island of sanda, once owned by jack bruce of cream fame, also seen were paterson rock and sheep island, as the camera panned to the right the coast of kintyre towards the mull light came into view with the lower lying dunaverty rock at southend, if the camera had continued to the right you would have seen the dunavery course and further north the island of davaar would have come into view with the entrance to campbeltown loch where the new machrihanish dunes course will open next week and home to the best opening hole in the world, the 1st at the original machrihanish links, as old as the open itself.
happy birthday to nick faldo on saturday, he'll be a wee bit older than me, a wee bit younger than nelson mandela!!!
sandy lyle for ryder cup captain and hello to sam, the greatest living scotsman

lyle "v" monty - 6 of one and half a dozen of another? Sandy, not the best comment he has ever made and not overly professional, and at the start Colin really did have the higher morale ground. But we all know Colin can be a bit of a moaner and a martar. Move on, if a friend calls you on something, then pick up the phone / knock on the door and sort it out, don't play the hard done by act for too long? Colin, is fast losing the high ground and heading for a bunker?

ps - what is JD wearing?

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Twice today,during coverage of the open, the bbc team diverted to the 'lyle / montgomerie ' story as did Gary Lineker in last night's preview. this is a nonsense issue, and takes away from the bbc,s excellant golf coverage. Leave that to the tabloids and as the commentater of the moment ,Sam Torrance said, let's concentrate on the golf

How is that with a captive audience and the license fee, you still can't provide HD coverage? This is 2009! All sports coverage should be in HD by now, as it is in the US.

I welcolme the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s wonderful coverage of the Men's Open but why does the Women's Open not get the same coverage?

Tiger Woods - greatest player of the modern era perhaps but not a champion. I watched the highlights last night to see Woods aka ChumberWumber Club Thumper- throwing clubs, wacking the floor with them and generally sulking around Turnberry.Then declining any interviews. Is he becoming a footballer?(sorry Gary) What, with his spitting and sulking I am sure Real Madrid will be interested in signing him. Perhaps the R&A should insist he watches a replay of Duel in the Sun to see 2 true champions and gentlemen behave.Sorry, think he is a fantastic player but sick and tired of his scowling.

The lack of HD coverage is a bit disappointing, especially after such good pictures from the Masters earlier this year.

Yes lack of HD is real disappointment. We had the Open in HD last year did we not? Frankly HD coverage of any ´óÏó´«Ã½ sport event should be a given.

Did anyone else see Padraig give a glove to the finder of his ball in the rough on the 7th?

can you please tell us why no HD pictures. The HD channel is not showing anything at the Moment and with such a great location and the excellent slow camera work this would have been a great chance for people to see the wonder of HD

Can the ´óÏó´«Ã½ do something about the blasted helicopter that's drowning out much of the commentary. I'm sure they've spent a lot of unnecessary money to bring us aerial images of the course, but it seriously detracts from the coverage. I wonder if Peter Allis knows that his dulcet tones are being drowned out! Cut the chopper now!

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Totally agree with ypu on the Tiger comments. Throwing clubs, spitting and general sulking is not, or should not be, acceptable from a player of any sport who is looked up to by millions of young people around the world. Nobody can make any excuses for that type of behaviour, although many will try, and maybe Tiger needs to look at real champions (Nicklaus,Watson,Player etc) to see how to behave and control himself in public.

As I sit for four days in my hermitically-sealed TV room, I can offer a long-overdue thank you. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ coverage of golf, and particularly The Open, benchmarks the standard by which all other golf broadcasts are judged. In my view, not one of them would appear on the first page of a leader board with the ´óÏó´«Ã½. This is a tribute to the entire team, but particularly to the front-of-house crew whose commentary connects us with the play.
I have been watching The Open since the days of Henry Longhurst - he of the cathedral, lived-in voice. I can still hear his stentorian tones utter, tinged with profound sadness for the player; "And all he had to do was........". Peter Alliss, as his acolyte has long since worn his mantle as the father of golf broadcasting.
I am a member of Greystones Golf Club, Co. Wicklow. Peter will recall saying complimentary things about one of our local restuarants, The Hungry Monk, when he visited Druids Glen for, I think, the Seve Trophy.
Thank you for your continued pleasure, bordering on the sinful, which you provide to golfers everywhere.
Pat O'Neill

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ coverage of golf and particularly The Open, benchmarks the standard by which all other golf broadcasts are judged. This is a tribute to the entire broadcast team and in particular , the commentary crew.
I have been watching The Open since the days of Henry Longhurst - he of the cathedral, lived-in voice. I can still hear his stentorian tones utter, tinged with profound sadness for the player; "And all he had to do was............."
I am a member of Greystones Golf Club, Co. Wicklow. Peter Alliss will recall saying complimentary things about one of our local restuarants, The Hungry Monk, some years ago.
Thank you for the continued pleasure, bordering on the sinful, which you provide to golfers everywhere.
Pat O'Neill

I hope that now Woods has failed to make the cut, the commentators will not say 'if only Tiger was still here' or 'I wonder what Tiger would do in this situatation'. He had his chance aznd failed - let's move on

Graeme and Sam spent an absolutely wonderful afternoon in front of the telly today watching The Open drama unfurl from the comfort of the house and rooting for our favourites Goosen, Westwood and Watson. What better way to spend a rain lashed day than watching the greatest players battle their way round Turnberry. Can the 59 year old Watson provide one of the greatest stories in golf by lifting the claret jug on Sunday afternoon or will Lee Westwood be the first British player since Paul Lawrie to be crowned the Open Champion? Like thousands of golf fans the length and breadth of the country, Graeme and Sam can bearly contain their excitement!

Although your coverage of the Open and the Ashes is very good (There's no Dom Joly for a start...) couldn't you have shaved one percent off the budget in order to provide coverage of the World Games in Taiwan? If you add together all the adherents in this country to archery, bodybuilding, bowling, gymnastics, martial arts, orienteering, roller skating, rugby, squash, water skiing and tug of war, there are millions of Britons who are missing out on an opportunity to see international competition in their sport.

Having watched the highlights programmes on Thursday and Friday I thought this was a putting ocmpetition.

Watching the interactive covarage this morning can anybody tell me whether anyone from outside the British Isles is playing in the Open this year

I must admit to not seeing all of the coverage of Mr Woods failings but I have yet to hear any of the commentators criticise his poor behaviour and spotsmanship - throwing clubs, hitting the teeing ground with the driver and general grumpiness is at odds with one of the best aspects of golf - accept the rough and the smooth with a smile and a shrug.Can someone ask Messers Allis and co?

the lack of hd coverage is in my opinion a disgrace from the bbc. with such a beautiful location it would have been an asset to the bbc. the fact that there is nothing on the hd channel is angersome. however any coverage is better than none.

Why cant we have that bit more information when the player approaches his second shot.
I would like to see the bbc tell the viewer on the players second shot what club he is using and how far to the hole,this should be given on the information box displayed on the screen.

Does anyone else think that the TV commentators on the 2009 Open Golf are diminishing Tom Watson's avhievement of leading the tournament by constantly referring to his age?

Yes he is 59 years of age, but we don't need to be reminded of the fact every time we see him play a shot.

Soon they'll be saying he needs a golf kart to get round the course!

Come on ´óÏó´«Ã½, there's no need to be so ageist.

The great coverage we have had in the past I feel is being ruined. What sort of value are the increasing number of shots with the player silhouetted against the sky. Very artistic I am sure but not action sport. This crept in last year.
also the background noise of the aircraft taking the aerial shots needs shooting down. I've switched to Radio 5.

The golf is lovely and everything, but I am astonished to see it as the lead story on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ website day after day this week while England are doing so well against Australia at Lords.

Is the Open really a bigger story? Are we really more excited by a 60-year old American's exploits than those of our own team?

About the screen layout and ´óÏó´«Ã½ logo: The logo makes the pop-up caption displaying the player's name totally illegible. It cannot be beyond the studio's capability to put the pop-up in a different position.

Gosh!

The problem has gone away. That is, surprisingly, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ logo has gone away. I appreciate this but suspect that heads may roll.

hopefully thats the last we will see of lineker, i am fed up listening to him. stick to salt and vinegar crisp adverts.Also, tom watsons age might not seem so important when you look at who he left behind, so stop mentioning it.

The coverage of the open was marred for me by the continuous references to Tom Watson's age. Hardly a Watson shot was allowed to pass without us being told he was 59. On Thursday, when it became clear that he wasn't going to collapse, we were also treated on most holes to the fact he'd recently had a hip replacement as well. The clear insinuation being that he really should not be able to play so well(at his AGE). The round up discussion at the end of day 3 had strong support for the view expressed that Watson would probably be too fragile to play another good round (because of his AGE). When Watson finally hit a poor drive into the deep rough on the 3rd playoff hole, it was because his legs had finally given out. Outrageous. The team should be ashamed, and you Mr Bernie perhaps should have had a word.

Just a comment on the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s news coverage (or lack of )of the Tour De France. Brad Wiggins moved up to third place overall on Sunday in arguably the toughest sporting event in the world. If he gets a podium spot, he will be the first Brit ever to do so. Did the ´óÏó´«Ã½ mention this on it's sport round up on the news, the answer is no. Then this morning the ´óÏó´«Ã½ northwest talked about Mark Cavendish missing his chance of winning the green jersey yesterday, well no that was probably Saturday, then the newsreader went on to say that he will be in action again today...sorry ´óÏó´«Ã½, it's a rest day. Your knowledge is as good as your coverage, in short woefull!!

Was it just me or were there far more mistakes made this year when it came to informing the viewer of current standings?
There were numerous times for example where I knew, just from watching, that a player was putting for bogey only to be incorrectly informed that it was for a par.
Is this not the most important part of commentating, getting the facts right?
Sam Torrence in particular adds nothing for me personally. In fact with the exception of Peter Alliss, past pro's don't tend to take well to being in front of a microphone or camera at all (just my opinion). All we hear is how they are always best mates with whoever is winning.
I must add however, that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ coverage of golf remains the best I see meaning any criticism I make is harsh. Sandards do appear to be slipping which is why I feel the need to add my 2 pence worth. (coincides with the addition of that football guy fronting the broadcasts)

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Nice to find this story singing the praises of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Open coverage; and I agree, I have always found the coverage of this tournament excellent. I agree too, that "The Open Championship is a major British sporting event", as this blog suggests. It's a slightly bizarre shame then, that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ has just announced it's "recommendations" on protected listing for sports events coverage, and has felt the Open is not enough of a "major British sporting event" to deserve listing. There is a category for "Pinnacle sports events" which would ensure terrestrial coverage, but the Open apparently isn't THAT important. Nor is any other golfing event, come to that, which means that there could quite feasibly be no live terrestrial coverage of this major sport at all. Most worrying is that it suggests that, contrary to this article, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is quite blase about keeping its live golf; after all, if the event was listed, then it wouldn't be able to attract rival bids and so the ´óÏó´«Ã½ could purchase its live coverage at a low price; now, pay-per-view broadcasters can raise the stakes considerably and price the ´óÏó´«Ã½ out of the market. But perhaps that's what you want...

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