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MountainHip Well Established Member

MountainHip

During the primetime "replay" of the WGC Match Play,
don't air a commercial (for golf central) telling me the results.

It makes me do the exact opposite, of what you want me to do.

a) watch the rest of the primetime replay
b) watch golf central

I would like to watch your channel, but now I don't know why I need to.

Thank You

In My Bag:
Driver: TaylorMade Burner 9.5* Stock Stiff
5 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Aldila NV Stiff
7 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Stock Steel
4-PW: TaylorMade R7XD Stock Stiff Steel48* Wedge: Callaway Forged52* Wedge: Founders Club60* Wedge: Founders ClubPutter: Odyssey DFX 6600Balls: Titleist ProV1 & DT SoLo

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During the primetime "replay" of the WGC Match Play,

Yeah man I hear you!

What's in my Nike Sasquatch Tour Stand Bag:

L4V 9.5F Driver
909F2 13.5* VooDoo Stiff Flex Shaft
VR Forged Split Cavity 3-PW Custom Newport 2.6 Vokey Spin Milled 56.11 Wedge 60.10 SV Tour Wedge Diablo Golf Balls / ZIP Golf Balls SG 2.5
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uttexas Great Member

uttexas

Hear hear

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TyCobb Well Established Member

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Happened to me too. Got home after work, turned it on right on the first hole. Commercial comes, "....now open after Tiger's second round exit". And changed the channel... kind of takes all the viewing pleasures out of it.

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Big Padrigo Well Established Member

Big Padrigo

idiots, that was so dumb.

What's in the bag
Big sticks Ping Rapture V2 9° Fusion FT-3 3-Wood, 3,4 Hybrid

Irons Ping I10 5-GW
Wedges Cleveland RTX 54° Spin Milled Vokey 60°Putter Redwood Anser Titleist NXT Tour 1500 rangefinder

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Matt10 Member

Matt10

they did this all last year. I finally e-mailed them and eventually it seemed they stopped.

I swear, TGC tries too damn hard sometimes. They report too much - I've already unsubscribed from the e-mailing list, it's just annoying now.
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Awsi Dooger Dedicated Member

Awsi Dooger

Incredibly frustrating. I played golf yesterday afternoon, then intentionally headed to a sports-bar that does not have Golf Channel. I had happily avoided the results, then during a commercial break maybe a half hour into the nightly replay, Brian Hammonds breaks in with a needless kicker, "Phil Mickelson and Geoff Oglivy are the two highest seeds remaining..." With that single sentence it was simple to decipher at least a half dozen results. I couldn't believe they had been that incompetent.

It's bad enough I can't see the scores atop the screen. Apparently their format is designed for HD sets. Golf Channel shanks plenty of basic decisions.
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Fourputt Incredible Member

Fourputt

During the primetime "replay" of the WGC Match Play,

This might actually be noticed if you posted it on the Golf Channel forum.

Rick

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MountainHip Well Established Member

MountainHip

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This might actually be noticed if you posted it on the Golf Channel forum.

I emailed them hours before I posted here! Thanks though

In My Bag:
Driver: TaylorMade Burner 9.5* Stock Stiff
5 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Aldila NV Stiff
7 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Stock Steel
4-PW: TaylorMade R7XD Stock Stiff Steel48* Wedge: Callaway Forged52* Wedge: Founders Club60* Wedge: Founders ClubPutter: Odyssey DFX 6600Balls: Titleist ProV1 & DT SoLo

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Chief Broom Great Member

Chief Broom

This is why I recorded the round on my DVR live. In addition to being able to fast forward through commercials, no unintentional spoilers. Although I have to admit I tuned into Golf central/ESPN to get the results before I watched my own highlight reel...

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MountainHip Well Established Member

MountainHip

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It's just a poor business decision.

Why would you air a replay, coupled with the results?

Clearly their intention of airing the replay is so the viewer is afforded a "second look"

I doubt that the majority of the primetime viewers have previously absorbed the live broadcast.

Their intentions are misaligned with the results.
If I were an advertiser I would take my money elsewhere.

Golf Channel does not understand who their audience is, therefor cannot accurately forecast the value of their programming.

To my other point, on a commercial, meant to garner viewers for Golf Central, why would you reveal the results? Is that not the prime intention of the show? Therefor eliminating the purpose for viewing the show in the first place?

In My Bag:
Driver: TaylorMade Burner 9.5* Stock Stiff
5 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Aldila NV Stiff
7 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Stock Steel
4-PW: TaylorMade R7XD Stock Stiff Steel48* Wedge: Callaway Forged52* Wedge: Founders Club60* Wedge: Founders ClubPutter: Odyssey DFX 6600Balls: Titleist ProV1 & DT SoLo

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Quinn07 Great Member

Quinn07

Pretty lame and terrible business decision on GC!!!

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Jay-Bird Great Member

Jay-Bird

Pretty lame and terrible business decision on GC!!!

Lame and terrible, yes.

But it's far better than an infomercial for 'the Hammer'. POW!

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4 wood: G10 (ProLaunch Red FW stiff)
3 -PW: :Titleist: 695 mb (Rifle flighted 6.0)
wedges:, 52˚, 56˚, 60˚
putter: Studio Select Newport 1.5

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Parker0065 Dedicated Member

Parker0065

Here's my take on the Golf Channel. First off although I am not a professional golfer,,,outside of my family,,, golf is and has been the most important thing in my life. So for me, just having golf on a Thursday and Friday is like a prevelidge. So I don't like to gripe about thier coverage because the alternative is no golf at all on Thursday and Friday.

That being said,,,The Golf Channel is pretty bad over all in just about every aspect. Thier coverage is mediocre at best but I would rather have mediocre than nothing at all.

Thier website is overly cheesy usually bloated with whatever Tiger is doing and thier golf forum is filled with unknowledgeable people that are not there for golf but usually for some other agenda! It's kind of crazy when you think about it. Thier golf forum has been over ran and sabotaged by people with much different agenda's than the welfare of Golf. It's really a shame!!!!!

In My Bag:
Driver: :Cobra Amp Cell Pro 9.5*, Stock X-Flex

3 Wood: :Cobra Bio Cell 16*, Stock X-Flex

5 Wood: Cobra Bio Cell 20*, Stock S-Flex
Irons: Bridgestone J40-CB 3-PW, Project-X 6.0

Gap Wedge::Vokey: 52* CNC  

Sand Wedge: :Vokey: 58* CNC  

Putters: Scotty Cameron Newport II 

Ball: Bridgestone 330-S(2014)

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MountainHip Well Established Member

MountainHip

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Here's my take on the Golf Channel. First off although I am not a professional golfer,,,outside of my family,,, golf is and has been the most important thing in my life. So for me, just having golf on a Thursday and Friday is like a prevelidge. So I don't like to gripe about thier coverage because the alternative is no golf at all on Thursday and Friday.

Exactly! I used to think this way. We are blessed to have such a channel devoted to one sport, and it's the sport I am passionate about.

Here's the but - The golf channel has evolved into a professional main stay of the dial. Gone are the days that it was a little start up TV channel, an experiment if you will. Thanks to Arnold Palmer. However today's golf channel has graduated through the ranks, and is a legitimate, and powerful business, and in most ways acts like one. Their slight inconsistencies fail to meet their viewer expectations, which have advanced with the channel itself. Thank goodness the Hammer is gone (I think) But it's been replaced with that nitrogen filled driver, that Fuzzy sells. Didn't Fuzzy lose all his credit once he made those remarks about Tiger being a "little boy"??

In My Bag:
Driver: TaylorMade Burner 9.5* Stock Stiff
5 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Aldila NV Stiff
7 Wood: TaylorMade V-Steel Stock Steel
4-PW: TaylorMade R7XD Stock Stiff Steel48* Wedge: Callaway Forged52* Wedge: Founders Club60* Wedge: Founders ClubPutter: Odyssey DFX 6600Balls: Titleist ProV1 & DT SoLo

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