Big Break Disney

[Big_M]

I'll give it a chance - but I'll tape it. Too many commercials.

do you really still tape stuff... or do you mean DVR/Tivo it?

personally, I almost never watch live TV anymore, everything is either On Demand or DVR'ed.

[lobsterzilla]

why would you be dissapointed it's at disney ? disney is ••••ing awesome and the courses there are gorgeous.

[Big_M]

why would you be dissapointed it's at disney ? disney is ••••ing awesome and the courses there are gorgeous.

I have heard he courses are great, I am just NOT a Disney fan. It also looked like the preview showed a few things not even set on a golf course. Also, call me old fashioned, but the mouse shaped bunker in the opening looks repulsive. I would just prefer to see them go anywhere else... Pinehurst, Greenbrier, Homestead, Boyne, Bandon, Myrtle or any other golf resort/area.

Why is Disney F-ing awesome... the courses or Disney in general?

[lobsterzilla]

well the courses are definitely fantastic... Magnolia is a 76.0/141 7500 yard Beast, and Lake Buena Vista is picturesque. Osprey Ridge however is my favorite

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/golf/

but meh. I did an internship in the finance department at the Grand Floridian resort and Disney is just surreal. I developed a completely different attitude and respect for the Disney area after working there. Everything is immaculate.

I think disney gets a bum rap from the million single-toothed mouth breathers that inhabit it more often than most.

[Lefty-Golfer]

Took the Family to Disney last year. They were 9 and 7...had a great time. Next time I go back will be with grandkids in about 20 or 25 years. I found it to be one long line to stand in, wait for a boat, wait for monorail, wait for a bus...wait in line...just not my thing I guess.

I don't doubt the courses are well done but there are hundreds of other places to take a golf trip without all the other garbage that comes with it.

[Duffy]

I'm not sure but I think the producers thought that Hwy 18 may have been a little too dangerous. Scurrying from place to place as fast as they could on the road and the Ashleys just about had a heart attack on the last challenge. If they do another Hwy series I think it's gonna be pretty watered down.
Also think that Disney is great! growing up in So. Cal in a very poor family I had won a trip to Disneyland with my best buddy and it might be the most memorable time of my childhood. When I take my grand kids today I enjoy it just as much as they do, maybe even a little more. As you can see by my avitar I've never really grown up. Not as cute as I was then but still as child like.

[lobsterzilla]

Wait Andrew Guliani is on Big Break? The same little shit that got kicked off the Duke Golf team for hitting one of his teammates and generally being an •••••••?

Holy nepatisim batman what is this world coming to... that's rediculous

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...0091golf1.html

[ctyankee]

Wait Andrew Guliani is on Big Break? The same little shit that got kicked off the Duke Golf team for hitting one of his teammates and generally being an •••••••?

I have no input about him as a person, but the dude's got game. He just came up a bit short this summer in U.S. Open sectional qualifying on a really tough course. If that's indicative of the quality of some of these players, the Big Break has really come up in talent from where it was.

[lobsterzilla]

he's a jerk. I met him a couple times during his time at Duke... and him trying to swing his dad's big boy pants around the golf team to not get the boot was ... well you get the idea.

[ctyankee]

do you really still tape stuff... or do you mean DVR/Tivo it?

Yep, still in the 1980's technology. Don't hold it against me. I do watch golf on Sunday live as I like to see it as it's happening and just channel surf elsewhere during the commercials.

[Cussin hacker]

I don't normally watch the big break, but this one has a lot of interesting people in it. How about that guy who was kidnapped when he was a youngster.

[Awsi Dooger]

Anyone else disappointed that it will be at Disney? I just hope they still play some games that are somewhat related to actual golf.

Definitely. It lends itself to laziness, cliche gimmicks with a Disney theme. I want the producers to have to work at their craft, and potentially surprise me. Besides, as a native Floridian I don't need to see typical Florida courses, ones with too much reliance on sand and man made lakes. I appreciate layouts with natural elevation changes, and in areas I'm not familiar with. If it were an all female cast I'd be more enthused.

[bogeyhitter25]

Those brothers hit the ball a mile! Jeez this is going to be fun.

[kpaulhus]

Didnt see that emlimination comming. If you think about it. Ed had literally 11 shots and he was gone. Only 11 swings!!!

[Vance87]

I'm kinda glad he was eliminated. He just seemed smug and cocky. "Oh I won gold in the olympics, I'm one of the greatest atheletes in the world blablabla"

Whatever dude.

[Ben]

He just seemed smug and cocky. "Oh I won gold in the olympics, I'm one of the greatest atheletes in the world blablabla"

Yeah kinda. He did have a really nice swing though. However, to have "Olympic Gold Medalist" by your name does qualify one as a great athlete. Can't deny that.

[Vance87]

True but he seemed to use it just a bit too much.

[iacas]

Yeah kinda. He did have a really nice swing though. However, to have "Olympic Gold Medalist" by your name does qualify one as a great athlete. Can't deny that.

I can deny it. He's a great swimmer.

Babe Didrickson Zaharias, now that was a great athlete. Succeeded at multiple sports. Anyway I was glad he was eliminated first, but not as glad as I'll be when Andrew bites it. Also, after three people missed the green, were they not allowed to hit from, say, 105 yards? I thought you got to pick where you hit from? Did they have to keep going back farther? If they had to keep going back farther, I'd love to see that challenge done blind - pick a spot, hit from it, and the six who hit the green from the farthest distance would be in. By "blind" I mean they don't get to see what anyone else did or where they hit from. I guess I missed the part where you had to hit from farther back than the last person.