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ElWagonne Dedicated Member

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Am I the only one that finds this "sudden" contempt for the Tavistock Cup strange. For outlets like GD and the WWL to have articles describing/criticizing the grandeur and pointlessness of this event seems mis-guided at best and two-faced at worst. Kinda like complaining about the horse escaping the barn.....but only after it's broken the front gate, gotten on the main road and is caught destroying the neighbor's yard.

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I don't get it, it's not a great event, but if they don't like it, don't watch it. That's what I'm doing.

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What is not to like? I have nothing other golf related to watch on a Monday/Tuesday in March.

More golf footage=good.

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Am I the only one that finds this "sudden" contempt for the Tavistock Cup strange. For outlets like GD and the WWL to have articles describing/criticizing the grandeur and pointlessness of this event seems mis-guided at best and two-faced at worst. Kinda like complaining about the horse escaping the barn.....but only after it's broken the front gate, gotten on the main road and is caught destroying the neighbor's yard.

I don't have a recent GD and I don't know what "the WWL" is, so I can't comment on the specific comments.

I must be out of the loop today, because from what I saw last night on TV, The Tavistock Cup was the golfyest thing I've seen on the Golf Channel (other than the European tour) in ages. Notwithstanding David Feherty's typical jackassery - just ask your question and go away!

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I havent heard much bashing of it.. Its a competition between two clubs that have many tour players as members. One of which just happens to be Tiger Woods. And being Tiger usually plays in the tavistock, of course the cameras want to be there.
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Cussin hacker Great Member

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I like it myself. It's nice to see a more casual event once in a while. Plus much of the money go's to charity. So whats the beef?

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It's been bashed for years to varying degrees. So what - it's a small interclub tournament. I don't really care about it enough to bash it. I've tuned in on occasion but was busy this year and so didn't watch it. Big "meh" from me.

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Tiger Spuds Great Member

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It's probably taken abuse because it's seen as a luxury tournament that's not really necessary, run by people with a lot of money.Anything like that is going to take some flack with the economy recovering from it's worst period in 50 years.Hypocritical on a lot of people's part, but that's how people are.I've also heard a few media outlets complaining about being forced to wear either Isleworth or Lake Nona colours.It has seemed to hit a nerve with a lot of them but I can't see why to be honest.It's just a shirt, and what harm is it to get into the spirit of the competition?

I liked the lineups.Strong teams, more notably for Lake Nona.I did not like Feherty and McCord.They're funny the odd time but mostly cringeworthy, and seem to interfere and get in the way a little too often.
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flguy Established Member

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Honestly, I would understand if most people didn't care to watch it. It's two local Rival golf communities playing against each other, but in this case it involves professionals. Since I live in Orlando I do enjoy watching it, but if Isleworth and Lake Nona wasn't something I was familiar with, I probably wouldn't care.

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apex53 Dedicated Member

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I'm watching the replay of today's Tavistock Cup now... better than most other stuff on TV these days... and at least Golf Channel is not replaying the Arnold Palmer Golf Gala from '97 for the 52nd time... I have nothing but respect for Mr. Palmer but my goodness retire that show

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I watched the Tavistock Cup and somewhat enjoyed it, mostly because it was golf on t.v.
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^^

agreed.

I enjoyed the Tavistock coverage much better than the GolfLogix, Ab Circle, and Medicus infomercials :D

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Three Putt Great Member

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I watched it a little. Feherty is mildly funny....McCord is quite strange...and not funny.

Like said above better than watching the infomercials....except "The Hammer....POW!"

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Cussin hacker Great Member

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Correct...and as I said before most of the money go's to charity. Thats mostly what it's about. The PGA should do a better job of making that known so it doesn't seem like milionairs just making more money.

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I enjoyed the Tavistock coverage much better than the GolfLogix, Ab Circle, and Medicus infomercials :D

Exactly!! Infomercials or 100 reruns of the same Haney project episode..

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ElWagonne Dedicated Member

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Correct...and as I said before most of the money go's to charity. Thats mostly what it's about. The PGA should do a better job of making that known so it doesn't seem like milionairs just making more money.

I agree...b/c if you read the article I attached yesterday, you'd think this was just an event for them to make more money and for their rich neighbors to see pro golf for free.


Bullitt5339 Great Member

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If there's nothing to complain about or write about, the golf journalists have to make up something, I guess..................

Golf, Charity, Fun....... Sounds like a good event for the pros that are members of the 2 clubs.

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