Charlie Rymer comments

[Texian]

Anyone else tired of Charlie Rymer's (Golf Channel) continuous reminders of when he was on tour?

According to Wikipedia:

He earned his PGA Tour card for 1995 through qualifying school . He recorded his career best finish on the PGA Tour in 1995 at the Shell Houston Open , third place, and his career best money list finish at 103rd. In 1996, he finished 145th on the money list, good enough for partial status on Tour the following year. He split time between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour in 1997. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 1998, his last year on Tour.

[NuclearMike]

At least he's not making himself out to be a better tour pro than he was.

[Harmonious]

Originally Posted by NuclearMike

At least he's not making himself out to be a better tour pro than he was.

Hey, Faldo and Miller were pretty darn good.

[Texian]

Originally Posted by NuclearMike

At least he's not making himself out to be a better tour pro than he was.

He brought it up at least twice today. With his lack of success, he shouldn't bring it up at all.

[poser]

No different than Brandel Chamblee

[Jeffrey71]

I like charlie on the golf funny video show.....

[Texian]

Originally Posted by poser

No different than Brandel Chamblee

Big difference. Chamblee won on the tour and for six years was among the top 100 money winners.

Secondly, he doesn't say "when I was on the tour" in every other breath.

Also, he most often offers good perspectives, while Rymer is mostly BS and doesn't know when to shut up.

[Valleygolfer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by poser

No different than Brandel Chamblee

Big difference. Chamblee won on the tour and for six years was among the top 100 money winners.

Secondly, he doesn't say "when I was on the tour" in every other breath.

Also, he most often offers good perspectives, while Rymer is mostly BS and doesn't know when to shut up.

Isn't Brandy from Texas? Sounds like a little bias could be present. Charlie is the nice guy and can cry on demand. I don't see anyone else crying. So he says "when I was on tour", at least he doesn't act like he has all the answers.

[Texian]

Originally Posted by Valleygolfer

Isn't Brandy from Texas? Sounds like a little bias could be present. Charlie is the nice guy and can cry on demand. I don't see anyone else crying. So he says "when I was on tour", at least he doesn't act like he has all the answers.

Just what I want in a golf commentator. Someone who can cry on demand.

And Texas is a big place. UT is a long way from my school. I usually root against them.

[Harmonious]

Rymer's OK. In fact, I find the 3 main Golf Channel guys (Rymer, Chamblee, Nobilo) to all be pretty good, for different reasons. They are usually allowed to give their opinions, and they don't always agree. Kind of like sitting at the bar with guys who will rarely all agree on the same thing. And, they all played on tour, which gives them a lot credibility, whether they were megastars or journeymen.  They certainly know more about the tour experience than we do.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by Harmonious

Rymer's OK. In fact, I find the 3 main Golf Channel guys (Rymer, Chamblee, Nobilo) to all be pretty good, for different reasons. They are usually allowed to give their opinions, and they don't always agree. Kind of like sitting at the bar with guys who will rarely all agree on the same thing. And, they all played on tour, which gives them a lot credibility, whether they were megastars or journeymen.  They certainly know more about the tour experience than we do.

I agree. I like Nobilo the best. Direct and doesn't tend to exaggerate things.

[ThominOH]

They at least made it to the show.. More then I can say for myself.. I give them credit for any limited time they played.. I would of loved to finish 3rd at least ONCE on the PGA..  I never got a sense of arrogance from them, in fact I get the sense of "I was a hack" from Charlie.. lol

[turtleback]

Originally Posted by Texian

Anyone else tired of Charlie Rymer's (Golf Channel) continuous reminders of when he was on tour?

This guy has got to have some video of Arnold Palmer having sex with Greg Norman which he is using to blackmail the Golf Channel.    There is no other explanation for why he is on national TV.  He was no kind of player, never says anything remotely insightful, is not particularly good looking, and sounds just as stupid as he is.  No redeeming value at all.  There are 1,000 guys who have had tour cards briefly who would be far better.  And a bunch who never played on tour as well.

Other than that I like him just fine.  LOL

[LovinItAll]

I hear ya on CR's constant tour comments. Not sure why he feels like he needs to make the reference. Other than that, the team is pretty decent aside from all the Tiger speculation. I guess as long a Tiger drives ratings, though, we're going to have to listen to it.

[jamo]

I don't mind Charlie at all. If he mentions his time on Tour all that often, I must always miss it.