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Tom abbott- A interview with the least liked man on the golf channel

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Valleygolfer Super Member

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To me, he is the epitome of the English stereotype that "Family Guy" portrays. I am not sure why they thought we cared but here it is. Maybe I am the only one that gets annoyed by this guy... http://www.golfchannel.com/news/grill-room/get-to-know-tom-abbott/
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I've always liked Tom Abbott, or at least tolerated him. Kind of a fluffy behind the scenes though. I mean sure, I'd love to play golf with Churchill and Kennedy but you work for the Golf Channel, man! Give us one golfer at least. :-)

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Valleygolfer Super Member

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His choice of bloopers was pretty lame too
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He is very vanilla as an announcer.

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Wansteadimp Dedicated Member

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As an Englishman, he sounds nothing like an Englishman. I had to google him when I first heard him speak to confirm he was English.


Valleygolfer Super Member

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As an Englishman, he sounds nothing like an Englishman. I had to google him when I first heard him speak to confirm he was English.

His is probably "TV English". They do the same here to achieve a neutral accent for the tele.

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No his accent is just nothing like a normal person would use. Its even over the top for the old days when the BBC used to insist on Received Pronunciation for all presenters.

It is a very very posh accent with a Mid-Atlantic twist.


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No his accent is just nothing like a normal person would use. Its even over the top for the old days when the BBC used to insist on Received Pronunciation for all presenters.

It is a very very posh accent with a Mid-Atlantic twist.

So you feel like kicking his ass when you hear him talk?

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Yeah only because of the posh bit, mid-Atlantic I have no issue with, in fact i want to roll about laughing when I hear Gmac's accent.


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Yeah only because of the posh bit, mid-Atlantic I have no issue with, in fact i want to roll about laughing when I hear Gmac's accent.


Yea Gmac sounds like the Lucky Charms leprechaun from the cereal over here.

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It's like Mark Wahlberg in The Perfect Storm , worst Boston accent ever and he is from Boston.!  Maybe Abbott is doing it on purpose.

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BuckeyeNut Great Member

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He annoys the hell out of me on Big Break.   He needs to stick with covering Euro tour events....LOL

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It appears I'm late to the conversation but anywho, I went to Mercer with the kid. He has always spoken like that - I did Mercer99 with him (that was our college TV station. He did sports and occasionally reported for 15, our weekly Mercer news show). I also don't think he's had Botox. Super nice guy - a little Brit-cocky but very good in front of the camera. Also had the habit of ALWAYS counting down for his recorded reports with 3-2-1. Wish others had done that - made it so much easier in the editing room.

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Where is Wanstead GC? More to the point, what does GC stand for? Grand Cayman?

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Where is Wanstead GC? More to the point, what does GC stand for? Grand Cayman?


Um....maybe "golf course"....I know its a stretch.

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Tom Abbot sucks so bad! He’s the most negative person on golf channel 

He’s a terrible golfer, announcer and so annoying like no other! 


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