Notah Begay: Your Thoughts?

[Golf Grouch]

Now that Notah Begay is a veteran on-course reporter, I was wondering what fellow members think about his performance.  With the recent hiring of Jim 'Bones' Mackay to the team, is Begay's job in jeopardy at all?

[David in FL]

I see no reason why one would have anything to do with the other...

[MrDC]

I agree, Notah has a great golf whisper, I see no reason for him to be at risk.

Edited July 6, 2017 by MrDC

[todgot]

Notah Begay is an on course reporter?  who knew. 

[Shindig]

I think he once shot a 59 in a NWT event.  I think his roommate from college was also pretty good at golf. 

I didn't notice he's an on-course reporter, but I haven't watched much non-majors lately.   I do recall seeing him on some golf shows though.

[iacas]

5 hours ago, Golf Grouch said:

Now that Notah Begay is a veteran on-course reporter, I was wondering what fellow members think about his performance.  With the recent hiring of Jim 'Bones' Mackay to the team, is Begay's job in jeopardy at all?

Bones wasn't good in the limited coverage I've seen of him. He said a lot of things like "dinner will taste better if he can make this putt." Notah is good. And he doesn't say "this shot is impossible" right before a guy pulls the shot off.

[JetFan1983]

They'll likely keep Notah around just for the simple fact that he's by far the strongest insider Tiger Woods connection that they have. 

[NCGolfer]

11 hours ago, JetFan1983 said:

They'll likely keep Notah around just for the simple fact that he's by far the strongest insider Tiger Woods connection that they have. 

Meh...I think they'll keep him around because he's actually pretty good at his job.  The Tiger connection doesn't hurt but I like Notah more than most on-course reporters and commentators.

[ScouseJohnny]

11 hours ago, JetFan1983 said:

They'll likely keep Notah around just for the simple fact that he's by far the strongest insider Tiger Woods connection that they have. 

“(The Masters) probably wouldn’t have been the best place for Tiger to start the year out after this most recent setback,” Begay told Eisen. “I think we should probably look, maybe something just after the Players Championship.” (Notah Begay, 7th April 2017). When asked about Tiger's prospects for playing the U.S. Open in June, Begay added, "Oh, it's a definite possibility. That's probably the event that's circled on his calendar."

20th April 2017: Tiger Woods announces on his website that his scheduled back surgery, which took place the previous week, went well.

 

 

[David in FL]

34 minutes ago, NCGolfer said:

Meh...I think they'll keep him around because he's actually pretty good at his job.  The Tiger connection doesn't hurt but I like Notah more than most on-course reporters and commentators.

I tend to agree with this.  

[jamo]

I like Notah. Sometimes it seems to me that he gets a little lost in the shuffle, and I wish he'd chime in more, but that's hardly a criticism.

[boogielicious]

I like Notah, more for his objective demeanor and knowledge than connections. He doesn't overreact like some commentators or use tired cliches. 

[JetFan1983]

3 hours ago, NCGolfer said:

Meh...I think they'll keep him around because he's actually pretty good at his job.  The Tiger connection doesn't hurt but I like Notah more than most on-course reporters and commentators.

Sure, I never said he was bad at his job. Not sure where you got that from!

2 hours ago, ScouseJohnny said:

“(The Masters) probably wouldn’t have been the best place for Tiger to start the year out after this most recent setback,” Begay told Eisen. “I think we should probably look, maybe something just after the Players Championship.” (Notah Begay, 7th April 2017). When asked about Tiger's prospects for playing the U.S. Open in June, Begay added, "Oh, it's a definite possibility. That's probably the event that's circled on his calendar."

20th April 2017: Tiger Woods announces on his website that his scheduled back surgery, which took place the previous week, went well.

 

 

Haha true, but generally, Notah is known as one of the very few people Tiger considers an actual friend. 

 

 

Edited July 7, 2017 by JetFan1983

[MuniGrit]

Both is always so laid back and has that low key attitude. It is like he is always a "couple of beers" in at all times.

[NCGolfer]

5 hours ago, JetFan1983 said:

Sure, I never said he was bad at his job. Not sure where you got that from!

I never said that you said he was bad...you just made it sound like the only reason they would keep him around is his relationship with Tiger.  That's something I (and others here) disagree with.

[JetFan1983]

1 minute ago, NCGolfer said:

I never said that you said he was bad...you just made it sound like the only reason they would keep him around is his relationship with Tiger.  That's something I (and others here) disagree with.

You misinterpreted me because that's not what I implied. I said that his relationship with Tiger alone is grounds for Golf Channel keeping him on their roster. You and the others didn't get what I was saying. 

Obviously Tiger news brings the most attention and clicks, and it's useful for Golf Channel to have Notah on their team, regardless of his on-the-course reporting. That's why I'm saying his job is almost definitely safe. They can always go to him for a quick Tiger opinion, and to the knowledgeable viewer, it would have some level of credibility to it because most people know Notah and Tiger are good friends. 

My point was that other reporters are more likely to lose airtime to Bones than Notah would be.