USGA, Fox Sports reach 12-year broadcast deal

[JESII]

Why would it be better if they each negotiated their own TV deal?

The Masters is a different animal.

I know it's not a popular viewpoint here, but Let's assume these guys are honest for a second...

[Pete_Pittock]

FOX had some excellent graphics showing multiple wind velocities and vectors as the primary wind was disturbed and dispersed by the back straight grandstands at Daytona during tonight's twin duels.  Should have great relevance at the US Open. Wonder if CBS will have something comparable at Amen Corner?

[Howard Riefs]

Fox tabs Joe Buck and Greg Norman to anchor U.S. Open coverage:
      http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/04/fox-tabs-joe-buck-and-greg-nor.html
      http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2014/04/15/Media/Fox-Golf.aspx


Anticipate we'll quickly tire of Norman and end up missing Johnny Miller as a result...

[Keith Grande]

Joe Buck, a baseball announcer....any link to golf whatsoever?

[Howard Riefs]

Joe Buck, a baseball announcer....any link to golf whatsoever?

The same link to golf as Johnny's current broadcast booth partner Dan Hicks.

Push.

[BCowan]

I love Johnny.  I miss the times when Phil would do something dumb and Johnny would add such colorful commentary.  Norman is going to be boring i bet. 

[JESII]

Only time will tell, but the most boring announcers today all seem afraid of hurting someone's feelings. Don't know if that will be an issue for Norman.

[B.Ross]

Joe Buck, a baseball announcer....any link to golf whatsoever?

joe buck plays from anywhere from a scratch to a 3-4 handicap out of old warson it St. Louis. safe to say his links to golf are greater than most of us ... there are his scores. so yea he can play, me thinks he'll do just fine calling golf.


Name:    Joe Buck
Club   Handicap Index   Effective Date   Low H.I.
Old Warson Country Club
Metropolitan Amateur Golf Asn   3.6    4/15/2014   3.5
Boone Valley Golf Club
Metropolitan Amateur Golf Asn   3.6    4/15/2014   3.5
Revision ScoresRecent ScoresH.I. HistoryC.H. Calculator
Used   T   Date   Score   CR/Slope   Diff.
*   H   6/13   77   73.0/135   3.3
    H   5/13   85   73.0/135   10.0
*   H   9/12   76   72.1/134   3.3
*   H   8/12   73   71.0/131   1.7
*   H   7/12   75   73.0/135   1.7
*   H   6/12   81   73.0/135   6.7
    H   6/12   87   71.0/131   13.8
*   A   5/12   73   73.6/133   -0.5
*   H   5/12   72   71.0/131   0.9
    H   5/10   88   73.0/135   12.6
    A   5/10   84   71.0/127   11.6
    A   5/10   84   70.0/113   14.0
    H   5/10   85   72.1/134   10.9
*   H   5/10   84   74.1/141   7.9
    A   4/10   85   72.1/134   10.9
    A   4/10   88   72.1/134   13.4
    H   4/10   85   72.0/135   10.9
*   A   4/10   78   72.1/134   5.0
    A   4/10   84   72.1/134   10.0
*   A   4/10   82   72.1/134   8.3

[Dan Herrmann]

My issue with FOX is that they broadcast in 720p versus 1080i.  To my eye, the 720p doesn't look as sweet as 1080i.

[Kevin_Reilly]

I saw him hit a few shots at the American Century tournament up at Tahoe last year.  He did not look or play like a 3-4 handicap player.  I notice that he did not post his tournament scores on GHIN (unlike some other participants, such as Stephen Curry who plays out of Cal Club), so that 3-4 is possibly in the "vanity" category.

http://www.scoring.r2it.com/golf/acc/Scorecard.aspx?TournamentID=1&PlayerID=68

Sorry to read that he got the golf assignment.

[Keith Grande]

20 rounds over 4 years....

[Tim_Cronin]

Among the lead anchors of the U.S. Open on American TV over the years: Lindsey Nelson (1954) Chick Hearn (1959-1960), Jim Simpson (1965), Chris Schenkel (1966-1972), Jim McKay (1973-1991), Brent Musburger (1992-1994), Dick Enberg (1995-1999), and Dan Hicks (2000-present).

For those who are now complaining about Joe Buck, go down that list and tell me how many majors they have won. They are professional broadcasters. All of them cover other sports. Buck is cut from the same stripe. Why the beef?

[BHoover]

I'd love to see Elkington get a TV gig.

[BCowan]

I'd love to see Elkington get a TV gig.

[Kevin_Reilly]

Why the beef?

Have you listened to any MLB (Buck-McCarver) or NFL (Buck-Aikman) games?

[Tim_Cronin]

Why the beef?

Have you listened to any MLB (Buck-McCarver) or NFL (Buck-Aikman) games?

Many. I think he's fine. Knows what he's talking about. Brings in his partner perfectly. Speaks clearly. Throws in a funny line now and again. Doesn't take the sports he covers as religion (so he'll never work The Masters).

[Jonathan Mallard]

Geoff Shackelford just posted the full lineup of Fox Golf personalities.

In (good): Tom Weiskopf.

In: A bunch of others. Buddy Marucci, Natalie Gulbis, Morgan Pressel and a bunch of others.

http://www.geoffshackelford.com/homepage/2015/4/21/fox-sports-completes-really-big-usga-on-air-roster.html

[Jeff Bergeron]

Gil Hanse is an out of the box addition. Good thinking by Fox.

[Howard Riefs]

Fox Sports parts ways with Greg Norman

http://golfweek.com/news/2016/jan/17/golf-fox-sports-greg-norman-lead-analyst-out/

[Howard Riefs]

... and Azinger gets the lead analyst gig:

http://www.golfdigest.com/story/paul-azinger-to-take-over-lead-golf-analyst-role-at-fox-sports

[JLahrman]

I'm not a big Azinger fan.

That said, Norman's shortcomings were overshadowed by the floral chick's errors last year. Dustin Johnson's situation coming up the 18th hole last year and the immediate aftermath were tailor-made for Norman - what's it like coming up 18 with a chance to win, with a putt to win, and then having given it away with an error. Norman was 'speechless' but as the lead analyst he was the only person in the world who couldn't be speechless there. And he shouldn't have been.

Where was this guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=331HkKXsDHs

[Howard Riefs]

Not a pretty picture for Fox Sports, US Open ratings and making $$$...


http://www.golfdigest.com/story/tvs-dollar11-billion-problem-making-sense-of-fox-and-the-usga

[Kalen Braley]

For years I never thought it could get any worse than NBC...unitl Fox got in the game with Joe Buck.  Just absymal!