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Sunday
Jan112009

Ogilvy Win Upstaged By Mark Rolfing's Declaration Of Undying Love For All Things Hawaii

It only went overboard when the Golf Channel/NBC announcer gave those big props to the 50 spectators braving Sunday morning's rain and those frigid temps in the low 70s.

But at the conclusion of Geoff Ogilvy's impressive six-shot win, Rolfing noted that besides all of the week's great shots and relentless plugs for the great state of Hawaii, other highlights were those witty Boo Weekley interviews. I did catch one Friday where Rich Lerner teed Boo up by asking if he would be eating sushi for dinner (thankfully, for the sake of the poor folks in the PGA Tour Fines and Suspensions-We-Won't-Talk-Publicly-About Department still saddled with John Daly paperwork, Boo didn't touch it).

However, a reader sent in this note regarding Saturday's interview:

So last night I'm watching the Boo interview live from Kapalua and as usual the announcers are baiting him for redneckese. He obliges with hunting humor and the like. Then Lerner goes too far and asks him about his upcoming appearance at Qatar. Something along the lines of, has anybody prepped you about the culture over there. Boo's answer was "All I know is I don't have to wear one of them turbans". Awkward silence, then interview over. They replayed the broadcast and had Boo's interview up until that question (went to commercial before).

Wow, something controversial emanating from a Kapalua broadcast position? Can't be!

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Reader Comments (20)

whats the word on the tournament moving away from kapalua? would be a shame, considering its one of two MUST see tournaments every year, architecturally.

ok, so maybe its more than 2. no more than like 4 though. and ANGC doesn't really count anymore.
01.11.2009 | Unregistered CommenterSergio
Can't a guy just not want to wear a turban anymore without the PC overtones? I don't wear turbans or toques for the same reason. They bother my head.
01.12.2009 | Unregistered CommenterBob Brancato
Thanks, Bob, for standing up. I've been afraid to admit it, but the PC overtones always kept me in the shadows.
01.12.2009 | Unregistered CommenterRonald Monetsano
I'm sick and tired of Lerner interjecting TW in just about every interview he does.
01.12.2009 | Unregistered CommenterSteven T.
Boo? Feh. It's all either an act, or he is just an idiot savant when it comes to the Game. As a native Southerner, I really can't tell. Must be losing my touch. But someone may need to tell him that they "don't have no sweet tea and no fried chicken" in Qatar.

As a relatively new TGC viewer I watched a about two hours of the coverage. Nick was his usual self. I don't exactly understand the antipathy to Kelly; she is no worse than most golf hosts. Rolfing adds nothing, but is fairly benign. Lerner on the other hand is a complete idjit, trying to be an amalgam of Jack Whitaker, Jim McKay, and Frank Deford. After an earlier round he asked DL3 what this tournament meant to him since he was in Hawai'i when his father died in a plane crash all those years ago. Not only was the question rude, it had absolutely no relevance to anything about the Tour, the tournament, or DL3's current performance.
The look on Davis' face as Lerner asked that question said "Why are you going there, Rich?"
01.12.2009 | Unregistered Commentermichaelt
The Boo / JD comparison is getting really tired and starting to feel a little contrived - almost as much as people in the media asking the question "Is [This Week's Winners Name Here] going to be the guy to finally challenge Tiger?
01.12.2009 | Unregistered CommenterD.A.
I really like the kid but is anybody else already experiencing Anthony Kim overload from folks @ TGC?
01.12.2009 | Unregistered CommenterOWGR Fan
+1 to all of the above, and why do we have to do a weepie look at whatever golfer who happens to have a sick kid? all due respect and sympathy to ernie els, but i do not see the connection between this golf telecast and his son's autism.
01.12.2009 | Unregistered Commenterthusgone
Thusgone:

It's all Roone Arledge's fault. Remember "Up Close and Personal" back when ABC had a monopoly on the Olympics? Ever since we have been inundated with so much of this stuff that when NBC does the Olympics all we seem to see is whatshisname, that little guy from St. Louis, handing the broadcast off to some "reporter" with the latest on Micheal Phelps's mother's struggles as a single mother. Or something other than an actual Olympic event.
Lerner and the whole GC crew deserved that uncomfortable moment after Boo gave the turban answer. they were throwing him questions that would be asked of a 6 year old kid. I like Boo OK but dude needs to wake up and realize when he is being played like a dumbass redneck puppet. Is that not degrading. I was emabarrased for him.
01.12.2009 | Unregistered Commenterpc
At any moment on Golf Channel tour events, the telecast seems to be about two things, one is the PGA event, and the other is the ' How smart can I look ? or how memorable a comment can I make ' crew.

My finger is always on the 'mute' button especially when the ' GC crew' gets 'rolling'.
01.12.2009 | Unregistered Commenterjohnny knoxville
I knew Boo had something in common with Prince Harry.
01.12.2009 | Unregistered CommenterSome guy
i usually watch the telecasts on my comcast-supplied dvr.

one of the things it does that i really like is sometimes after i fast-forward through some blather it will only give part of the soundtrack. when it does this, you cannot hear any commentary, and the only sound is whatever is being picked up by the ambient mikes pointed at whatever player is being shown.

it is like a breath of fresh air to get to see a guy hit a shot accompanied by nothing but the player-caddy discussion and then the sounds of the golfswing. i think the dvr is about to fail, but i like this particular malfunction a lot.
01.12.2009 | Unregistered Commenterthusgone
Thusgone, you are reminding me a lot of my thusgone friend from southern Illinois...
01.12.2009 | Unregistered CommenterShivas
I have been on the pro-Rich Lerner side when it comes to his articulate summaries, though he ought to keep 'em brief.

As an interviewer, though, he usually comes off as a smart-aleck college kid patronizing one of the townies. I hope the producers force him to rewatch the Boo interview over and over again, to make him realize just how degrading it was to all concerned. Alas, I fear that the producers are the source of the problem.
01.12.2009 | Unregistered CommenterCBell
Fnchem really shot Lerner a look when he asked him if he had tried out any of the zip lines there. The commish bluntly reminded him that he wasn't there on vacation.
01.13.2009 | Unregistered CommenterYoung Man Birdie
One reason for all this blather on TGC is that there was four hours of golf for a limited field and heaven forbid they can't show GOLF. This means yakking. I still maintain the best sports broadcast in history was that NFL game that was broadcast without announcers.
01.14.2009 | Unregistered Commentertaffy
Cleveland Golf guys: I'm thinking of a Realtree camo turban, a big one, with room for branding both the Clevelend logo, with room on the side panels for co-branding Srixon golf balls. Maybe, with both logos also displayed in Arabic! Or whatever them turban-wearers talk over there.
01.15.2009 | Unregistered CommenterChuck
I just heard Mark Rolfing wax on about how far boats need to stay away from the whales in hawaii. Will we ever get rid of hiim?
01.23.2010 | Unregistered Commenterpowpow

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