Behind The Numbers: Golf Channel's Most Watched April Yet
/Ed Sherman reports on Golf Channel having
Read MoreIn golf construction art and utility meet; both are absolutely vital; one is utterly ruined without the other. GEORGE THOMAS
It’s back!
Twenty years later Tatra Press has kindly allowed me to bring back Grounds For Golf now that golf architecture is of more interest to the masses. A new Introduction looks at what’s driven the interest growth and two new chapters I had a blast adding (plus a few edits to keep things up-to-date).
The Amazon purchase page for the book arriving June 15, 2026.
Fox Sports Gets Its Test Event: '14 Shark Shootout
/Fox Sports, which was thought to be debuting its USGA event coverage
Read MoreNotah Begay Recovering From Heart Attack
/The NBC/Golf Channel announcer was in Dallas
Read MoreGreg Norman: "My objective is not to be criticizing golfers. My objective is to be fair and balanced."
/Just remember, I merely copy and paste this stuff.
Read MoreThis Week & Last Week In Golf Channel Ratings: Masters, Arnie
/Son of the Bronx posts last week's
Read MoreSBD: Buck & Norman To Helm Fox's U.S. Open Telecast
/John Ourand of Sports Business Daily
Read MoreMasters Final Round Draws A 7.8, Down From 10.4
/Awful Announcing summarizes the Tweets revealing the CBS final round ratings for the 2014 Masters, which they say hit a 10-year low. The 7.8 is down from a 10.4 last year and even from an 8.1 when Bubba Watson also won in 2012.
Ed Sherman says don't blame Tiger and Phil. I'm a bit shocked at some of the comments I've seen about the lack of a compelling cast. If Bubba fending off a huge mix of age groups, bonafide young guns Spieth and Fowler, along with the defending champion doesn't excite people, I'm not sure what leaderboard would. They only real fault lies in an excessive setup that stifled risk taking.
More interesting is this Classic TV Sports breakdown of the shots shown Sunday. Jordan Spieth led the way with 70, followed by Bubba at 68, Kuchar at58 and finished off by Lee Westwood at zero.
Update on 2014-04-15 20:33 by Geoff
**Ed Sherman puts the numbers in perspective, suggesting that the viewers might have stayed with a more compelling back nine and that the Saturday and Friday drops are more alarming than Sunday, which was close to 2012.
Update on 2014-04-20 19:02 by Geoff
Exclusive: Brandel Chamblee Joins Tiger's Team For Masters
/In an ongoing effort to smooth over their relationship following last year's
Read MoreTake That Costas! Feherty Gets Studio Hosting Emmy Nod
/The Sports Emmy nominations
Read MoreNew Golf Graphic...What Do You Think?
/If you flipped over to the Arnold Palmer Invitational from the NCAA Tournament
Read MoreThe Long Winter Makes People Do Inexplicable Things In Record Numbers Files: Big Break Hits New Ratings High
/This appears to be almost double the normal rating for Big Break,
Read More"Arnie" The Definitive Film Coming Masters Week
/Golf Channel is calling this three-hour film on Arnold Palmer
Read MoreBear Trap Spotlight Coverage: The Future?
/A lot of folks won't like it, but I'm pretty sure the look and format of Golf Channel's Spotlight coverage is televised golf's future.
Read MoreFYI: Hi-Tech Honda Weekend Spotlight Coverage
/Golf Channel will be offering a different look to its "Bear Trap" Spotlight coverage
Read MoreDubuisson Playing For PGA Tour Status Sunday, Prompting Announcer Fears Of Accurate Name Pronunciation Crackdown
/By my count there have been five wonderfully distinct pronunciations of Victor Dubuisson's name during Sunday's
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