Rosaforte: Supporters Help Keep Rolfing Strong
/A sobering but inspirational column from Tim Rosaforte
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Forward Press: Van Pelt, Sportscenter And Golf
/The debut of Scott Van Pelt's midnight ET Sportscenter
Read MoreDavid Feherty Surfaces In Sioux Falls; Has No Comment
/David Nicholson of the Argus Leader
Read MoreWhere Will David Feherty Land?
/The intrigue continues after SBD's report of CBS
Read MoreSBD: CBS & Feherty Split Over His "Role" After 19 Years?
/John Ourand's Sports Business Daily exclusive revealing a CBS and David Feherty
Read MoreTiger! Wyndham On CBS Draws Best Non-Major Ratings In Two Years; U.S. Amateur On Fox Hits All-Time Low
/With Tiger's debut in the Wyndham Championship, both CBS and Golf Channel
Read MoreChange We Can Believe In: Petition To Ban Hall Of Fame Ad
/Now this is what I call breaking rocks and moving mountains!
Read More'15 PGA Poll: Who Do You Most Blame For The Telecast?
/I cover television here because it has such a powerful role
Read MoreUSGA Opens TV Studio Complete With Non-Conforming Grooves
/Dak Dillon of Newscast Studio reports on the USGA
Read MoreVideo: Jim Nantz's Tribute To Frank Gifford
/During the WGC Bridgestone final round, Jim Nantz delivered the news that Frank Gifford had passed and then paid tribute to the quarterback and broadcaster. Gifford loved his golf and did some golf broadcasting for ABC as well.
Nantz's tribute:
Debuting: PGA Tour's Digital Streaming Subscription Service
/I'm not sure if the “Stop Missing, Start Watching" slogan will resonate
Read MoreLose The U.S. Junior In Historic Fashion, Still Get Holly For Prom
/Andrew Orishak lost a 5-up lead to lose the U.S. Junior Amateur
Read MoreRatings Up Solidly For ESPN's Open Championship Coverage
/Nice showing for ESPN, especially for Monday's final round, a summer work day in the States.
Read MoreClassic TV's 2015 Open Championship Shot Tracking...
/Reveals that ESPN showed many more shots during Monday's final round from St Andrews than last year at Hoylake.
From their write-up, which includes links to the breakdowns at the year's other majors.
ESPN showed 358 shots during this period which worked out to 1.23 strokes per minute - a sizable increase over the ESPN shot rate of 1.01 from the 2014 Open Championship.
This was also a higher shot rate than I tracked for CBS from the 2015 Masters and Fox from the 2015 US Open, but trailed the rate that NBC showed during the 2015 Players. The Masters post contains links to the shot charts I did for the 2014 majors.
As WatchESPN was blocked here in the UK, I wasn't able to see much of the Road hole coverage or other digital feeds. Anyone watch and any thoughts?
BBC Apologizes For Peter Alliss…Twice
/While ESPN had a great week under difficult circumstances according to Golf World's John Strege, BBC's coverage was pretty weak visually. While I couldn't hear the announcing, apparently Peter Alliss made a few remarks that haven't gone over well. 
An unbylined Telegraph report says two comments in particular didn't go over too well.
Alliss, 84, had already sent social media alight on Sunday night with his comment about young Irish amateur Paul Dunne being hugged by his mother as he came off the course with a share of the third-round lead.
"Ah, that must be mum," said Alliss. "Perhaps he likes older women. I don't know but I hope I got the right one."
And this when Zach Johnson's wife Kim was shown congratulating her husband.
As the camera focused on her, Alliss mused about how the couple would spend the prize money: "She is probably thinking - 'if this goes in I get a new kitchen'," commented Alliss.
The BBC has one more Open to televise in 2016 before handing the rights to Sky Sports.
