DVR Alert, I Guess: CBS Presents "Next On The Tee: The Future Of Golf"

Well at least there's Gentle Ben to listen to...

CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR PRESENTS “NEXT ON THE TEE: THE FUTURE OF GOLF”

CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR gives an inside look at the present and future of golf with the one-hour special, NEXT ON THE TEE: THE FUTURE OF GOLF presented by AT&T on Saturday, July 30 (2:00-3:00 PM, ET).  Featured in the special is eight-time major winner, Tom Watson, assessing his career and where he sees the game going. Also featured is two-time All America golfer from Georgia, Russell Henley, as he looks to his future as a professional. Turner Sports’ Craig Sager examines the technology of the game from the hickory shafted clubs to the models of today.  Two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw will examine the state of where course design is going in the coming years.  And a CBS Sports panel of golf experts including Ian Baker-Finch, Peter Kostis and Peter Oosterhuis hold a discussion on the state of today’s game today, where it is going, the young players ready to win in the future and golf technology.  CBS Sports’ Deb Boulac serves as coordinating producer.

"The whole situation has gotten out of hand."

I remember the good ole days when I'd suggest distance gains were not good for the game and I'd get funny looks, nasty looks, and in general, suggestions I was a communist-sympathizer.

Even better were the times I'd suggest course setups were rigged to offset/emasculate/cover-up regulatory incompetance and I'd get the look folks used to give to those who suggested the moon landing was actually shot on a San Fernando Valley soundstage.

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Bubba! "I think the golf industry is going the wrong way....No one else is changing their game so much with technology."

I always enjoy Farrell Evans' Q&A's at golf.com but when I get to add a modern day player to The List, why it's a special day. And when it's the most American of American's expressing such un-American, anti-something views, it's just a grand day!
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Feherty Advocates Making The Ball Bigger

Bob Carney says that during the Golf Channel's 19th Hole show last week, new Golf Channel everywhere man and internationally renowned cyclist David Feherty advocated an increase in the size of the ball to make the game more attractive to amateurs and more challenging for pros. Peter Kostis has another delusional subversive to tame!
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"I will be totally surprised if an American wins the Open this week."

John Huggan talks to instructor and former SMU coach Hank Haney, who is still down on the American college golf system's ability to produce great players or great thinkers, not to mention contenders next week. Asked about what's happened since his controversial Golf Digest remarks four years ago.
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