How I learned to appreciate Johnny Miller
Johnny Miller's style is an acquired taste, but it was worth the effort.
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The PGA Championship should have gone to ESPN a long time ago
The PGA Championship is much better off with ESPN's event-hype help, but it could do even more to stand out.
Tiger Woods’ Tour Championship win provided massive ratings increase for NBC
The overnight rating for the event was up 206% from 2017.
PGA Tour reportedly considering change to FedEx Cup, in part to simplify how viewers follow along
The FedEx Cup is already shrinking by a tournament next year; now, the Tour Championship could be decided a lot differently.
Here’s some jackass yelling in the middle of Tiger’s swing on the 18th tee at the Open
NBC picked it up clearly.
Phil Mickelson really doesn’t seem to like Brandel Chamblee very much
"I was afraid you were gonna say we felt the same way about something, and that would've thrown me for a loop."
Discovery buys PGA Tour international rights for $2 billion
Discovery now has long-term deals for international rights to the Olympics and the PGA Tour
Johnny Miller brutally shut down a lighthearted Phil Mickelson retrospective
Johnny Miller really gives no effs.
Fox is moving away from a three-person booth at the U.S. Open
FOX will actually have two two-man booths with defined holes in an effort to simplify things.
The post-Masters coverage of Patrick Reed demonstrates the value of being likable
This is a perfect example of how likability influences our perception of athletes.
The PGA Tour had a fun playoff finish today that no one could watch live
Weather forced a change in plans, but why wasn't it at least streamed online?
Rickie Fowler to produce Driven, an NBC Sports all-access documentary on Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team
College golf is an underrated world, and one of the rare formats where golf is a team sport.
Friday’s Masters delivered more good ratings for ESPN, but with Tiger out of contention, how will the weekend look?
Tiger's return deserves a lot of credit for the strong numbers so far. But with Woods out of contention for the weekend, will the big numbers continue?
AA Q+A: Mike Tirico’s thoughts on the Masters, why less is more at Augusta, and how difficult it is to broadcast golf
"If you're covering an NFL game, Carson Wentz isn't throwing a pass at the same time Tom Brady is. But in golf, Mickelson and Woods may be playing at the same time."
The Masters television broadcasts will finally have some shot tracer, but not as much as you’d like
Shot tracer is good, and progress is progress, but hopefully this is just the start of a sea change for Masters coverage.
