Pitiful. Pathetic. Awful. Amateurish.
In an effort to see some of the golf while at work but unable to view it on TV, I resorted to www.usopen.com, and the site's live web coverage. While the video was fine, the commentary was not. They had a "feature group" in the morning, and another in the afternoon. The latter was the threesome of Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Lee Westwood. Makes sense, but little did I know the guys calling the shots were more in love with Woods than his 14 girlfriends.
These numbskulls kept going on about how great Tiger was playing, and how poorly Els was doing. Crappy Els shot a 2-over 73; Terrific Tiger came in at 3-over 74, without a single birdie. Did you guys watch the golf, or were you too busy marveling at the sound of your own voices? That's another thing; they seemed to think it was their responsibility to fill every second with their pointless drivel.
More annoying was the endless blather about how much Tiger had to overcome this year. Excuse me, but Tiger is the one solely responsible for whatever it is he's "had to overcome." I was waiting for one of these idiots to blame Elin Woods for Tiger's serial infidelity.
Just for good measure, they threw in a couple off-color jokes about how difficult pro golf can be on your marriage. I'm not a prude, but this is the USGA's official website. I know this is just the Web, where decency is an afterthought and the search for truth is replaced by "close enough is good enough," but come on. Hey USGA, give these clowns some guidelines.
Or are these guys the best the USGA could come up with?
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