With A-League set to leave Fox Sports for the first time since the competition began in 2005, what will happen to its commentary team when the current season is over? I reckon Fox Sports will retain Brenton Speed because he can also commentate AFL and NRL matches, but others like Robbie Slater, Mark Bosnich and Andy Harper may be looking for a new job.
I reckon they’ll all go to 10 - similar with what happened to most FOX staff and the exodus to 9/Stan Sport and Rugby Union.
He’s the one of the three I’d keep. He’s a good, analyst commentator. He doesn’t go on about himself and his achievements. Heck, I don’t even know what he’s done in his career! Slater and Bozza were EPL champions, but I don’t know shit about Harps.
Two more seasons of Inside Line (the Supercars documentary) are coming
Season 2 covering Walkinshaw Andretti United’s 2020 Season coming later this year
Season 3 covering Triple Eight (Ampol Red Bull Racing)'s 2021 Season early next year
Brand New Series ‘Your Golf Show’ with Paul Gow set to premiere on Fox Sports
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SERIES TO PREMIERE TONIGHT TUESDAY, JUNE 15
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HOSTED BY AUSTRALIAN PGA PROFESSIONAL PAUL GOW
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WATCH ON FOXTEL, STREAM ON KAYO
FOX SPORTS will tee off a brand new weekly series ‘Your Golf Show’ , premiering for the first time tonight, Tuesday June 15 at 8.30pm AEST available to watch on FOXTEL on FOX SPORTS 503 and stream on Kayo.
This new look show, hosted by PGA professional Paul Gow alongside media personality and golf enthusiast Bree Laughlin , allows viewers and golf enthusiasts of all levels at home the ultimate experience to learn all of the insights around the ‘where’ and ‘what’ and ‘how’ when it comes to the challenging game of golf.
The ‘where’ to play looks at various locations around Australia to play from private and public access golf courses extending to a whole getaway destination experience. The ‘what’ examines the club, tools and equipment needed to get the best out of their game. The ‘how’ is showcased with tips provided from a number of PGA professionals including the likes of Paul Gow, Nick O’Hern, Matt Jager, Ben Doney and more.
Australian PGA professional, Paul Gow, said:
“We are excited to be on air with Fox Sports and Kayo every week sharing our favourite courses, some tips to improve your game and of course giving you all the latest gear reviews. In amongst all this, we are going to have a lot of fun”.
The series will be available to watch on FOXTEL on Fox Sports 503, and to stream on Kayo.
BROADCAST DETAILS
Episode 1
Tuesday, June 15
8.30pm AEST
FOX SPORTS 503 & Kayo
US Open golf on Fox Sports 503 and Kayo this weekend AEST
Round 1 - Fri June 18 -
1.59 to 4 am - Live featured group - Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka
4 am to 12 pm - Live Round 1 (NBC/Golf Channel/Peacock/world feed)
12 to 2 pm - Live from the US Open (Golf Channel analysis)
Round 2 - Sat June 19 -
12.50 to 4 am - Live featured group - Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose
4 am to 12 pm - Live Round 2 (NBC/Golf Channel/Peacock/world feed)
12 to 2 pm - Live from the US Open (Golf Channel analysis)
Round 3 - Sun June 20 -
3 to 11 am - Live Round 3 (NBC/world feed)
11 am to 1 pm - Live from the US Open (Golf Channel analysis)
Round 4 - Mon June 21 -
2 to 10 am - Live Round 4 & possible 2 hole aggregate playoff (NBC/Golf Channel/world feed)
10 am to 12 pm - Live from the US Open (Golf Channel analysis)
usopen dot com also featuring live streaming of 4 featured groups for both round 1 and 2… featured group 1 Morikawa, Thomas, Koepka starting at 1.59 am Friday for round 1 and 6.14 am Saturday for round 2…featured group 2 Mickelson, Schauffele, Homa starting at 2.21 am Friday for round 1 and 6.36 am Saturday for round 2…featured group 3 Strafaci, Matsuyama, DeChambeau starting at 7.44 am Friday for round 1 and 12.29 am Saturday for round 2…featured group 4 Johnson, Rose, Mc Ilroy starting at 8.06 am Friday for round 1 and 12.51 am Saturday for round 2…also there is streaming of holes 11, 12, 13 for all groups(approx 1.25 am to 12.30 pm Friday round 1, and 11.55 pm Friday to 11 am Saturday round 2…these 3 feeds likely to be streaming in all 4 rounds, with the feature groups for round 3 and 4, their tee times and holes 11, 12, 13 streaming times tbc before each round
I have been a big fan of NBCs US Open coverage ever since 1995, and I am looking forward to seeing them do a look back on Tigers epic win at Torrey Pines in 2008 in the 19 hole playoff…I always enjoy hearing the US Open theme ‘In Celebration Of Man’
Im hoping the Fox Sports coverage doesnt have too much generic world feed, and gives us as much of the NBC feed as possible
The hours NBC are live on air on US TV (AEST)…
round 1 - 9 am to 12 pm Friday
round 2 - 8 to 11 am Saturday
round 3 - 1 to 11 am Sunday
round 4 - 2 to 10 am Monday
No chance, they always use the terrible world feed with boring commentators and for some reason skips all the interviews. Drives me insane
its brutal listening to Aussie Luke Elvy for hours on end with the usga world feed…he sounds a very nice guy, but hes just not the commentator I want to be listening to especially for a major…why does Fox Sports do this to us, is it alot cheaper to feature less of the host broadcaster feed? Continuity wise, with the first 2 rounds shifting to a different network 5 times maybe thats a factor?
I remember NBCs first days of covering the Open, Dick Enberg, Johnny Miller, Dan Hicks, Roger Maltbie and co 1995 Shinnecock on channel 9 and the 90s up to around mid 2000s, and it was pretty much just the straight NBC feed…there would be the theme ‘In Celebration Of Man’ outro with leaderboard to the ad break then come back right to the NBC coverage, with very little ch 9 host Aussie update etc, especially in the final round…usga have put the 95 final round on youtube…
I tried signing up for peacocktv but says you cant watch using a vpn
Its such a shame as Australians are being robbed of proper full coverage of one of the greatest covered annual sporting events, being given a far less lively/interesting coverage
I really enjoy the intros NBC do, and NBC use music so well in their coverage, and I miss this awesome tune they often played during highlight montages 1995 to 2014 that doesnt seem to be getting used this year…“Into the Night” by Exchange…
I also just discovered usga have put, along with many other us open final round back nine broadcasts, the full nbc broadcast of tigers epic in 2008 at torrey pines on youtube…
fourth round on nbc…
19 hole monday playoff on espn/nbc…
My issue is not so much showing the world feed, it’s the world feed itself. Why do they cut in between the NBC guys and world feed guys. They do this every minute it seems. It should be NBC guys unless they go to ad break which is when they show shots with the world feed guys. And they actively avoid to show any interviews, they’ll cut away to some coastal shot to not show them interviewing players. Why is this a thing? It seems to be a problem with the majors. The PGA Tour does this right each week.
But yeah, I do love that NBC golf intro…
Watching both feeds at the same time for the last half-hour, it does appear NBC is the preferred feed. until just prior to going to an ad break, then Fox flicks the switch to world-feed until the feeds sync up again and there’s a break in the commentary on both feeds.
NBC has a lot of ad breaks. So far 3 ad breaks on NBC compared to one on Fox. Also some of the ad breaks on NBC are close together so on Fox for that period, it was world-feed.
what fox sports are doing giving the australian audience the lesser quality more boring generic world feed commentary majority of the time is what they used to do with the players championship for many years on fox sports until finally we got the full nbc/golf channel broadcast
it appears fox dont want to use the golf channel or peacock commentary feed when they are in their broadcast windows, but are giving us some nbc commentary feed(with alot of world feed as well) when nbc are in their 3 hour usa tv broadcast window the first 2 rounds
for this us open alot of round 2 i got frustrated with the fox airing so i just streamed the koepka and mickelson feature groups and the holes 11, 12, 13 stream on us open site that has somewhat better commentary than much of the fox airing…ive also been checking out past nbc covered us opens that the usga posted on youtube
nbc sports are on air for 10 straight hours for round 3 and 8 straight hours for round 4 on us tv, without any switch from nbc to golf channel to peacock etc in usa…so i will be interested to see how much of what fox sports show is nbc and how much is generic world feed luke elvy audio for both weekend rounds…the way it just switches to luke so randomly, and for such extended periods, and so frequently is so jarring continuity wise
i would be fine with however many ad breaks nbc throw in…i just want to have the full commentary/interviews/audio/visual nbc/golf channel/peacock us open coverage experience, without distraction, not just for part of rounds, but for entire rounds of coverage
Coverage has moved to Golf Channel and Fox are using the same commentary, so i don’t think that’s a problem.
Fair enough. I always prefer host broadcaster coverage.
It appears from what i’ve seen from the last 2 hours is that Fox Sports is trying to give viewers more live golf. The world feed allows Fox to cut out a lot of NBC promotional stuff, sponsored segments, long and frequent commercial breaks. That’s pretty much it from what i’ve seen.
I don’t think it’s Fox Sports making this choice. Same adapted feed on Sky NZ.
yeah im surprised they are using some golf channel audio on fox this hour
around the first 4 hours of fox sports coverage in each of round 1 and 2 was pretty much just world feed, when golf channel and peacock were on air, before the evening usa broadcast nbc slot…so i want to see if that changes somewhat over the weekend rounds when its basically only nbc coverage
thanks onair, ive just emailed the usga us open championship feedback email to let them know my thoughts (comments@usga.org)
i also think fox sports should be asking the usga to provide the full host broadcaster coverage like it used to air here when it was on channel 9 in the 90s/2000s and fox sports in the 2000s that didnt feature world feed
when the pga tour on fox sports airs you never see such heavy use of world feed for extended periods, its only brief just when cbs/nbc/golf channel are in ad breaks
Interesting. So it’s not really a world feed. More like an alternative feed for when NBC are in a break etc I assume
an article about usga/world feed from us open last year
that 80% number has been way off so far, its been much less than that overall the first 2 rounds
That would be my suspicions.
A shame they cover up the interviews presumably done by NBC. It feels a bit soulless the world feed.