For those of you who watched any or all of last's night TGL show, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
Like I tell my brother, Alan, the only thing more boring than golfing is watching others golf.
But I stand corrected . . . now there's indoor, simulated golf to catch on TV.
I stand in complete agreement on that. Watching golf is as exciting as watching grass grow. In fact, as long as some golfers take to size up a putt, you can probably actually see the grass grow if you look close enough. My wife and I were once given free tickets to see the Memorial Tournament at the Muirfield Village Golf Club. There were some big names there. We walked up the first green and saw these household names putting. We watched the "action" at that hole. Looked at each other said, what are we doing here, and walked back to our car and left. It took us years to tell the close friend who had given us the tickets what we did. He was, at the time, the PR director of Children's Hospital, which is both a recipient of some of the proceeds and sponsor of the event (not exactly sure how that works), and he had gotten the tickets for free, so he hadn't had to pay out of his own pocket.
Shocking that two people who don't play golf don't enjoy watching golf. Really solid effort fellas.
Al, 3.2M unique viewers tuned in from what I read. No Tiger or Rory playing, and it still did good numbers in Week 1. I originally thought that not having the two bigges names start Week 1 was a mistake but now I've reconsidered. Tiger is still the needle in golf. No one draws attention even remotely close so a lot of people will watch when he's playing and I bet Week 2 will do more than Week 1. That's a chance to draw these people in to regular viewers. Week 1 debut, Week 2 Tiger debut, Week 3 Tiger vs. Rory. Are some people hooked at that point? Maybe.
My take in general...the tech is very impressive. The pace is much more appealing to watch with the shot clock. I would have liked to see more of the stats on the screen. The format I'm not sure about yet but it seems OK. I think this is a good chance to get to know these guys better and let their personalities show. Not all are cut out for that but maybe some lesser known guys have a path to winning over some new fans. I was surprised with Xander being pretty vocal and joking around a lot. Never been much of a fan of his, but maybe I've misjudged.
Like LIV, I highly doubt the team matters to anyone.
This is light years better than any recent versions of "The Match".