Rory McIlroy is held down by teammate Shane Lowry as he rows with Team USA staff in the parking lot
It was one of the most enjoyable and controversial weekend of sport in recent times, with the Ryder Cup drama generally well covered by Sky Sports. The controversy involving Rory McIlroy added some welcome spice to the event and provided a truly juicy piece of news for the program to cover.
Overall, the weekend once again proves that golf fans are very pleased with the depth and breadth of coverage on Sky. Perhaps only the cricket offer is better. Documentaries on previous releases such as The Miracle of the Medina, profiles and feature interviews with the main characters, excellent access to this year's competitors and a healthy dose of legends from yesteryear all complement the live broadcast and mean that a serious fan if he or she she wishes, the channel can be turned on almost 24 hours a day.
Those with BBC-only access received a 90-minute program at the end of each of the three days of the performance. Given the one-day nature of the competition and how it can move so quickly (though, fortunately for Europe, not on the final day of the event), it's hard to see how this competition could be covered in anything other than a specialist sport. channel. This is not an event that you can enter and exit.
If there was a flaw in Sky's coverage, it was the lack of follow-up to Saturday's incident with McIlroy. Instead, the Sky Golf Channel moved the report from US NBC, meaning Brandel Chamblee, Paul McGinley and US anchors and journalists gave us the story of the car park turmoil, rather than Nick Dougherty and co. Given that Sky had a huge team in Rome, you'd think they might as well do their own coverage of the event, throw in another 50p for Sir Nick Faldo and keep going for a while.
< p lang=" ru" dir="ltr">An angry Rory McIlroy confronted Team USA's caddy in the car park after he was spotted waving his cap in McIlroy's face as he hit his final putt in the 18th minute 😳pic.twitter. com /Ha4r5hDsGi
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) September 30, 2023
Not that there were other golf tournaments or stories to follow. McGinley, in addition to being an excellent analyst and a good guy, must be one hell of a hard worker; he seems to be on one channel or another almost non-stop. The accessibility of today's players reflects well on both them and their relationship with the media: when McIlroy won his match on Sunday, he was talking to the Sky cameras moments later; brilliant access and great to get an instant reaction from the person in the moment. “I needed that [caddy scramble] to fuel me, it brought a different level of focus and determination,” he said. “This incident lit a fire in our belly.”
However, one of the problems with Sky's coverage is the frequency of advertising, which is constant and also woefully lacking in variety. I'm sure he's a very nice guy, but the man who delivers the rant about the enduring legacy of blah blah Rolex watches has completely baffled our family over the past few days. This is enough to make you not want to spend 20 thousand on a watch. But even he is less annoying than the guy in the dandruff commercial. Golf fans: this is what they think you want to buy.
Sky's coverage provided good context for this extraordinary sporting event, although at times it got a little overripe and morbid. Of course, it wasn't a vintage update for fans of the Nicklaus-Jacquelin Award, which recognizes and celebrates the player who most embodies the brotherly spirit of the Ryder Cup. Is this the American who didn't want to play until he got some money? Or perhaps the caddy is trying to scare off his athlete's opponent by disturbing him on the green? Or even players frolicking and frolicking in the car park?
Like the elusive spirit of cricket, this chatter is always hostage to luck. Sky's golf product is the best thanks to its technically superior and well-researched coverage of the sport rather than bland soap, and the only shame is that we'll have to wait another two years until Farmingdale, New York.
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