Why I Will Never Watch the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Again

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Published: February 9, 2013

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Note to self: never, ever, ever tune into early round coverage of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am again.

That is, of course, unless I feel like spending three precious hours of my day watching B-list celebrities and CEOs turn historic Pebble Beach Golf Links into their own personal hackfest again.

Golf Channel literally followed the entire rounds of Chris Berman, Carson Daly and Kenny G.

CEOs taking divots the size of porterhouse steaks received more air time than co-leaders Brandt Snedeker and Ted Potter Jr. In fact, I don’t even recall seeing Snedeker at all in yesterday afternoon’s coverage.

PGA Tour rookie Patrick Cantlay is just two strokes off the lead, yet he was non-existent during the first two days of coverage while around 15 minutes of coverage went to some Arizona land developer with a swing that would have made Ben Hogan lose his lunch.  

I saw a single pitch shot from Jim Furyk, yet know I know all about why Comcast CEO Brian Roberts enjoys playing golf.

Granted, the first three rounds of the AT&T Pebble Beach pro-am takes place across three separate golf courses, and the majority of the coverage is centered around Pebble Beach. But, the Golf Channel does still possess the ability to show highlights and keep viewers up to speed on what is going on at the other three courses.

And we all understand that these amateurs have shelled out huge sums of money to take part on this tournament, and perhaps there is an understanding or some form of unspoken agreement that they receive airtime during the early rounds.

But my goodness; show a great amateur shot here and there, or occasionally show a celebrity like Berman or Ray Romano hitting a shot that is so bad it will make viewers laugh, but don’t spend three hours subjecting viewers who have most likely upgraded their cable packages to receive Golf Channel programming to three hours worth ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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