Sneakylong I doubt it.
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johnnydoom I doubt it.
That's fine, but I'll take what Amnesty International says over what Paul Casey says. 
The team aspect is a bit strange, but I think I know why they did it. In a regular tournament where everybody is just playing as an individual, after the first couple of rounds the focus of a broadcast gets increasingly narrow, usually paring down to two to maybe five players. The shots and putts of anybody outside that narrow focus become largely meaningless. Some people enjoy that, but others want to see more golfers than just the top three or four.
Adding the team aspect makes it so that a six-foot putt by a player no longer in contention might mean the difference between his team finishing first or second. Suddenly, the putt, previously meaningless and never to be shown on the broadcast, becomes important and has to be shown.
The Achilles' heel in this theory is that the putt only has meaning if the viewers care about the team aspect they created. Interest in teams has traditionally been essentially territorial (ie, you might root for the Cowboys because you grew up in Dallas, or you might root for the University of Michigan because you or a family member went to school there). So I think the idea of imbuing otherwise meaningless shots with meaning, and its off-shoot, that of airing more shots from more players, is generally a good one; I'm not sure, though, how they are to drum up interest in the teams.
rsvman2 The Achilles' heel in this theory is that the putt only has meaning if the viewers care about the team aspect they created.
I largely agree, but sometimes that individual facing the putt may be someone I'm (irrationally) rooting for or against or is a member of a team with someone that is. It's terrible that I have personal feelings about people I don't actually know and that don't impact me in any meaningful way.
It's a stretch, but I wonder if during the last event, there might have been some that hate Patrick Reed, but were still rooting for him because it would help out Pat Perez, Taylor Gooch, or Dustin Johnson, or vice-versa?
I agree. Arbitrary teams would hold little interest to me. However if it were team Ping against team Titleist, or some other known common denominator (Nationality, school/conference affiliation? something?) it might grab my attention.
johnnydoom
Not sure why anyone would complain either way.
Not many Americans complain about watching Tiger hole out when he's 20 shots back.
johnnydoom It's terrible that I have personal feelings about people I don't actually know and that don't impact me in any meaningful way.
Kind of sums up a lot of what is being said about this new golf league, as a whole. Yet, it seems to be a big part of life. We love or hate people that we only 'know' through media. Human nature? Or is it learned?
Having trouble watching on YouTube today. Can't seem to find the live streaming link that works.
Martee - I saw the amatuers names paired with the professionals and their scheduled tee times. I'm 99% certain the pro-am was played today.
mikeintopeka I wasn't aware they streamed the pto-am.
Martee - They don't stream it. How did you read the draft of my post before I hit 'post'? I didn't edit it after putting it up.
mikeintopeka Ah, open topic, read posts and commented,
My bad misunderstood the streaming, guess I was still on a previous post discussing streaming.
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Detailed Report: Amnesty International
"Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: United Kingdom
Press Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY"
Thanks for the link. Glad to see Amnesty International is what many of us knew. And that is they are a highly credible organization and not some lying right wing fascist outfit. Good work! 
Now report back on former ambassador for UNICEF Paul Casey's credibility rating. lol