I would guess that Love still wants to work. They get accustomed to the travel, the camaraderie, and staying home and playing at the club don't hold much appeal. I know if I banked what Davis banked, I'd be home every day -- you wouldn't catch me on a plane to anywhere 
McCord and Kostis Out
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Par4QC I guess I'll never understand why these types of people would want to go into broadcasting after their long, successful careers are over. Esp. with the amount of money some have already banked. Do they not have anything else in life?
They make millions but they spend millions. We average folk look at it like if we won the lottery we'd quit working,but our jobs are often stressful, physical, etc. Their's not so much. They've already played all the great courses in the world so casual golf can't hold too much pleasure for them. They've traveled the world, and they get months off at a time from Nov till Jan if they want it, at least before the change in schedule. They take weeks off in the middle of the year and often do family vacations. I think most of them are living a full life, one we could only dream of living.
garyt1957 I thought Davis had a course design biz. plus, he does like motorcycles, so it figured he'd go 'down the road', so to speak. Plus, he has the kid that's probably needing a lot of help with his Pro career. Also, he's been playing on the Champion's Tour; not sure if he has been injured or what, but hasn't played all that much. Just seems too busy to be sitting around, talking, at golf tournaments.
Par4QC I thought Davis had a course design biz. plus, he does like motorcycles
He also is (was?) an avid snow skiier.
Fax, Immelman, Pavin in the booth or on course (to me) would bore me to death. Sleepy Immelman, what the hell does he have to offer? Green Jacket is about all. Anyway, I agree that mighty Mac had to go. Nuff laughter for a lifetime for sure. Understand that Maccafee is also on the out list. WTF did he do? Younger folks to entertain us with BS commentary as to how they would do it. Guess we all will have to wait and see/hear. I like the sound of the action, players comments to caddie, sound of the ball being struck in the sweet spot or the agonizing sound of the woods being sought. Keep commentary to a lull............... Cheers
Televised golf coverage in general sucks in the US. It sucks because over the years it's become a competition to see who can sound the smartest and talk the most.
I miss Renton Laidlaw and his cohost when they would do European Tour events back in the day. He had the gift of knowing when to talk, when not to, and get this - he was never on the European Tour's order of merit list. He was a recreational player who struggled to get into the single digits in his handicap. But he was well respected by the many players he covered, so well respected that he played numerous rounds with some of the top players in the game during his career.
One would've never known that about him during a telecast, because he wasn't more important than the game he covered for a living.
I sometimes got sick of hearing McCord, but overall thought he did a decent job. Same of Kostis as I thought his swing analysis was always pretty good. I've heard Immelman a bit and I'm not impressed yet. Most of the time I'll watch with the sound off though so what do I know.
2 months later
Kostis loves taking shots at the PGA...
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He's been around long enough to have valid opinions on a few things.
The Tour's website has always seemed sorely outdated and cluttered appearance-wise. Some players' bios and pics are ancient and not up to date, and the website navigation is clumsy and littered with broken links that no longer work. It's obviously not a priority to them.
But while I get the point about the namesake tournaments like Hogan, Nelson, Palmer, Nicklaus, etc. and how they should be preserved and honored, it's not like the corporate sponsors are only kicking in free hotdogs and cokes to sponsor these events. Hogan Invitational @ Riviera = $9.3 million purse. Nelson = $8.1 million. Palmer = $9.3 million. Nicklaus = $9.3 million. If I'm forking over close to $10 million, I want my company name up there in the header too. Otherwise, they can be like the Masters, fund their own show, and perhaps even not have their tournaments whored out to the highest bidder in exchange for 10 sponsor commercials per hour of coverage.
Finchem got a lot of grief for a number of things during his reign and some of them were certainly understandable. But one thing he figured out pretty quick is not slapping away the hand that feeds him. One thing these guys, including the execs, can't complain about is salaries and purses. All they need to do is take a peek at the Women's purses/payouts and that gratitude would come back pretty quick.
I'd love to hear Ricky Gervais behind a tournament microphone.
Johnny Miller drove me to watching golf with the sound muted. All the graphics on screen tell me everything I need to know.
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I tolerated Miller. Mostly because he took 5 minutes of his life to share a golf tip with my (then) 10-yr-old daughter who was just learning how to play.
So we're standing in line at a booth at the Women's US Open, and I'm trying to explain to her how the guy we were waiting to get an autograph from shot the lowest final round in US Open history to win. She didn't seem nearly as impressed by that as I was. LOL... Anyway, we finally get up to him and he says, "Hey there! So young lady, are you taking lessons? Does she play golf too, dad?" I nod and tell him she's just started going to the range with me. "So dad's giving you some lessons. Is he a good teacher?" Johnny asks her.
My daughter: "Well, yeah. Duh. He's a scratch golfer. I'm pretty sure he knows everything."
I rolled my eyes and Johnny chuckled. "Wow! Is that true, dad? Well, if I were you I would listen to him too! Sounds like he knows what he's talking about!" He then wasted 5 minutes of her life by grabbing a sheet of paper and drawing a circle, and then a line underneath the circle. "So this is the ball. That line is the ground the ball is lying on. Here's the most important thing about hitting the golf ball. You want to hit the ball first, right here, and then the divot comes after the ball, right here. A divot is that little chunk of grass that the club swipes away after you make contact with the ball."
My daughter: "Yeah, he's already taught me that."
I just shook my head laughing and thanked him for his time. He shook my hand, winked at me, told me to keep up the good work.
Yeah, he was always known to be critical and sometimes arrogant, but that day he made me look like the greatest golfer in the world in front of my daughter. I'll never forget that. 
I’d kind of like the idea of being able to give the business that put me out to pasture a little crap if anyone would actually listen! Go get ‘em Gary and Peter. 