Not reading any comments as I'm catching up on it, but so far this is some of the most entertaining golf I've ever seen! More of this!

I just didn't have the patience to watch 3.5 hours of golf crammed into 6 hours of TV. It was fun for the 1st 2 hours.

    Only watched the last six holes. Don't know what the rest of the show was like, but I didn't get any particular joy from the portion that I watched. Mickelson and Barkley seemed like the only people there that were really trying to entertain. IMO the announcing crew needs to be able to draw the players into the dialog and, other than Barkley, no one seemed to be trying to do that. The course was interesting and those greens looked like they were perched in some perilous places. Definitely don't want to over club in that place.

    braveheart Phil is perfect in this format. His banter and explanations make it more watchable.

    Agree, this thing would be SO boring without him. Just following a single foursome is tough, lots of down time. Everybody had some good lines, but for the most part there would be tons of dead air without Phil. He definitely has a job in the booth if he wants it.

      Bravopilot Agree, this one was not as good as the others overall. TNT was terrible except for Charles.

      I thought Barkley was useless for the most part. He couldn't find things to say and disappeared for long stretches. He had his moments though.

        I think Brian Anderson, "BA", is a good announcer, one of the best IMO. Charles is fun.....but Larry Fitzgerald and the other guy who did the interview after the match was over, offered next to nothing to the broadcast. Trevor Immelman is ok.

        Watching it on DVR is the way to go. Cut out all the commercial breaks which some were very long. It did seem as the match went on, a little of the fun and banter disappeared. I think that was just the competitiveness of the players involved IMO. Either way I got a lot of good chuckles and a ton of beautiful scenery. I think I missed all but a portion of the last 3, so nothing to compare to really.

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