‘Honestly Such a Joke’: Golf Fans Fume Over a Major Broadcasting Blunder at The 2023 Masters

Making the decision to broadcast one group over another as the featured group can be difficult and requires significant thought. It is crucial to realize that this choice could have a big impact on how people view the groups and how they engage with them. The audience’s best interests should be taken into consideration while choosing which group to feature. It is crucial to think about what will appeal to them and offer the most value and advantages.

However, these decisions do not always go well with the audiences. Choosing to feature one group over the other is a tough decision to make. But the broadcasting agency have to make this hard choice anyways. That is exactly how one such incident came to light from the ongoing 2023 Masters.

Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm, and Sam Bennett are not going to be presented as featured groups

The golfer’s performance on Friday was frequently halted by rain. Due to this, participants decided to end their games on Saturday morning. After two rounds of endless action, the 2023 Masters Tournament cut was determined. While the cut mostly contains many familiar and expected faces, some new ones are there too.

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However, it was third round’s featured group list which took the golf world by surprise. The featured group for the third round has been released and it does not contain the table leaders. Despite leading the Masters, Brooks Koepka (-12), Jon Rahm (-10), and Sam Bennett have been neglected for featured group on broadcast.

However, according to reports in addition to Scottie Scheffler, Tony Finau, and Tommy Fleetwood, the stated featured groups also included Adam Scott, Patrick Cantlay, and Cameron Smith. Moreover, Tiger Woods, Thomas Pieters, and Im Sung-jae beside Jordan Spieth, Sam Burns, and Cameron Young are in the featured groups in the later window. As soon as the news of Koepka, Rahm and Bennett getting neglected from featured groups got out, it soon became a hot topic.

Fans let their views known about the featured groups outcast

While the scoreboard leaders were neglected and others were chosen, it surely rattled the golf world. The featured group decision surely came unexpectedly. Since it became the hot topic, fans have taken to the social media and have let their views known. Some of the reactions are:

One fan called it the effect of Tiger Woods:

Are the Masters making a big mistake?

Most fans were angry and disappointed, and reacted furiously.

While there could be many reasons not to include Koepka, one being his association with LIV Golf. However, Rahm getting the same treatment puts the LIV Golf assumption in vain. While the fans have let anger and disappoint known, its effects remain to be seen.

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