‘So Lame’: Golf World Fumes Over PGA Tour’s Broadcast Blunder at Sentry Tournament of Champions

The Sentry Tournament of Champions is the new hot topic in the US. But it is trending for all the wrong reasons currently.

The Golf Channel is one of the broadcasting partners of the Tournament this year. However, fans are not happy with the channel’s coverage; especially Geoff Shackelford. 

Geoff Shackelford is a senior writer at Golf Magazine. He has written over ten books, and is the co-host of The Ringer’s ‘ShackHouse.’ GeoffShackelford.com, his website, was once named as one of the ten best golf websites in 2004. 

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Interestingly, Geoff is also a weekly contributor to Golf Channel’s Morning Drive. However, he recently expressed his disappointment with the channel’s coverage.

Shackelford is not happy with the broadcasting of the Tournament of Champions

Not everyone can watch the matches live. From exceeding ticket prices to Covid-19 restrictions, many fans are obligated to watch the match through the telecast. However, with discrepancies in the broadcast, fans can’t enjoy the game from their livings rooms as well.

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Geoff posted his disappointment on Twitter after a section of the audio was censored following Justin Thomas’ tee shot. Fans who experienced the same took to the comments.

Shackelford replied to this comment, “I think with the tour handling production there may be a lot of this going forward!”

Although initially, as Geoff thought it was the PGA Tour that was responsible for the audio censoring, the same video from GOLFTV, uncensored, proved otherwise.

Fan reactions to the Mickelson feed

Frustrated with the channel’s censoring, Geoff posted a chain of tweets sharing the moments where Golf Channel did the same, and this time it was for golf legend, Phil Mickelson.

While the replies on his tweets involving Thomas were supporting the accusations, Shakelford’s post on Phil Mickelson had a funnier comment section.

There were some comparing the NFL, MLB, and NBA with golf. The comment said,

More audio muting at the Tournament of Champions!

While they were contemplating the Mickelson feed, more audio muting happened between the Tournament broadcasting. And it happened to be to Jordan Spieth, whom Shackelford thinks is always careful with his language.

This time, fans went rogue and started accusing the PGA Tour and the channel for muting the audio at less “inappropriate” places.

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What do you think about the audio muting at the Tournament of Champions? Is it justified by the broadcasters?