Faldo Will Be Busy
Hello. With the PGA season winding down, and tournaments being won by either Tiger Woods or a relative unknown (congrats to DJ Trahan for winning the Southern Farm), the booth is a great place to focus attention.
Nick Faldo has just become arguably the busiest man in golf. After signing a deal to be on The Golf Channel every Thursday and Friday, it was announced by CBS Faldo will be the lead colour man/analyst, replacing Lanny Wadkins. Plus he will also be the colour man on ABC during the 2007 British Open, the only golf property ABC still has. Plus he still wants to carry on his career on the PGA Tour, which at age 49 is coming to an end. Plus he will be Europe's 2008 Ryder Cup captain. Anyone want to have his frequent flyer points?
Is this a great move for CBS? You bet! Wadkins was always a distant 3rd in the lead colour man argument. Faldo is the only guy on TV who can be mentioned with Johnny Miller in the same sentence.
I've been a big fan of Lanny Wadkins the player. He plays fast, and was a great front runner. And he was fiery on the course. Unfortunately Lanny the announcer could not be the same way on TV. If you are going to controversial on TV, you have to be calm, a la Miller. And Lanny cannot be anywhere near as comical as Faldo. Plus Lanny's credentials cannot compare to either Miller's or Faldo's, because both men had more majors and more tournament victories.
Is this a slight against Wadkins? Not really. I personally detested Jack Nicklaus the analyst. Wadkins and Curtis Strange were way better than the great man. Tom Weiskopf and Ben Crenshaw didn't do anything for me either on past Masters telecasts. But with two lead analyst's positions open, you have to go with Faldo and Miller, because no one else is in their class.
All the best Nick! Good luck getting through a busy 2007.
Regards,
Steve
Nick Faldo has just become arguably the busiest man in golf. After signing a deal to be on The Golf Channel every Thursday and Friday, it was announced by CBS Faldo will be the lead colour man/analyst, replacing Lanny Wadkins. Plus he will also be the colour man on ABC during the 2007 British Open, the only golf property ABC still has. Plus he still wants to carry on his career on the PGA Tour, which at age 49 is coming to an end. Plus he will be Europe's 2008 Ryder Cup captain. Anyone want to have his frequent flyer points?
Is this a great move for CBS? You bet! Wadkins was always a distant 3rd in the lead colour man argument. Faldo is the only guy on TV who can be mentioned with Johnny Miller in the same sentence.
I've been a big fan of Lanny Wadkins the player. He plays fast, and was a great front runner. And he was fiery on the course. Unfortunately Lanny the announcer could not be the same way on TV. If you are going to controversial on TV, you have to be calm, a la Miller. And Lanny cannot be anywhere near as comical as Faldo. Plus Lanny's credentials cannot compare to either Miller's or Faldo's, because both men had more majors and more tournament victories.
Is this a slight against Wadkins? Not really. I personally detested Jack Nicklaus the analyst. Wadkins and Curtis Strange were way better than the great man. Tom Weiskopf and Ben Crenshaw didn't do anything for me either on past Masters telecasts. But with two lead analyst's positions open, you have to go with Faldo and Miller, because no one else is in their class.
All the best Nick! Good luck getting through a busy 2007.
Regards,
Steve
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