How Twitter Reacted to the Olympic Golf Commentators
The commentators weren't exactly praised on social media
Golf returned to the Olympics today and there was no Ken Brown, Peter Alliss or Andrew Cotter in BBC's commentary team. Here's how Twitter reacted to the Olympic golf commentators
How Twitter Reacted to the Olympic Golf Commentators
The Olympic golf tournament began today and a large portion of the twitter chat wasn't about the golf, but, in fact, the commentary.
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With the BBC having broadcast rights, many expected BBC's commentary team of Peter Alliss, Ken Brown and Andrew Cotter to be there, but that was not the case.
Here are some of the tweets from today about the Olympic golf commentators:
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
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