2006 US Open Golf in HD

[Skaggs]

2006 US Open Golf in HD

ALL SHOWS IN HD

Thursday 6/15
10AM-2:55PM ESPN - 1st Round - Part 1
3PM-5PM NBC - Round 1
5PM-7PM ESPN - 1st Round - Part 2
8PM-11:30PM ESPN - Best of the 1st Round coverage

Friday 6/16
10AM-2:55PM ESPN - 2nd Round - Part 1
3PM-5PM NBC - 2nd Round
5PM-7PM ESPN - 2nd Round - Part 2
8PM-11:30PM ESPN - Best of the 2nd Round coverage

Saturday 6/17
12:30PM-7PM NBC - 3rd Round

Sunday 6/18
12:30PM-7PM NBC - 4th Round

NOTE: If the Championship is tied after four rounds an 18-hole playoff will take place Monday starting at noon. ESPN will broadcast the first two hours of the playoff and NBC the remainder.

[Skaggs]

I had it pictured in my head...Phil's two blond girls running out to give their Dad a hug on the 18th green when he won the US Open. But then, his only double bogey of the tournament...

[dkennedy]

US Open: Worse HD coverage then the World Cup

June 19, 2006

By Matt Burns, HD Beat Magazine

Did anyone catch the US Open over the weekend? It was a great sporting event that was butchered by piss-poor HD coverage.

There wasn't a five minute interval that didn't have at-least three SD camera shots in it. The event was supposed to be in HD but ESPNHD and NBC continually switched to non-HD.

This is somewhat of a common thing on a large course like Winged Foot but both stations insisted on presenting us with Stretch-O-Vision. Normally, ESPNHD would put their logo bars on the side, but that didn't happen this time.

One of the best SD camera shots was of a golfer teeing off and they switched from their HD feed to an SD feed and you could clearly make out the other high-def camera that was just on.

[dkennedy]

Woods Exit Hurts U.S. Open

June 19, 2006

By John Consoli, Media Week Magazine

Tiger Woods failing to make the cut in the U.S. Open golf tournament this past weekend cut into the NBC telecast ratings.

According to Nielsen Media Ratings overnight data, the Saturday telecast of the Open on NBC produced a 3.2/8 household rating, down 27 percent from last year's comparable coverage, while the Sunday telecast of the tournament won by Australian Geoff Ogilvy got a 5.1/12 rating, down 12 percent from last year.