Paul Azinger Commentaries (MERGED)

[ShowMe]

On 1/18/2023 at 3:53 PM, RainShadow said:

 All the same folks who hated on Johnny Miller hate on Azinger.  They hated Faldo as well, most of them.

 

I've noticed a pattern on WRX. 

Nah.  I liked Miller and Faldo.  Azinger doesn't come close to their competence.

[grm24]

3 hours ago, ShowMe said:

Can't wait for the NBC/West Coast tournaments to end so that golf can get back over to CBS, where it belongs.  Azinger is just as annoying as ever this year.  He's still obsessed about how nervous a golfer might be.  It's all he ever talks about.

Golf is back on CBS this weekend and the following three events. After that not on CBS again until The Masters.

[scotee]

On 1/18/2023 at 10:54 AM, dfeldss said:

 

I was joking, but now I have to sincerely call you a moron! You earned it

 

My favorite was when Zinger called Johnny Miller a moron and then when called on it he said: "No I called him a Mormon."

[Mr.Cleeks]

On 1/17/2023 at 7:48 PM, Holy Moses said:

Azinger is getting better. He’s not great, but he’s improving. 

Azinger worked for ABC and ESPN from 2005-2015, called the US Open on Fox from 2016-2019 and joined NBC in 2019. He sucks at announcing and it's even worse considering he's been doing this for 18 years now

[m d g]

On 1/16/2023 at 3:32 PM, Zitlow said:

No one compares to Mr. Melodramatic Jim Nance. 

Hello, friends...

[Mr.Cleeks]

Faldo was the best! This is probably my favorite Faldo moment 

[MUNIGRIT]

On 1/18/2023 at 1:53 PM, RainShadow said:

 All the same folks who hated on Johnny Miller hate on Azinger.  They hated Faldo as well, most of them.

 

I've noticed a pattern on WRX. 

Absolutely not! Miller was the best. Zinger is antry hard. Faldo was good too. There is always someone who hates a certain announcer no matter what or what sport even.

[darnthealarm]

Is there anyone worse at broadcasting golf than the boring inane Paul Azinger?  He has really nothing to add to the broadcast. NBC can do better. 

[Noles]

He is the absolute worst.

[Ghostwedge]

" Straighter than train smoke " ...  err " better than most "

He's no Verne Lundquist.

[GatorNate11]

I’ve said for years the less Azinger is on tv, the better the coverage will be

[iBanesto]

Did you know Azinger had a really strong grip during his playing days? 😅

 

I still remember when he said Fitzpatrick's 2nd shot into the 72nd hole at the US Open sounded fat...

 

[bscinstnct]

This guy could get a little tedious every time a putt sinks 

 

 

[jomatty]

18 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

This guy could get a little tedious every time a putt sinks 

 

 

Now this is what golf needs!

[DoughBack18]

Are there any lead analysts that people really like? Miller had plenty of haters, Faldo got his share of criticism, obviously Zinger gets plenty of it too. Seems like you’d have to go back to Venturi, Dave Marr, basically a full generation ago to find guys who at least seemed to be liked. And maybe they were hated too, I mean Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy certainly had no problem throwing a shot a Ken V. 😂
 

I personally don’t have too strong of feeling either way towards the guys in that role. If they provide some useful insight thats great, but for the most part to me they almost become background noise for lack of a better term. I hear them, but I’m not focused on everything they’re saying.

[darnthealarm]

4 minutes ago, DoughBack18 said:

Are there any lead analysts that people really like? Miller had plenty of haters, Faldo got his share of criticism, obviously Zinger gets plenty of it too. Seems like you’d have to go back to Venturi, Dave Marr, basically a full generation ago to find guys who at least seemed to be liked. And maybe they were hated too, I mean Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy certainly had no problem throwing a shot a Ken V. 😂
 

I personally don’t have too strong of feeling either way towards the guys in that role. If they provide some useful insight thats great, but for the most part to me they almost become background noise for lack of a better term. I hear them, but I’m not focused on everything they’re saying.

Ken Venturi…the absolute best…

[PJE]

Currently, no. 
The only person worse than Azinger was when Fox used  Greg Norman. 
Just awful. 

[capking]

16 minutes ago, PJE said:

Currently, no. 
The only person worse than Azinger was when Fox used  Greg Norman. 
Just awful. 

Fox wasn’t that bad, it’s because of them we get tracer on almost every shot. I think they also really emphasized the mic’s in the hole so maybe if your a JT fan you don’t like them.

[grm24]

2 minutes ago, capking said:

Fox wasn’t that bad, it’s because of them we get tracer on almost every shot. I think they also really emphasized the mic’s in the hole so maybe if your a JT fan you don’t like them.

FOX may have emphasized mic's in the hole during their short lived golf run however FOX was not the first to use mic's in the hole on tv.

[FriedEgg]

9 hours ago, Noles said:

He is the absolute worst.

 

of all time

[Greg_B]

Ah, it wouldn't be a weekend on GolfWRX if someone didn't start yet another new thread complaining about an announcer. I guess the many others on the topic didn't offer enough insight. 🙄

 

[Hawkeye77]

2 hours ago, Greg_B said:

Ah, it wouldn't be a weekend on GolfWRX if someone didn't start yet another new thread complaining about an announcer. I guess the many others on the topic didn't offer enough insight. 🙄

 

But this one is so different! A hotter take than most! Unique as train smoke! Look at me!!!!!!

[Mr.Cleeks]

I love Zinger! His puns and analogies are so ridiculous but it makes the broadcast more entertaining. I honestly like him better then Immelman on CBS 

[vernon]

4 minutes ago, stinger_gc said:

I love Zinger! His puns and analogies are so ridiculous but it makes the broadcast more entertaining. I honestly like him better then Immelman on CBS 

Every time Immelmann speaks I think it's Davey Jones from the Monkeys........

 

For you old guys out there try and get THAT one out of your head during The Masters!

[Hawkeye77]

45 minutes ago, vernon said:

Every time Immelmann speaks I think it's Davey Jones from the Monkeys........

 

For you old guys out there try and get THAT one out of your head during The Masters!

Great, now I'm thinking of Shrek!

[ChipStrokes]

1 hour ago, Hawkeye77 said:

But this one is so different! A hotter take than most! Unique as train smoke! Look at me!!!!!!

i kind of want to start an “azinger is the best announcer on tv” thread and just watch the carnage unfold. 

 

[bscinstnct]

4 minutes ago, ChipStrokes said:

i kind of want to start an “azinger is the best announcer on tv” thread and just watch the carnage unfold. 

 

 

when it comes to announcers golfwrxers be like

 

[ChipStrokes]

Just now, bscinstnct said:

 

when it comes to announcers golfwrxers be like

 

networks could remove all the announcers that everyone hates and there be a post here on monday like 

 

“the nbc coverage is so boring!  where are the announcers?!”

[Noles]

37 minutes ago, ChipStrokes said:

i kind of want to start an “azinger is the best announcer on tv” thread and just watch the carnage unfold. 

 

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

[PJE]

2 hours ago, vernon said:

 

2 hours ago, stinger_gc said:

I love Zinger! His puns and analogies are so ridiculous but it makes the broadcast more entertaining. I honestly like him better then Immelman on CBS 

Every time Immelmann speaks I think it's Davey Jones from the Monkeys........

 

For you old guys out there try and get THAT one out of your head during The Masters!

 

This is a really funny observation.