Silence is not golden for Steve Elkington.
The former PGA Tour professional criticized the coverage of the CBS teachers on Sunday and was particularly bothered on the way the network managed the struggles of Rory Mcilroy in hole 72.
Mcilroy lost a five -foot putt for victory, and the game man by game Jim Nantz simply said: “Let’s go to a playoff”, after Mcilroy took advantage of Bogey.
“That could be the best collapse in the history of golf and King CBS says:” We have a playoff, “Elkington wrote in X.
It seems that the 62 -year -old Australian wanted a little more criticism of Mcilroy, who led most of the day, from Nantz and CBS analysts after the Irish of the Northern lost the opportunity to seal the victory.
The lost putt arrived after Mcilroy, 35, hit his approach shot from 125 yards in the right bunker.
“That was a wedge in the right bunker in 18 … a wedge,” Elkington said.
However, it is not uncommon for the speakers to remain silent in great moments and that the noise of the crowd tells the story, and the surprised reaction of Augusta’s fans did a good job by doing exactly that.
“Jim Nantz and Trevor Immelman put a master transmission class (Sunday),” wrote an user in X. “They said only 46 words in seven minutes of air after Rory made the winning putt. You could feel the emotion through television.” “
Elkington also said that CBS was “crowning” Mcilroy during the round, which took a sudden turn when he put the ball in the water in 13 and made double Fogey.
Mcilroy would find the redemption in hole 18 in the playoff against Justin Rose, hitting an approach to four feet and doing the Birdie so that the victory completes his Grand Slam career.
Elkington, who won the 1995 PGA championship and his 10 victories in his tour of the tour, also spent a lot of time on Sunday arguing with “Crybaby Losers” responding to his criticism.
This was Nantz’s 40th year calling The Masters.