'Can Sky Sports Steal The USPGA Back?' How Twitter Reacted To The BBC USPGA Coverage

Twitter was not happy with the BBC's first round USPGA Championship coverage...

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Twitter went crazy during the first round of the USPGA Championship, with users slating the BBC's coverage and wishing Sky Sports still had the rights

'Can Sky Sports Steal The USPGA Back?' How Twitter Reacted To The BBC USPGA Coverage

Twitter erupted on Thursday during the first round of the USPGA Championship, with users tearing into the BBC's coverage.

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The BBC broadcasted the tournament behind the red button, on iPlayer and on the BBC Sport website up until 11.15pm and some golf fans were not happy.

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Elliott Heath
News Editor

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!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV