'Can Sky Sports Steal The USPGA Back?' How Twitter Reacted To The BBC USPGA 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 is our Senior Staff Writer and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news, features, courses and travel sections as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Elliott has interviewed some huge names in the golf world including Sergio Garcia, Thomas Bjorn, Bernd Wiesberger and Scotty Cameron as well as a number of professionals on the DP World and PGA Tours. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as four Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays at West Byfleet Golf Club in Surrey, where his handicap index floats anywhere between 2-6. 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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Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: TaylorMade SIM2 Max
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