Portnoy slams NBC for missing Arnold Palmer | Golf News

NBC Sports confronted criticism from Dave Portnoy and others for not broadcasting Russell Henley’s eagle on the fifteenth gap during Sunday’s closing spherical of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Henley was in a tight competitors with Collin Morikawa and Corey Conners all through an unpredictable closing spherical.After Morikawa bogeyed on the 14th, his lead dwindled to 1 stroke, adopted by a par on the fifteenth.

NBC cameras switched to Henley’s eagle strategy mid-shot after a prolonged Rolex industrial. This shot turned out to be essential as he ultimately gained the match by a single stroke, ending at -11.

Notably absent from the occasion had been Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler, who didn’t obtain invites, sparking controversy.

Dave Portnoy, CEO of Barstool and a self-proclaimed beginner golf fan, expressed disbelief on the broadcast. “I haven’t been watching golf lately, but why is golf just the worst at TV.

“Like here is a industrial and so they’re displaying it, displaying it, industrial, cool industrial by the way in which, however nonetheless a industrial nonetheless. Commercial, industrial, let’s finish the industrial proper?

“It’s a cool commercial, and then they get back to live golf and we’re towards the end of the tournament and there’s a guy one shot back on like the 16th or 17th hole.”

“Rolex commercial over. Back to [the] live broadcast, this guy Henley just took the lead. Are you kidding me? What’s the point of watching golf if you miss the most important shot of the whole tournament?”

The sentiment was echoed by the favored Fried Egg Golf account, which boasts over 100k followers, with a pointed comment: “If NBC’s Bay Hill production crew were in charge of the Miracle on Ice game” – suggesting that a Rolex advert would have interrupted the pivotal second of the historic hockey match.

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Henley clinched his fifth tour win, attributing half of his success to fortune. “Sometimes you get a good break like that and it hits the pin and goes in,” he admitted, expressing a want to review the replay to completely grasp the velocity of his crucial eagle shot, which he described as “kind of surreal.”

The 35 12 months outdated was overjoyed together with his triumph, reflecting on his long historical past with the occasion. “I’ve grown up watching this event and just seeing all the amazing finishes coming down the stretch,” Henley shared.

“You never really think you’re going to get that opportunity to come down the 18th and make a par to win. It’s really just hard to take in right now.”