Article: Golf: Too much golf on tv - says Baker-Finch


AAP Sports News (Australia)
11-22-2006
Golf: Too much golf on tv - says Baker-Finch

By Robert Grant

MELBOURNE, Nov 11 AAP - A "monotonous" overdose of television coverage is turning golf
fans off the sport, according to former British Open champion Ian Baker-Finch.

Baker-Finch, who has been working as a high-profile television commentator on the US
PGA Tour for eight years, today called for golf broadcasting in Australia to be slashed
to lure back support.

He was speaking on the eve of the Australian Masters, which begins at Huntingdale tomorrow.

Baker-Finch also rejected any moves to stage the Australian Open permanently in one
major city, saying it should be regularly rotated.

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