One really bad thing about NBC getting The Open coverage...

Golf Channel is doing the broadcast for rounds 1 & 2, which means you can't watch it unless you've got a cable/dish subscription. All the other majors have independent streaming options.

For us cable-snippers, we're SOL...

Dear PGA/USGA/R&A: please follow the other major sports and get your own channel.

Live stream it on the website www.theopen.com and cast it to your TV via Chromecast

Tried that. The Open site is using the GC hookup.

OP - funny you mention this. I was just thinking the exact opposite this morning.

I really appreciate that unlike some tournaments, I can live stream the full broadcast all day at work today and tomorrow - granted I do have a cable subscription or else I'd probably be a little annoyed. Masters and US Open just offer featured groups until the afternoon I think?

Golf Channel is doing the broadcast for rounds 1 & 2, which means you can't watch it unless you've got a cable/dish subscription. All the other majors have independent streaming options.

 

For us cable-snippers, we're SOL...

 

Dear PGA/USGA/R&A: please follow the other major sports and get your own channel.

You mean like the NFL Network? Which also requires a cable/dish subscription?

Not sure which "major sports" you mean which have their own OTA broadcast channel...

DirecTVnow has streaming packages that include both NBC and GolfChannel. You can watch on almost anything: laptop, phone, through a Roku or Amazon Fire TV device.

Interesting situation to me. You could get basic cable and have the Golf Channel. But you CHOOSE to be a cord cutter and then complain that you cannot watch certain things for free. Is that about it? Seriously. What am I missing here?

Interesting situation to me. You could get basic cable and have the Golf Channel. But you CHOOSE to be a cord cutter and then complain that you cannot watch certain things for free. Is that about it? Seriously. What am I missing here?

My thoughts exactly. The "entitled" class knows no boundaries.

Biggest issue for me with all these subscription based mediums is that I still need to watch #€€%/€ commercials. I have already paid for watching!

actually I miss the ability to stream the entire thing on replay like espn allowed. I wish nbc had this.

Interesting situation to me. You could get basic cable and have the Golf Channel. But you CHOOSE to be a cord cutter and then complain that you cannot watch certain things for free. Is that about it? Seriously. What am I missing here?

amen..... i paid.. so i watch... isnt that how it works? by the by ..NBC coverage is Soooo much better than Fox it isnt even funny

Agreed! Fox or ESPN should get on it!

Interesting situation to me. You could get basic cable and have the Golf Channel. But you CHOOSE to be a cord cutter and then complain that you cannot watch certain things for free. Is that about it? Seriously. What am I missing here?

can't speak for the OP, but I have a "basic" package of supposedly 125 channels. Unfortunately for me, Golf Channel is not one of them. I was able to watch it live-streamed on the net, however.

Interesting situation to me. You could get basic cable and have the Golf Channel. But you CHOOSE to be a cord cutter and then complain that you cannot watch certain things for free. Is that about it? Seriously. What am I missing here?

can't speak for the OP, but I have a "basic" package of supposedly 125 channels. Unfortunately for me, Golf Channel is not one of them. I was able to watch it live-streamed on the net, however.

Tried that. The Open site is using the GC hookup.

Try using the Open app on your phone and cast that stream. That's what I'm doing currently.

Golf Channel is doing the broadcast for rounds 1 & 2, which means you can't watch it unless you've got a cable/dish subscription. All the other majors have independent streaming options.

 

For us cable-snippers, we're SOL...

 

Dear PGA/USGA/R&A: please follow the other major sports and get your own channel.

 

You mean like the NFL Network? Which also requires a cable/dish subscription?

 

Not sure which "major sports" you mean which have their own OTA broadcast channel...

I subscribe to MLB.tv and I can watch any game through my Roku

Biggest issue for me with all these subscription based mediums is that I still need to watch #¤¤%/¤ commercials. I have already paid for watching!

My late grandfather hardly got mad about anything. To his dying day (in 2009) he was most angry that "you have to pay for television now" and they still ran commercials.

Yes, he understood he could get an antenna similar to the old days but he liked to watch Baywatch and Magnum PI reruns.

Interesting situation to me. You could get basic cable and have the Golf Channel. But you CHOOSE to be a cord cutter and then complain that you cannot watch certain things for free. Is that about it? Seriously. What am I missing here?

 

My thoughts exactly. The "entitled" class knows no boundaries.

Wow, such love.... and presumption....

FYI, GC is not included in basic cable here.

And I'm willing to pay for watching GC, just not the more than $100 a month to get a second tier service from cable, which would include dozens of crap channels that I don't want.

Perhaps I should have stated that I'm willing to subscribe to a streaming channel - I thought that was obvious from the post. Maybe that would have kept you both from assuming that I'm trying to get something for nothing.

But maybe not.

Major overload today. I gotta get some aspirin.

Interesting situation to me. You could get basic cable and have the Golf Channel. But you CHOOSE to be a cord cutter and then complain that you cannot watch certain things for free. Is that about it? Seriously. What am I missing here?

 

My thoughts exactly. The "entitled" class knows no boundaries.

 

Wow, such love.... and presumption....

 

FYI, GC is not included in basic cable here.

 

And I'm willing to pay for watching GC, just not the more than $100 a month to get a second tier service from cable, which would include dozens of crap channels that I don't want.

 

Perhaps I should have stated that I'm willing to subscribe to a streaming channel - I thought that was obvious from the post. Maybe that would have kept you both from assuming that I'm trying to get something for nothing.

 

But maybe not.

I stream GC live on my Kodi device.

I understand the OP's frustrations but the nature of the golf business requires someone pay for the ability to watch it. NBC paid a lot of money to broadcast The Open and protected their investment by using Golf Channel which is a revenue generator for them by charging cable companies rights to offer it. Golf channel is streamed without commercials so they aren't able to sell commercials to help offset the costs to non-cable subscribers.

I stream GC live on my Kodi device.

I thought the worst thing about NBC coverage was that Johnny Miller would be part of the broadcast team.

As a fellow cord cutter this week was one of the things I thought about when we talked about doing it. I used to set an alarm and wake up early just to watch.

On a positive note I am looking forward to actually sleeping in this week.

I can get cable again when my kids are out of college. Not a huge price to pay honestly.

you can always get someone else's log in and mooch off them. really show the cable providers whos boss!

On a serious note I think this is the future of television. Cable companies asking for $150+ per month for a ton of channels you dont watch is going to die off soon. I watch about 15 channels and pay for tons and tons of junk. I am at the point where I can get most of those channels without cable and am going to cut the cord end of the month. The 'pay for things you dont use' model will eventually go away (i hope)

My cable bill isn't $150 a month even including my broadband Internet service. Sure it's overpriced but no need to exaggerate.

And where do you "cord cutters" get your broadband without paying? Do you mooch it off a neighbor's wireless router or something?

Never understood the term "cord cutter" when you have high speed internet cables running to your house?

Yeah OP! I'm with you.

I also can't understand why Porsche can't price their cars like KIA. Rip off, man!

Golf Channel is doing the broadcast for rounds 1 & 2, which means you can't watch it unless you've got a cable/dish subscription. All the other majors have independent streaming options.

 

For us cable-snippers, we're SOL...

 

Dear PGA/USGA/R&A: please follow the other major sports and get your own channel.