LPGA Morgan Pressel as commentator

[CurtB5]

On 10/4/2022 at 6:57 AM, Hacker76 said:

After being spoiled with Judy last weekend it's gonna be hard to listen to Morgan. She's probably a very nice person but her piercing voice goes right through me. I would love to hear like a Danielle Kang type of personality at the mic. 

I too appreciated being spoiled by Judy this past week. I now return to watching with the sound turned off.

The graphics tell me everything that I need to know. If the fans on the sidelines can enjoy without commentary, then so can I.

[gsrjc]

She needs to fire her dresser. 

[Rapidcat]

6 hours ago, gsrjc said:

She needs to fire her dresser. 

Maybe her dresser is playing an ongoing practical joke on her?

[gsrjc]

10 hours ago, Rapidcat said:

Maybe her dresser is playing an ongoing practical joke on her?

LOL

[Cwebb]

On 10/10/2022 at 12:03 AM, Rapidcat said:

Maybe her dresser is playing an ongoing practical joke on her?

 

There's nothing wrong with someone who goes outside the current trends and designs their own  look.  It's good to see some variety 😉

[Hankshank]

As a Scandinavian travelling quite a lot Morgan comes through as the typical chatty american girl you meet travelling the world. Enthusiastic, well spoken, and speaking a lot. Some like it, some not. I like it, most of the time. She might no be a Rankin but she’s doing a great job, and golf wise her comments seems mostly sound.

[maucca]

There is not a dresser in the world who could cover her terrible voice. 

A new dresser is easy to find but there is nothing you can do to make her voice bearable for non-american listeners.

We all love Judy Rankin.

I rest my case.

 

[CurtB5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this week of golf, without Morgan. It was refreshing to hear commentary from one who has won more than twenty events in her career, as opposed to one who has won only three, and none in over 15 years.

 

Congratulations to Lydia for her impressive victory today.

Also, Congrats to Andrea Lee for her strong second showing. I feel that we will be seeing much more of her in the top standings of future tournaments.

 

BUT, back to the topic at hand. How does someone so young and unaccomplished merit a seat in the commentary box of LPGA tournaments?

Seriously; 3 career wins; the last in 2008. What is wrong with this picture?

Please; anyone, enlighten me!

[Argonne69]

3 hours ago, CurtB5 said:

I thoroughly enjoyed this week of golf, without Morgan. It was refreshing to hear commentary from one who has won more than twenty events in her career, as opposed to one who has won only three, and none in over 15 years.

 

Congratulations to Lydia for her impressive victory today.

Also, Congrats to Andrea Lee for her strong second showing. I feel that we will be seeing much more of her in the top standings of future tournaments.

 

BUT, back to the topic at hand. How does someone so young and unaccomplished merit a seat in the commentary box of LPGA tournaments?

Seriously; 3 career wins; the last in 2008. What is wrong with this picture?

Please; anyone, enlighten me!

 

I dunno. We should ask Trevor Immelman.

 

[CatManTwo]

Not impressed with Morgan Pressel as a commentator at all.  Her voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard which is why I watch with no sound, or I fast forward through the parts where she is speaking.  When she's adding "color" to her comments on a player she has a habit of making everything very dramatic and she seems to get almost breathless when doing it which is very annoying and another reason to mute her. The LPGA would do better picking an established, on the downhill slide, foreign player to better represent the tour as a "world tour".  As far as Pressel's clothing choices it seems fairly obvious that for a young person, she would come across much better visually if she wore athletic golf wear. 

[CurtB5]

On 10/23/2022 at 4:00 AM, CurtB5 said:

I thoroughly enjoyed this week of golf, without Morgan. It was refreshing to hear commentary from one who has won more than twenty events in her career, as opposed to one who has won only three, and none in over 15 years.

 

Congratulations to Lydia for her impressive victory today.

Also, Congrats to Andrea Lee for her strong second showing. I feel that we will be seeing much more of her in the top standings of future tournaments.

 

BUT, back to the topic at hand. How does someone so young and unaccomplished merit a seat in the commentary box of LPGA tournaments?

Seriously; 3 career wins; the last in 2008. What is wrong with this picture?

Please; anyone, enlighten me!

Seriously All; this was not a rhetorical question. Zero for 15 years?

Was Judy Rankin forced out in favor of youth? I certainly hope not!

[CurtB5]

And regardless of if she was; over 15 years since 2007, are there not more competent and "pleasing to the ear" candidates?

[Argonne69]

I can't imagine there are a lot of ex-players clamoring for the job. After playing on tour for years, and schlepping from city to city, hotel to hotel, does one really want to spend more time on the road? I'd think that most touring pros would want to hand in their frequent flyer cards for a while.

 

[mshills]

This thread started in June 2021.  I think the more appropriate question is whether Pressel has settled into this role, is more comfortable, and is improving.

 

The comparisons to Judy Rankin are tough.  That's like comparing my putting stroke to Ben Crenshaw.  There is only one Judy Rankin, she is the best.

 

Back to my original point, I think the jury is still out.  When five words will do, use five, not fifteen, and take it easy on the over-dramatization....which isn't unique to Morgan and unfortunately, is what the majority of the audience wants to hear.  I'm fully aware that I am not the typical viewer!

 

On her career record, I just don't agree that playing accomplishments mean one is great in the booth.  I don't think the two have much if anything to do with each other.

[BadgerLin]

On 10/23/2022 at 3:00 AM, CurtB5 said:

 

 

BUT, back to the topic at hand. How does someone so young and unaccomplished merit a seat in the commentary box of LPGA tournaments?

Seriously; 3 career wins; the last in 2008. What is wrong with this picture?

Please; anyone, enlighten me!

I disagree with your basic premise that someone with many wins has more insightful commentary than someone with a long career with “only” 3 wins.  Just as in baseball where the “stars” don’t often make good managers, the Hall of Fame golfer isn’t necessarily good in the booth.  Case in point - Nick Faldo offered little but talk about his wins rather than the players competing on a given day.  And while Annika is my all time favorite golfer, I don’t think she is very good as commentator.
 

While many disagree about Morgan’s voice, there’s no question she is very much “in the loop” with current players, caddies, and coaches and brings insights from those connections to the booth.  And it’s not like she was never relevant while playing.  As recently as 2019 she had 6 top 10s and contended in a major,  and her last event in 2021 was a top 10.

Edited October 26, 2022 by BadgerLin

[Bad9]

On 10/23/2022 at 9:31 AM, Argonne69 said:

 

I dunno. We should ask Trevor Immelman.

 

 

How about Lanny Wadkins who may have a bunch of PGA Tour wins, but only one major and hasn't won a non Senior Tour (by their own admission just an exhibition) since 1992. Throw in virtually every other male announcer as most haven't had a win in at least a decade. Geesh the bar for Pressel in this thread is idiotic.

[golfortennis]

6 hours ago, mshills said:

This thread started in June 2021.  I think the more appropriate question is whether Pressel has settled into this role, is more comfortable, and is improving.

 

The comparisons to Judy Rankin are tough.  That's like comparing my putting stroke to Ben Crenshaw.  There is only one Judy Rankin, she is the best.

 

Back to my original point, I think the jury is still out.  When five words will do, use five, not fifteen, and take it easy on the over-dramatization....which isn't unique to Morgan and unfortunately, is what the majority of the audience wants to hear.  I'm fully aware that I am not the typical viewer!

 

On her career record, I just don't agree that playing accomplishments mean one is great in the booth.  I don't think the two have much if anything to do with each other.

 

Is that the case?  Or is it just what the producers think the audience want to hear. I've heard many times that TV people don't program for audiences, they program for other TV people.

 

I've also told this story many times, but it bears repeating:  Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and creator of ER, once said TV people were the stupidest people he has ever dealt with.  When told it was a high bar given that he has a Ph. D., he said, "no, you don't understand.  I mean 2+2=5 stupid."

 

I'm not sure I have seen very much evidence to suggest those who would be involved in golf telecasts would not fit the same mold.

[Seamus_McDuff]

Complainers should turn on the College golf to hear Paige and remember what could have been. 

[CurtB5]

5 hours ago, Seamus_McDuff said:

Complainers should turn on the College golf to hear Paige and remember what could have been. 

Thank you Seamus!

 

Paige is an excellent commentator, and pleasant voice  as well. And also, an early morning refreshment at the Evian until Morgan chose to arrive later in the day.

 

How Paige was overlooked in the "Succeeding Judy Rankin" sweepstakes is beyond me.

 

Again, Morgan on Mute!! All others are welcome!!!

 

 

[Seamus_McDuff]

6 hours ago, CurtB5 said:

 

Paige is an excellent commentator

 

 

Nope

[BadgerLin]

9 hours ago, CurtB5 said:

Thank you Seamus!

 

Paige is an excellent commentator, and pleasant voice  as well. And also, an early morning refreshment at the Evian until Morgan chose to arrive later in the day.

 

How Paige was overlooked in the "Succeeding Judy Rankin" sweepstakes is beyond me.

 

Again, Morgan on Mute!! All others are welcome!!!

 

 

Hmm - you seem to have reversed your only argument in your original post regarding Morgan:  that someone with “only” 3 wins and 15 years on tour isn’t qualified to be a commentator.  Paige has no wins and far fewer years on tour, so why are you considering her qualified?  Just to be clear, I think number of wins and years on tour aren’t very important qualifications, but earlier you certainly stated that they were.

[8602081]

I like Morgan..  I can tell that she's is trying hard to find her own style.

Give her time and she'll fit in like a glove..

 

 

 

[Bad9]

5 hours ago, Seamus_McDuff said:

Nope

 

Agreed. Unless you find constant giggling excellent commentary.

[golfortennis]

On 10/27/2022 at 6:55 AM, Seamus_McDuff said:

Nope

 

Is it considered looking at the positive side if one thinks that post you responded to may be one hell of a troll job?

[Soloman1]

The beatings will stop when you fall in line and remember that your  job is to buy from the advertisers and ask your doctor about (fill in the blank).

 

If you think she’s mediocre, imagine how mediocre the people are who decided she’s great for the role. They don’t know the difference between someone slightly less mediocre than them and someone really good.

[golfortennis]

22 hours ago, Soloman1 said:

The beatings will stop when you fall in line and remember that your  job is to buy from the advertisers and ask your doctor about (fill in the blank).

 

If you think she’s mediocre, imagine how mediocre the people are who decided she’s great for the role. They don’t know the difference between someone slightly less mediocre than them and someone really good.

 

Like Carlin said, think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half the people are dumber than that.

[Raving Shanker]

After 2 tournament of Kate Burton and Trish Johnson, Morgan's tones will be sweet, sweet music to my ears and salve to my soul.

 

I seem to reacted more violently to those Euro and Aussie commentators than anyone else on the boards. I honestly don't know what you guys were listening to, to not react like this. Am I less forgiving because I am an Aussie of British descent. I think maybe we forgive people who are not like us more easily. Having said that the American team is stocked with very high quality Brits, Tom Abbott and Karen Stupples.

 

Morgan is good, and will improve. Kate Burton thinks everything is astonishing, to the point where nothing is astonishing. Morgan has a tendency to over-dramatise, but it just needs a minor tweek compared to what Kate Burton needs.

[Pastit]

On 11/8/2022 at 8:12 AM, Raving Shanker said:

After 2 tournament of Kate Burton and Trish Johnson, Morgan's tones will be sweet, sweet music to my ears and salve to my soul.

 

I seem to reacted more violently to those Euro and Aussie commentators than anyone else on the boards. I honestly don't know what you guys were listening to, to not react like this. Am I less forgiving because I am an Aussie of British descent. I think maybe we forgive people who are not like us more easily. Having said that the American team is stocked with very high quality Brits, Tom Abbott and Karen Stupples.

 

Morgan is good, and will improve. Kate Burton thinks everything is astonishing, to the point where nothing is astonishing. Morgan has a tendency to over-dramatise, but it just needs a minor tweek compared to what Kate Burton needs.

A person is somewhat stuck with their dialect but I turn the sound off with some guttural speakers, mainly Aussies unfortunately. I’m sure they’d find mine wearing too. 

Edited November 9, 2022 by Pastit

[maucca]

On 11/8/2022 at 10:12 AM, Raving Shanker said:

Morgan's tones will be sweet, sweet music to my ears and salve to my soul.

Must be serious symptoms of masochism, I hope it's temporary

[Yuck]

Can Laura Davies pull this off?