Golf Announcers Are Just The Best
This is my theory, and it’s not exactly new: Because there is so much time to fill on golf broadcasts, and so many different broadcasters to switch back and forth between, golf announcers both have the time to stretch their broadcasting legs a little bit, and have to compete with a wide variety of personalities for airtime and prestige. Add in the wealth of analytical content available. Sprinkle a dash of golf’s gentrified European tradition, and you get broadcasters that are funny, compelling and use words like “contrived” on a regular basis.
As it has two syllables, John Madden has never heard that word before. Like I said, golf announcers are the best.
If you watch enough golf, you’ll eventually get a moment like below — you’re watching with your friends, you’re all borderline napping, and then someone with an accent (usually David Feherty) wakes you up with this sort of random hilarity:
First, there’s the classic audible golf swear. Then there’s the “Aussie Salute,” which, like Awful Announcing, I didn’t know was a thing, but hey, I’m always open to new Australian jokes. “What did the Australia bear say to the phone: I’ll Koala you later,” just doesn’t get the ladies as excited as it used to.
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