by Jim
I'm tired of listening to fererners. Git some Texicans other than Nantz talkin'. The Aussies sound like Yabadabado, Ian Baker-BirdieFinch and Jane Crapper.

by Dave Berner, Host TGW
Tim wonders why the British, or UK accent on a golf broadcaster or analyst is so appealing to us. Tim, and others - it's not the accent. It's because most Brits, Irish, Scots, Welsh, are just simply more literate than most Americans. They know how to tell a story, they know the language and the beauty of it. Ever been to the UK? Ever notice how many people are reading? They read everywhere - sitting in the park, sitting on bus, waiting for a bus, coffee shops aren't jammed with suits checking their email, they're jammed with people reading!
The society is simply overall more in touch with, and more understanding, of the beauty of the language and how a well-turned phase (yes, said with the right accent), can simply be grand.
I listened to some of The Open on BBC radio and it was magnificent coverage...yes, technically wonderful...but also, superb word pictures and descriptions. When I listen to the PGA Tour Radio Network for coverage of other tourneys, it's not on the same level, nowhere close.
Johnny Miller, and the like, are good, but good because they're glib, and yes, knowledgeable. But no one can turn a phase like the Brits.
Allis, Feherty, Faldo, even Ben Wright in his time - are, and always will be the best.

by ronmon
Well, we've given the world Ken Venturi, Lanny Wadkins, and Jim Nantz. Sorry to say that Nantz takes no risks, Venturi was a nice grandpa that you believed until you knew better, and Wadkins a disgrace to a Wake Forest education. Feherty, I'm told, is a trained opera singer who considered a stage career along with golf (Don Cherry of Eyrie?) As you alluded, it is WHAT they say in addition to HOW they say it. British accents seem to circle the wagons and roam together, whereas American accents seem to be built on individualism and rebellion. Therefore, no matter how erudite the material presented, some of us simply come across as sounding like dumb poops. As for future commentators, how about Casey Martin, Jim Thorpe, Notah Begay, David Duval, and Charlie Rymer?