Outrage Mounts as Broadcast Glitches Mar US Open Coverage

Golf fans have long complained about TV broadcasts. Whether it be the commercial load, the subpar commentators or a lack of ingenuity, fans have been begging for golf broadcasts to improve for years. Well, viewers were disappointed again Saturday during the third round of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina when NBC struggled through a variety of technical difficulties during one of the biggest events of the year.

At one point, one of the NBC trucks was not operating correctly which led to a lack of graphics and camera angles.

This quickly made its way to social media and fans weren’t happy, to say the least.

Here’s a look at what some fans were saying about the 2024 U.S. Open broadcast.

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NBC promised us that they were dedicating all of their possible resources in their biggest events.

This is their biggest event and they’ve managed to lose audio with the lead groups, and currently have no graphics/leaderboards.

Unbelievable.

— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) June 15, 2024

NBC’s coverage is disgraceful to the game of golf. Losing audio, missing shots of golfers in real contention, and so many commercial breaks

— Caleb Rosenblum (@caleb_rosenblum) June 15, 2024

Pavon birdies to break out of the -4 pack and go 1 shot back, NBC doesn’t show a single shot of it, not even replay.

— BRAKIN THE LAW BRAKIN THE LAW (@YinkaDoubleDare) June 15, 2024

At some points, it has the feel and production quality of high school county golf championships on a local public access channel.

Growing the game! https://t.co/a8fTmFdYDA

— Tyler Weyant (@tweyant) June 15, 2024

It’s amazing how anti consumer every golf broadcast is. It’s a sponsorship broadcast with some golf sprinkled in. https://t.co/7cakmZKlqN

— Brian Smith (@BrianSmithFC) June 15, 2024

Is it just me or are the NBC sound issues leading to the worst broadcast of a major sporting event in the past 20 years.

— Brian Stuart (@brian_stuart33) June 15, 2024

Yeah it’s pretty pathetic. Biggest golf tournament of the year for NBC and the production is terrible. Same story every year. https://t.co/o3czArmXir

— Lawrence Kreymer (@kreyme8) June 15, 2024

This coverage is already an absolute joke. I can’t believe NBC wins any of these bids. They don’t deserve Pinehurst or the US open. #USopen #NBC

— TC 🍢 (@Noleee04) June 15, 2024

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