Golf Fans Are Already Crushing NBC for Brutal British Open Broadcast

So. Many. Commercials.

The 2023 British Open is off and running at Royal Liverpool, and while there’s already been a number of cool golf shots, there’s been one thing that’s annoying fans trying to watch on TV: the constant barrage of commercials shown on the broadcast. 

NBC Sports is once again airing the tournament across Peacock, USA Network and NBC. Thursday morning’s early first-round coverage has been an onslaught of commercial breaks, which has made it very frustrating for viewers. This isn’t anything new, but it does make it very hard to watch.

Check out how one 20-minute span of the coverage went: 

8:51 - playing through
8:57 - playing through
9:05 - commercial
9:10 - playing through

This is borderline unwatchable @NoLayingUp

— Austin Render (@AustinRender) July 20, 2023

The “playing through” segments are when they split the screen and show ads on the right side and play on the left. The volume from the ad plays over the action, which isn’t a great experience. 

Golf fans are already very angry:

I’ve counted 14 commercials in the last 10 minutes https://t.co/Bthi8IpEax

— joe salah (@joebuck421) July 20, 2023

Almost like NBC is terrible at golf. We saw this with the US Open. https://t.co/pzg1YZOpcf

— Rudy (@rudykyle) July 20, 2023

An absolutely awful, frustrating broadcast @NBCSports https://t.co/tew7GXn0sL

— Todd Wills (@wtwills09) July 20, 2023

WOW! This broadcast is awful to watch! @nbc @TheOpen Guess I have to stick with featured group coverage on @peacock if I wanna see any golf shots.

Broadcast networks continue to fail at broadcasting golf. 🤬😒🙄#TheOpenChampionship

— Ben (@MrGoodlyCooks) July 20, 2023

Not a good job @NBCGolf @NBCSports @GolfChannel @USANetwork!!!!! https://t.co/zxM3IxxlCp

— AJ Nicoletti (@slapsnicoletti) July 20, 2023

Disgusting effort from NBC https://t.co/HtuGtY1fjB

— Joey (@jschmidt139) July 20, 2023

Someone in the United States please step up and takeover professional golf coverage. @nbc @NBCSports @NBCGolf @NBCGolfChannel just cannot get it right. Really poor. https://t.co/CX2BEDVqCg

— Jimmy Wright (@iAmCoachWright) July 20, 2023

Totally fine! Everything is fine. https://t.co/jR39xFocCE

— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) July 20, 2023

 

NBC is so bad at golf

— Gamecock Colonel™ (@GamecockColonel) July 20, 2023

Oh I see Spieth playing his 4th shot in the tall stuff short sided on 18 during playing through...wonder how that happened.

— Fried Egg Golf (@fried_egg_golf) July 20, 2023

Just brutal. Are Cam and Brooks even playing? https://t.co/scPi8UdcLO

— Brandon (@GolfHuntSell) July 20, 2023