I don’t normally like to vent on stupid things that I find online, but this is one of those things that continues to frustrate me to no end. There I am clicking through my social media feeds and I run across an ad for the LPGA Volvik Championship streaming online coverage. I’m thinking that it would be a great way to spend the afternoon and click the supplied link, only to find this above screen shot on the landing page. Yes, the Tweet says click here to watch our live coverage that begins now, but doesn’t make any reference to needing a subscription from your cable company to watch.
So, annoying as this is, it’s even worse to think that it is something that they couldn’t support with advertising. How many more viewers would they get to watching those Titleist ads, or Ping popups or even those FootJoy footer. I remember a time before the multi-billion dollar TV deals existed and you could watch a few hours of golf on a Thursday afternoon without having to spend $100 a month on a special channel.
Maybe that’s just the whiner in me coming out, but seriously, this game is expensive enough to play all by itself. Can’t you good folks at the TV networks just show a darn feed on the internet that is loaded with ads for all the stuff we want to put in our bag for free? Now, I’m going to go search out a free stream of the feed online or watch an older tournament on YouTube to get my fix for the day.
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