The dynamic duo. So happy y’all are together sharing stories of things past.

Gary was one of the best on course announcers the game has ever seen. He put some flavor and color to the broadcasts.

@bobbys4327

Жыл бұрын

He was, but the blue bloods wanted a Jim Nance clone, whispering like every one is in a freakin church.

@Jedi_Obi-Wan

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbys4327 😅😅

@ralphshelley9586

Жыл бұрын

Which is essential. Disgraceful decision.

Well done. Great golf personalities for us “old timers”. I look forward to future episodes.

Still missing your commentary Gary. Still crazy after all these years.

So miss these guys. Current golf commentary is so blah these days. Glad to find this channel!

Good stuff, really entertaining. Looking forward to future episodes.

33:33 ... $150,000 in 1974 had the purchasing power of $963,627 in todays dollars. so with the $20 million purses of today that means that the purses have increased 20x even accounting for inflation. there was a lot of interesting golf that was played between 1974 and the appearance of Tiger in 1997. Most notably Jack's win in 1986 at the Masters and all the Ryder Cup matches. Professional golf was in a good place and then Tiger came along and blew it all into the stratosphere. the Phil / Tiger rivalry was also a great thing.

Very entertaining and the comments by Peter were spot on. Looking forward to the next video.

Great episode. Always wanted to hear the roots of Augusta cutting the "Cord" story. As far as changes...even though Honda had a "weak" field, was far more exciting to watch guys getting a chance to make life changing money with a super tight finish, than it was to watch Scottie cruise to 5 stroke win in a "deep" field. True golf fans want to see great COMPETITIVE golf, regardless of who's there IMHO. Anybody in top 125 in world is a stud when he gets hot.

@industrialpalletworx3548

Жыл бұрын

Those are facts!!! The weak tv ratings of LIV prove that. There's only one Tiger and he is the only current player that really drives the needle if he plays.

@andrewphilips2457

Жыл бұрын

@@industrialpalletworx3548 I'm glad he doesn't play much. I hate it when they cover Tiger's every shot when he's not in contention. So boring. I watch LIV on the app and supposedly it was one the most Downloaded apps last month. Not sure TV ratings are as applicable here? Enjoyed the last LIV tourney a lot. 4 man playoff finish was pretty exciting.

@industrialpalletworx3548

Жыл бұрын

@Andrew Philips I've tried watching LIV, and it's not my cup of tea. I would only add that when a company touts their own app as the most downloaded app over x amount of time. I personally wouldn't take that as gospel. I also suspect they're having viewer issues. The latest court filing released shows them complaining about the CW network and how they are second-rate. But if you like it watch it. My whole point was LIV was betting on household names and early on it doesn't appear to be paying off. I would have to believe there's an expiration date for ROI. Meaning at some point the Saudis are going to stop throwing money away if they aren't turning a profit.

the podcast is great; love the stories; wish you guys were still out there. thanks

@kostismccord

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Carl!

They wouldn't have made changes without LIV...Great for GREG

@ralphshelley9586

Жыл бұрын

More guys get a chance to play on pga! More great courses showcased.

@pjpredhomme7699

Жыл бұрын

they were fired before any of that was ever thought of

Love the stories!!! Great stuff. Personally between the tour and LIV and the changes that are coming about. I wish the tour would do more for the mini tour players to help grow the talent pool. We always here the great stories of all the hard work players put in to get to where they are. But for every success story there's 1000 or more similar stories of players that had to quit or give up for whatever reason or another. I firmly believe golf is a sport that is learned and isn't a god given gift. A touch more help for minitour players will boost the skill and talent pool going forward. A better talent pool means better tournaments and better tv.

Greetings from Tucson, glad to see 2 of the best in my lifetime as a weekend hacker on the channel reviewing their wealth of knowledge and anecdotal hilarity. Looking forward to all that follows. Any John Daly stories that can be shared?

I luv the PGA HOPE hat helping our Patriots everywhere 😇

Never thought I would say this, but I lost a bunch of respect for Tom Watson

@liamdoherty4723

Жыл бұрын

And speaking of Mr Watson, what was the back story of his recent shotgun marriage that went kaput???

Love this

You Guy's have to keep on remembering more great stories!!!

@kostismccord

Жыл бұрын

more coming tomorrow!

Great Episode! Love it 🤙🏻

So..........let's get to Arnies "Army".....cough,cough

Glad to know the truth about that gap tooth weasel, I can listen to Gary McCord and David Feritti every weekend!!! Great show!!! And great golf tips, Peter Kostas!!!

Tell the Ben Wright story now please. Sincerely SUBSCRIBER 413

I reread Just a range ball in a box of titleists not too long ago - enjoyable and quick read.

Love Peter's comments at the end about the changes and he's bang on in my view. The Tour has to retain their best players with monetary incentives somehow to stop them from jumping to LIV. But, like Peter said, they should have been honest about this.

I love this. I'm a Subscriber to this, but somehow I don't get notifications of new episodes.

@kostismccord

Жыл бұрын

Oh no! Click on the bell to make sure you get notifications THANK YOU!!

At the very end of the video Peter Kostis offers relevant, excellent points.

@kostismccord

10 ай бұрын

appreciate the watch and comment!

You two should join LIV board cast announcers. Still years left

Great video and I have more insight into 2024 pga new tournaments. As I understand it now is that if Liv went to 4 rounds per tournament then it's virtually the same as the pga? Liv would then be eligible for OWGR points as per PGA? What the pga have done now with the owgr is exactly the reasons given to Mark McCormack of the IMG company that set up a points system for their group of golfers and taking it off IMG. Of the seven board members that pay 50k each to finance the OWGR, five are from USA tours etc. The OWGR should be absolutely run totally independent of any tour and not set up to just be biased to the pga tour.

Awesome … tkx

Fantastic

Wish McCord was on LIV

If the pga tour wouldn't have been so greedy, liv would have never worked.

Kostis rocking the CT 🔥🔥🔥

Peter was spot on about LIV forcing their hand. I was waiting for Gary to bring that up with Jason but they must of had an agreement before hand not to.

most interesting golf podcast on air

Exactly why the Honda/Valspar events are on the way out, it’s just a sponsors nightmare.

Grayhawk!

I think Peter is the closest to the truth in regards to the Tour. Their lack of openness and limited clarity is somewhat obvious. They have been reactionary, as any business would be when threatened by a new competitor, but they are acting as if it was something they had always planned to do. That's where they lack honesty IMHO.

Would love to know what Mr. Kostis thinks of Stack and Tilt, I have been trying to use it for three years now and have only made my game slightly worse!

Hey! Hi Mike.

watson, great player, old fuddy dud Let`s have a LIV rep

Fans also root for the underdog. Maybe I don’t know but that is why we love the US Open and PGA, remember Nicklaus had the chance to win as an amateur in 60, and there have been others who make it to Sunday. That is why golf is better than other sports, dreams can happen. Are they stopping this? It’s a shame. And I’ll add my two cents about Watson. I respected the man as I did Nicklaus, but after Nicklaus supported trump and Watson was offended by a ‘wax’ analogy they have gotten too big for their positions. Play your game and let the public decide what they want to see. I don’t like a lot of the spectators on tour now, but I don’t hear Watson crying about cellphones. I’m glad Gary feels ok with Watson.

People who watch golf will continue to watch golf. The casual viewer who only watches when Tiger plays will continue to tune in the majors. Vanilla ice cream is better than no ice cream and it's a little better with sprinkles.

First time listening and my head is spinning. Avid player 4hdc so I know what missing the cut is, birdie, ect. The start of listening to old farts complaining is nothing new. Reading how important being positive to playing good golf - not negative is always confusing. As someone serious about the game, but understand it's just a game; McCord always gave a perspective of the importance of keeping it fun, which I enjoyed. From your direction of speaking to those that don't know what a birdie is to the complexity of today's PGA format; only Phil could explain.

Can we please discuss Gary’s crooked soul patch ? Drinking and a razor do NOT mix

Tom Watson has gone down in my estimation

Funny Stories Gary

Tom Watson had the cheek to inform Augusta National about Gary McCord’s bikini wax comment, without speaking to Gary first. Tom also disrespectfully and incorrectly accused the legendary Gary Player of cheating, which I think should result in removing Tom from the World Golf Hall of Fame!

@kostismccord

2 ай бұрын

thanks for your thoughts!

Thanks for the unvarnished truth! BTW, who is the beautiful blonde on the Swing U ad?

@kostismccord

Жыл бұрын

that's Lauren Thompson formerly of Golf Channel

33:25 ... and all this has come about because one man who agitated for change for years finally got his wish. and now there is a competitive force with the PGA Tour. the PGA Tour was like American car manufacturers for the 25 years after WW2. they were the only games in town. there were no German or Japanese cars in America so they had the car market sewn up. and you know what happened? they got complacent and started to produce only CRAP. when the German and Japanese companies entered the US market the American makers freaked out because the quality and the performance of the products coming from overseas embarrassed them. so the Germans and the Japanese ate the lunch of Detroit for 20 years. and they are still doing it because they let themselves fall behind. and without the fed. gov't to bail them out a few times GM and Chrysler wouldn't even exist. this is what is going on in professional golf. without LIV the PGA Tour would have remained complacent. all of a sudden their is more money and new formats being discussed. how did that all of a sudden happen? so all the guys on the PGA Tour that are now going to make $3.4 million by winning a tournament can thank Greg Norman. will LIV survive? I don't really care one way or another. I am simply happy for the players. the more opportunities they have to make money and get some recognition the better. this is why honest competition is good.

What a dick move by Tom Watson

Hope the rumors are true. That the boys will find a home at LIV golf. CBS sports disgraced themselves when they parted company with these legends. Have not watched their coverage since then. Golf is bigger than business.

The fringe players at 60-120 are going to be hurt and those players are susceptible to be grabbed by LIV...

Mcord mix between daly the painter & colonel sanders kfc.

Sounds like those "Augusta" people need to get off their high horse. Most of the viewers were/are not insulted by McCords comments. Augusta needs to lower their high self esteem, we're all just people.

39:19 ... young people that don't read? I don't believe it.

McCord being let go was a travesty and for what was such an innocuous comment like bikininwax - goes to show what the folks on the board at Augusta are really like. However, comparing the lack of support to that of Ben Wright - come on now. There's a big difference between what Gary said and a bunch of homophobic and misogynistic statements that Ben made. Gary's removal was an injustice. Ben's was completely deserved.

@kostismccord

Жыл бұрын

Watch and listen to the WHOLE story on our KZread channel KZread.com/@kostismccord

Golf sucks watching without McCord!!!! Tell you what….he was a major part of making the tiger Woods games being great!!! The woke bull crap needs to go….I don’t understand it….it ain’t good Gary. The thinks they show on television and you can’t say bikini wax??

Elevated events are going to be bonified exhibitions outside of events that already have established prestige, will pro's get up for. The false narratives about not playing for money and only for legacy. The social marketing about how much the players are now paid, considering the talk towards LIV months prior. If the events have no cut, does that mean where they finish is worth more in regards to points. Should there be punishment for not performing in the elevated events/I think there should be to maintain interest and competitveness. If there isn't it's going to be an exhibition - I like great golf but if I have to tune into sunday's for theater the elevated events aren't it. For instance at AP invitational T39 was over par to last place. Is that performing for an elevated event? Fans of pgatour mock LIV for players for being over par and calling it an exhibition... Or is this the era no one has balls and calls people on there bs?

The Masters coverage puts me to sleep. It would be much more entertaining with McCord. It would have been a better story if Gary would have decked Tom.