Silence just isn’t golden for Steve Elkington.
The previous PGA Tour professional railed in opposition to CBS’ Masters protection Sunday and was notably peeved over the way in which the community dealt with Rory McIlroy’s struggles on the 72nd gap.
McIlroy missed a five-foot par putt for the win, and play-by-play man Jim Nantz merely stated, “We’re going to a playoff,” after McIlroy tapped in for bogey.
“That may very well be the best collapse in golf historical past & f–king CBS says, ‘we’ve a playoff,’” Elkington wrote on X.
It appears the 62-year-old Australian wished somewhat extra criticism of McIlroy, who led for a lot of the day, from Nantz and the CBS analysts after the Northern Irishman missed a possibility to seal the win.
The missed putt got here after McIlroy, 35, hit his strategy shot from 125 yards away into the proper bunker.
“That was a wedge into the proper bunker on 18…. A wedge,” Elkington commented.
Nevertheless, it’s not unusual for announcers to remain quiet in large moments and let the noise of the gang inform the story, and the shocked response from the Augusta followers did a very good job of doing simply that.
“Jim Nantz and Trevor Immelman placed on a broadcasting masterclass (Sunday),” one consumer wrote on X. “They stated simply 46 phrases in seven minutes of air-time after Rory made the profitable putt. You can really feel the emotion by way of the TV. Simply unimaginable stuff.”
Elkington additionally claimed that CBS was “coronating” McIlroy in the course of the spherical, which took a sudden flip when he put the ball within the water on 13 and made double bogey.
McIlroy would discover redemption on the 18th gap within the playoff in opposition to Justin Rose, hitting an strategy shot to 4 ft and making the birdie for the win to finish his profession Grand Slam.
Elkington, who gained the 1995 PGA Championship and his 10 profession wins on tour, additionally spent loads of time Sunday arguing with “crybaby losers” replying to his criticisms.
This was Nantz’s fortieth yr calling the Masters.
