Written by: Rik
Date posted: May 28, 2018
I’m generalising, of course, but so many of those who seem to be good at individual sports don’t seem to come across as terribly interesting people in media interviews. It’s a little ironic when such characters win the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year on the basis of their achievements (“Personality? What personality?” etc).
I guess you need to be driven and single-minded to achieve success in your field and that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a bundle of laughs away from the pitch/course/track. In golf, it seems that anyone who is considered ‘a bit of character’ usually either wears funny trousers, is a racist, or has a problem with alcohol.
Anyway, the interviews with the various pros certainly reflect that. You might be interested in what Brad Faxon’s favourite golf hole is, I don’t know. The worst thing about the interviews, though, is they cut across the menu music, which I genuinely think is great.
Here’s the lovely, soothing, guitar loop:
And here’s it being ruined by someone talking about golf:
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