Netflix golf series 'Full Swing' struggles to break par, but at least offers winterized fans the option to warm to PGA Tour players.
reach 70 degrees in mid-February, either it warrants a weather apocalypse or serves as warning that golf’s sirens are up to their seductive ways.than swat flies that dare come in from the cold.
I’ll show my opinion hand early: The PGA Tour tries too hard to attract fans who never intend to fall in love with the game. Golf is a niche sport that would be smart to concentrate on its core audience − those who appreciate what it takes to become mildly proficient at a game that is as frustrating as it is fun. For that crowd, it is better to go full golf nerd by getting inside a player’s head – e.g.
A brief history lesson: As marketing slogans go, the tour’s “These Guys Are Good” tagline neatly captured what makes the game appealing to those of us who attempt, unsuccessfully, to master it. At the same time, failure happens so frequently among golfing laity that “These Guys Are Good” spoke to the admiration double-digit handicappers have for freakily-talented tour players.
Tony Finau, by contrast, comes off as emotionally healthy, and after this he should become a fan favorite. McIlroy, meanwhile, teeters on coming off too big for his britches. McIlroy's two-word takedown of Phil Mickelson is among the more eye-opening moments of the series, and while it can be argued Lefty deserves it, the obscene epithet carries an air of petulance.
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