Big Break VI Starts New Season
The Golf Channel’s Big Break VI had its premiere this week and the show has a different twist this time around. There are a total of 19 contestants, 8 women vying for a sponsor’s exemption on the LPGA, and 9 senior players, vying for a sponsor’s exemption on the Champions Tour. This contest is played at Donald Trump’s Trump National Resort, located outside of Los Angeles, and “The Donald” himself is going to add his own twists to the contest as it goes along.
Based on observations from this first episode, it appears the women are more talented than the Seniors, but first looks can be deceiving. The first two contestants were also elminated, and I think the weak link on the women’s team got her eviction notice. Karyn Stordahl-Utecht, a former Miss America contestant, gave it her best shot, but it was obvious that she didn’t appear to have tons of golf talent. Of course, as part of the Golf Channel’s M.O., they’re just as interested in creating people stories as they are showcasing good golf talent, and she fit in the former and not the latter.
It’s hard to say if the Sid Corliss, who got, eliminated really deserved it, because there’s no doubt that you can’t afford any mistakes when it comes to elmination challenges, and he got in trouble early and put himself in a hole. What made this particularly painful is that Corliss didn’t get to particpate in the last challenge because the other two guys stuck their sand shots in 2 shots or less, which elminated him outright based on their total scores.
Though I’m really not crazy about this particular format of including the Senior men, I’ll still watch because I’ll watch pretty much any type of golf on tv. It also appears that there may just be one current Futures Tour player in this group of women, which is surprising, considering that the Big Break V had a handfull from the Futures Tour. Is the Golf Channel exhausting the talent pool of decent golfers? I’d be shocked if that’s the case, but we’ll see what the next installment of the Big Break brings.
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1 opinion for Big Break VI Starts New Season
JOHN MONROE
Oct 9, 2007 at 10:09 pm
I LOVE THE SHOW .I LIKE WHAT YOU DO TO THE GUYS EVERY WEEK , CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO NEXT WEEK
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