They’re interested in the marketing of the product.”When reached by Golf Digest, officials with CBS and the PGA Tour declined to comment about the Kostis’ interview.Three days after CBS announced it was not renewing the contracts of Kostis or Gary McCord, the network announced it had hired Davis Love III as a new announcer, timing that would suggest there was a strategy being followed.

Peter Kostis joins to discuss his recent departure from CBS, how it went down, what needs to change about golf on television, and why things are the way that they are. Now, he sees the broadcast through a different lens (from his couch at home), and the “Let’s take sitcoms,” McCord said.

You are using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer. Kostis was critical of how CBS dropped him at the end of 2019 from its golf coverage after three decades, but also of the PGA Tour’s increasing control over tournament broadcasts. “I honestly think, and this is my opinion and it’s been corroborated by anonymous inside sources that media likes to use these days, that it was the tour that told CBS to get younger. He talks about the reasonings he was let go, who was in charge of that, what goes into a television broadcast, and so much more. They had gotten a call from the commissioner, and the commissioner was upset I didn’t say, first off, that he had won 500 FedEx Cup points. DJ rises, Haotong fades, Scottie makes a move, Cam Champ makes it look easy, and everything else from Saturday at the PGA. different web browser.

They don’t care about anything other than promotion. You are using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer. “It’s the only time I ever shut [Gary] McCord up. Please upgrade to Internet Explorer 11 or use a

“You gotta have this ridicule.

Longtime CBS on-course reporters Gary McCord and Peter Kostis didn’t have their contracts renewed for 2020, ... or watch the entire interview below, or listen to the podcast here. You can start with “If you go, ‘Wow, that was a great shot, and let’s go to Gary.’ ‘Oh, that was a wonderful shot, and how about that one?

And he didn’t want me talking about majors.”Kostis says he didn’t listen to the directive, and he was eventually replaced as the person interviewing the winner on Sundays.Kostis suggested his blunt style clashed with the tour's emphasis on promotion, saying the tour wants more "cheerleaders" than analysts.“From the bottom of my heart I believe this, that no one in management of a network or at the leadership of the PGA Tour gives a rat’s ass about the quality of the telecast. He didn’t know what to say when I said, ‘Well, the lie I saw originally wouldn’t have allowed for this shot.’ Because he put four or five clubs behind the ball, you know, kind of faking whether he was going to hit this shot or hit that shot and by the time he was done, he hit a freaking 3-wood out of there, which when I saw, it was a sand wedge layup originally. He talks about the reasonings he was let go, who was in charge of that, what goes into a television broadcast, and so much more. You can’t have that,” McCord said. Peter Kostis joins to discuss his recent departure from CBS, how it went down, what needs to change about golf on television, and why things are the way that they are. Longtime CBS on-course reporters Gary McCord and Peter Kostis McCord first joined CBS in 1986 and, along with Kostis, was an integral part of broadcasts up until his contract expired. Kostis describes being informed by CBS that his contract would not be renewed.“I don’t think there was a plan in place,” Kostis said. He didn’t know what to say when I said, ‘Well, the lie I saw originally wouldn’t have allowed for this shot.’ Because he put four or five clubs behind the ball, you know, kind of faking whether he was going to hit this shot or hit that shot and by the time he was done, he hit a freaking 3-wood out of there, which when I saw, it was a sand wedge layup originally. NLU Podcast, Episode 282: Peter Kostis

And that’s what we are lacking at this point in my humble opinion.”You can watch this portion of the interview with McCord above, or watch the entire interview below, or GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLFPeter Kostis says he’s seen Patrick Reed improve his lie several times in scorching interviewHow yoga made CBS Sports golf reporter Amanda Balionis a more confident golferGary McCord says CBS Golf broadcasts are ‘getting blasted,’ reflects on what they’re lacking It appears the Hero World Challenge wasn’t an isolated incident for Patrick Reed. And he didn’t want me talking about majors.”Kostis says he didn’t listen to the directive, and he was eventually replaced as the person interviewing the winner on Sundays.Kostis suggested his blunt style clashed with the tour's emphasis on promotion, saying the tour wants more "cheerleaders" than analysts.“From the bottom of my heart I believe this, that no one in management of a network or at the leadership of the PGA Tour gives a rat’s ass about the quality of the telecast. And then, I got a phone call the next day from New York. “It’s the only time I ever shut [Gary] McCord up. They had gotten a call from the commissioner, and the commissioner was upset I didn’t say, first off, that he had won 500 FedEx Cup points. They don’t care about the quality of the viewer experience. In a scorching interview on the No Laying Up podcast, former CBS Sports golf analyst Peter Kostis … © 2020 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED He talks about the reasonings he was let go, who was in charge of that, what goes into a television broadcast, and so much more.