Spitting On The Course
We can’t deny spitting is very common on the golf course. A golfer is shown stood by the tees or green waiting to play his next shot but just before the coverage cuts back to the studio he lets go a venemous discharge of spit.
What happens next appears to depend on where you live?
In the UK, there will be an appalled reaction from the anchor, even an apology to viewers. In the US, discussion will simply focus on the shot ahead or current state of the leaderboard. So what’s going on here? Does the UK have more prudish presenters?
Probably not but that isn’t the point away. The general feeling on these shores is that spitting looks terrible when done by a golfer who is hardly generating loads of the stuff simply by walking. In fact, it would be more unusual for our TV presenters NOT to mention it when it’s done so brazenly. The other general concensus is that it appears to be, shall we say, an American disease.
What baffles many UK golf fans is that it’s not just the American young bucks who are guilty but also some of the well-to-do veterans such as ‘Gentleman’ Jim Furyk.
Tiger Woods is a serial spitter too, prompting well-known cricket commentator Jack Bannister to tell Talksport viewers last week: “Tiger’s speech lasted 13 minutes and I think it’s the longest time I’ve seen him go without spitting.”
In short, it’s become an issue.
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