Sir Nick Faldo HAMMERS PGA Tour Netflix series with hilarious Justin Thomas take
"I mean come on, seriously!" - Sir Nick Faldo rips into the PGA Tour's 'Full Swing' Netflix series ahead of British Masters.
Sir Nick Faldo has ripped into the PGA Tour's 'Full Swing' Netflix docu-series by declaring it pales into insignificance compared to other sports such as cycling and its Tour de France.
Faldo, 65, was speaking to BBC Sport ahead of his tournament-hosting duties at this week's British Masters at The Belfry on the DP World Tour.
The Englishman couldn't help but stifle a laugh at watching the first 'Full Swing' episode featuring PGA Tour star and two-time US PGA champion Justin Thomas.
"I just watched the Tour de France on Netflix," said 30-time European Tour winner Faldo.
"My goodness, guys crashing and throwing up and beyond exhaustion. It was pretty compelling.
"And what did we see?! We saw Justin Thomas go down to CVS to get some cough drops. I mean come on, seriously!"
Six-time major champion Faldo believes golf needs to adopt a similar strategy to that of Formula 1 if it's ever going to reach a mass audience.
"The bottom line is to make golf a real global sport with great coverage," said Faldo.
"Formula 1 is huge, isn't it? They've got great coverage. I bet you I could name more F1 drivers than I could golfers because they do such a good job in making them personalities and you know the teams and all that sort of thing.
"I did say this moons ago, take a leaf out of F1 and what they do and what the drivers have to do.
"I was part of it back in the day, but isn't it farcical that golfers say you can't talk to me before I play golf, don't disturb me. And then an F1 driver has to talk before they put a helmet on and they could kill themselves at the third corner.
"It's a slightly different mindset isn't it? Golfers need to click into the mode a bit quicker and do more so you do really get to know the faces and the characters."
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Faldo also went on a rant about LIV Golf's future following Saudi PIF's recent shock merger with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
He also believes the media should be grateful for Rory McIlroy as he has 'suffered' being the PGA Tour's spokesperson in their LIV Golf battle.
Does Faldo make a good point? Does golf need to follow the lead of F1 to truly reach a global audience or is it already there? Share your thoughts and comments over on the GolfMagic social media channels.
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