NBC analyst Kevin Kisner rips CBS Masters coverage for tape delay

Coverage of the 90th Masters was unfold throughout broadcast networks and streaming, however Sunday’s remaining spherical belonged to CBS and Paramount+, with Jim Nantz on the decision.

Over the a long time, the community has polished its Masters coverage into what is basically seen as golf broadcasting’s gold commonplace. Rory McIlroy’s Pursuit of a uncommon repeat at historic Augusta National drew criticism from some viewers as obvious broadcast errors surfaced.

After McIlroy’s second shot on the 18th gap, cameras misplaced observe of the ball because it landed within the woods proper of the green. That was one among a number of pictures by which tracers appeared to have problem maintaining with as a ball was in flight. CBS, based on stories, makes use of a short tape delay for some pictures quite than broadcasting each second in actual time.

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PGA Tour golfer Kevin Kisner, who served as a visitor analyst throughout SiriusXM’s coverage of Saturday’s and Sunday’s rounds, was amongst those that questioned CBS’ method to this 12 months’s Masters throughout an look on Barstool Sports’ “Fore Play Golf” podcast.

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“I was so f—ing confused the entire time by trying to keep up with the behind-the-scenes CBS feed,” Kisner stated. “They’re literally showing s—t that I knew happened ten minutes ago all day long. It was so bad that I in fact text Colt Knost during the show and said, ‘do you all ever show a live shot?’ I’m better off following the f—ing app than following your feed.”

Kevin Kisner strains up his putt on the ninth gap in the course of the first spherical of the John Deere Classic golf event in Silvis, Illinois, on July 3, 2025. (Marc Lebryk/Imagn Images)

Kisner in contrast the viewing expertise — which he described as out of sync — to main occasions just like the Super Bowl.

“So your entire Masters coverage is a fantasy world. It’s bulls—. Whatever we all watch has already happened seven minutes ago. Could you imagine watching the f—ing Super Bowl and being like, ‘yea Tom Brady threw that touchdown seven minutes ago, we’re going to act like it’s live here so our announcers can sound really smart and we’re going to sit here and he’s going to throw it wide open down the middle but it actually happened seven minutes ago and everyone in the stadium’s taking a p—. What are we doing, man?”

NFL video games function a number of built-in business breaks, whereas the Masters has restricted business interruption as a number of gamers hit pictures concurrently throughout the course.

A normal view of the leaderboard as patrons stroll the course throughout a apply spherical earlier than the 2026 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 6, 2026. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)

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ESPN holds the rights to this season’s subsequent scheduled main, the PGA Championship, which begins subsequent month at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania.

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