As a co-span of CBS Evening News, Maurice Dubois is always looking for history. But he fights to find one in professional golf these days.
“What IS History? “Dubois said in a last episode of the Golf Podcast.
The question was not rhetorical. He was asking me, turning the tables into a conversation in which I would mostly interview him.
Because Dubois is a big name in broadcasting on a network with deep links to professional golf, I would print it for suggestions on what games – and the outflows that cover it – have to do to increase television ratings.
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Dubois’s response was as old as Aristotle: Golf needs narratives. Excellent shots and wonderful graphics are not enough. People can be allocated to capture the last results. But they only stay Tuned when the action has a bow, filled with characters to tease it. Golf needs heroes, craftsmen, rivals, noodles. Beg for epic deeds and overwhelming failures.
It is said that all the excellent stories follow one of the two lines of the plot: a man goes on a trip and a stranger comes to the city.
A golf player seeking redemption is also a good enough.
Happened this spring last when Rory Mcilroy won Master. But otherwise, said Dubois, excellent stories in the pro game are few and far away
“When it was Tiger’s time, it was a story every week,” he said. “At what he did, everyone wanted to see. They were excited by her.”
Times have changed. The current alpha in the men’s game, Scottie Scheffler, is playing in Tiger’s relative dominance, but without the resonance that makes the TV essential.
“For now,” Dubois said. “I can’t think of the story that will make people want to watch.”
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The story of Dubois himself in the game deserves to be short here. The son of immigrants in the Caribbean, he grew up Tall islandSurrounded by excellent and involved courses with many sports, excluded Golf.
“It wasn’t even on my radar,” Dubois said.
Tiger returning pros drew his attention. But what really did the trick was a golf walk with colleagues in 1999 when Dubois was working for NBC. At the event, he received a lesson in the air by teaching a teaching professional and made a long -range blow.
This is another old story: a good shot, and it was tied.
In 25 years of golf addiction since that time, Dubois has satisfied his habit in New York and beyond. He enters his hacks whenever he can. However, recently, those chances have been scarce.
The news is oblivious. There are great stories. And Dubois stays busy covering everyone. Politics culture economy
As for golf, find it a great story, and it will also be in it.
Meanwhile, Dubois likes to talk about the game. To hear his thoughts on his favorite pass, which makes him so convincing for everyday players, and why he thinks that golf -playing parents are forced to introduce their children to the game, tune up wherever you get your pods: Apple | Spotify | Heart | Amazon
