Jim Nantz admitted Tuesday that CBS’s coverage of Rory McIlroy’s Masters victory wasn’t perfect.
In an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” the legendary sports broadcaster acknowledged that the moment McIlroy tapped in his putt for a second straight Green Jacket win could have been better.
“It’s live television,” Nantz said. “We all make mistakes.”
Still, Nantz didn’t point fingers, noting that he was “proud” of the CBS production team over Masters weekend.
“I’m really proud of our crew. You’re making so many split-second decisions,” he said. “… I can’t speak to the difficulty and some of the decision-making, and some of the other things that people are responsible for. I just know that our crew is the best in the business.”
CBS was ripped for missing where McIlroy’s final four shots of the tournament landed, including his gutsy shot through the woods that ended up in a sand trap on the front left of the green.
On the final shot of the tournament, the network also botched the angle on McIlroy’s putt because the Northern Irishman was blocking the hole.
Instead of sticking to golf shots on the course, the broadcast bizarrely kept turning to young McIlroy fans watching the tournament at his home golf club in Hollywood, Ireland.
Aside from the shaky coverage, the final round was one of the most thrilling in recent Masters history.
After holding a Masters-record six-shot lead heading into Saturday, McIlroy went into the final round in a tie with Cam Young at the top of the leaderboard.
With a topsy-turvy Sunday, McIlroy went on to finish atop the leaderboard at 12-under par, beating out Scottie Scheffler by one stroke.
