Has the BBC’s sports coverage lost the plot?

THE BBC’s coverage of the Open Championship has been very poor: there appears to be a shortage of cameras at the venue. A few players were followed to the exclusion of the greater majority. A tee shot is followed by a shot of the player walking down the course, usually for the next two or three minutes. Repeated shots of players who are either out of form (Tiger Woods) or playing the final match of their career (Nick Faldo) are given precedence over the leaders. Contrast this with coverage of major tournaments by Sky. Immediately a player has played, the cameras move to another hole, where the action is continuing, scores are updated regularly and even breaks for adverts are short. This is another sport which would be better covered by Sky or BT, and the sooner the better.

BRIAN SUMNER, Solihull, West Mids.

The BBC seems incapable of providing a decent continuous service when televising sport. The Open Championship was a good example. While the content was excellent (Peter Allis and all his colleagues do a magnificent job), the service was not. The action was continually switched between different channels and heaven help anybody who had set their recorder to the publicised channels hoping to see the action later. Surely it’s time for the BBC to learn from Sky’s excellent coverage, where specific channels are devoted to sport, so that there is no need continually to switch channels. Maybe this is the time for the BBC to completely overhaul its approach to programming.

BARRY RICHARDS, Worthing, Sussex.

THE most exciting leader board in the Open Championship for many a year and the BBC’s presentation was a disgrace. Why wait until 2017? Give it to Sky next year!

MIKE HIGGINS, Dundee.