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HIGHWAY 18
Pedaler:
Thanks for making me aware of the show. It took me awhile but I finally finished watching the shows. It was an OK show but I won't watch it again if the program returns.
I liked the double elimination concept but the series dragged with the unnecessary non-eliminations. Even though some may find seeing the cameramen at times amateurish, I felt that it added a sense of chaos, especially when all of the teams were running at the same time to their car or a cluebox. Like TARAsia Fan, I felt that the last episode was just awful. I blame the producers and the editors, not the golfers.
My favorite part of the show was in the next to last episode where that smug pr*ck Jay fell and hurt his arm. :wohoo:
In an earlier episode he referred to a poor golf shot as a Thurman Munson. Any baseball fan in their mid to late 30's or older will remember that tragic summer day in 1979 where Thurman lost his life in a plane crash when he flew to see his family on an off day. When Jay was asked what's a Thurman Munson, he said it's a shot that was a dead yank. Dead Yankee = Thurman Munson. That's one of the most offensive and stupid things I've ever heard on a TV program.
I feel like venting some but won't, because I don't ever want to think of that PoS Jay again.
TARAsia Fan:
Pedaler!
Well, the Golf Channel has a better reality program called "Big Break" and it's already into its 10th season. Highway 18 borrowed a lot from Amazing Race. If they want better ideas (and to get out of the State of Florida), I would be happy to consult with the producers because this show was very amateurish compared to TAR.
Staying within a 30 mile radius is not compelling TV. I would have rather the golfers go on a course filled with alligators than watch this show again.
puddin:
Golf Channel comes to Placid Lakes
By DONALD RIDGEWAY
News-Sun sportswriter
LAKE PLACID - If you are a fan of reality television you will love to know that reality TV has come to Highlands County.
The Placid Lakes Country Club played host to the Golf Channels "Highway 18" reality golf show.
The show is a sidekick of the Amazing Race, or Survivor, where contestants are sent around the state of Florida to compete in challenges.
The race covered more than 1,000 miles, stretching from St. Augustine to Key West.
There were road challenges which would put contestants on a roadside driving range to running at the Swamp (Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville).
The contest also had a clubhouse challenge where contestants were asked to play a hole or a series of holes at golf courses that range from famous championship courses to Municipal facilities that are off the beaten path.
"Sometime after the Sottile Golf Tourney a group of guys came by and played the course," Placid Lakes head golf pro Shane Ward said.
"When they were done they called and asked if we were interested in having the show. I thought they were joking."
A few weeks later the Golf Channel crew were out in the parking lot setting up their equipment and began filming.
The set up for the show was five, two-man squads that were asked to play holes 8, 9, 10, and 11.
One team was exempt because they had won immunity the week earlier.
Each squad was using a scramble format with the teams needing to make a birdie or better to get off the hole.
The last group to come in would be eliminated.
"It was neat for our course to be the first for someone to be eliminated," said Ward. "I guess one day we will be some type of trivia question."
Before coming to Lake Placid, the contestants were asked to hit golf balls and guess their distance at the Bluffs in Zolfo Springs.
"I hope the show put Placid Lakes on the map," said Ward. "People have come up to me and told me they saw it on TV. We hope that this gets more people in to play."
http://www.newssun.com/sports/SUN-11-30-PlacidLakesTV
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