article_snippet.sent: BBC commentator Peter Alliss BBC commentator Peter Alliss has said that the corporation should have tried harder to win the rights to the Open Championship and that attempts to give women equal rights in golf have 'caused mayhem'.
article_snippet.sent: The commentator also claimed BBC BBC should have done more to secure the Open coverage . '
article_snippet.sent: There's been a hell of a row because four golf courses that hold the Open Championship didn't have women members,' BBC commentator Peter Alliss said. '
article_snippet.sent: Alliss' comments come as the 2016 Open Championship will be the last to be broadcast live on the BBC before Sky Sports takes over.
article_snippet.sent: The former professional golfer, 84, told the magazine: 'I very much regret that the BBC the BBC has lost the Open Championship, but I said the BBC might do 10 years ago.'
article_snippet.sent: Alliss' admitted that the BBC could not compete with Sky's deep pockets but added: 'I don't think there were enough people at the BBC the BBC dealing with the negotiations who cared enough. '
article_snippet.sent: I was a BBC man through-and-through and The Broadcaster paid me well enough,' a BBC man said. '
article_snippet.sent: I think Sky is magnificent and if you like golf it's amazing, but The Broadcaster do it differently.
article_snippet.sent: The presenters look different.
article_snippet.sent: If I went to Sky the best I could do is sit in the studio or have a pre-tournament ramble about the young players coming up.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Veteran broadcaster also hits out at BBC for failing to keep the Open .