Kevin Kisner criticized CBS’s Masters coverage on Monday, and it made headlines. Two days later, he returned to the same podcast and took back his comments, as the golf media took notice.

Kisner, a four-time PGA Tour winner and now an NBC golf analyst, was at Augusta National covering the Masters for SiriusXM Radio. On Monday, he went on Barstool’s Fore Play podcast and strongly criticized CBS’s coverage. By Wednesday, he returned to the same show, but his tone had changed.

"I just have to apologize to the golf team at CBS," Kisner said. "I crossed the line, probably, too much, by talking about that whole content, and I know, from my short time in the business, how wild production is."

He also added, "It is a very difficult thing to produce a live show and make it all work," Kisner said. "Everybody does their best, NBC screws up all the time. And I went too far in being critical of them."

Monday’s comments actually stood out. Kisner said CBS kept showing shots that were at least 10 minutes old. He even texted CBS analyst Colt Knost, asking, “Do you ever show live shots?” and openly compared the two networks on air.

"What are we doing? You have no commercials. Play live shots," Kisner said Monday. "Our production team at NBC prides themselves at showing every shot that they possibly can live."

Others also had problems with CBS’s coverage that week, but Kisner’s comments stood out more because of his role at NBC.

CBS's Jim Nantz Addressed the Criticism Before Kisner's Apology

Kisner wasn’t the only one frustrated with CBS's broadcast. CBS has missed both Rory McIlroy’s and Cameron Young’s approach shots on the 18th hole on Sunday.

The final camera angle also didn’t clearly show McIlroy’s winning putt, and Viewers noticed that. Jim Nantz spoke on the Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, and he admitted things didn’t go as planned, but still stood by the broadcast.

"It's live television. We all make mistakes," Nantz 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."

Even with the issues, CBS had its highest Masters viewership in 11 years. The coverage had problems, but the ratings actually hit.

Kisner and NBC’s team will handle TV coverage for the last two men’s majors of the year: the U.S. Open in June and The Open Championship in July.

But going public with grievances against a rival network right before those assignments was never going to sit well.

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Sneha Abraham

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