Category: Golf

A Buffoon By Another Name

Golf Channel’s Eamon Lynch

Eamon Lynch Photo courtesy of eamonlynch.com

Folks, as LIV Golf Derangement Syndrome continues its path to become a mental health pandemic, people like Eamon Lynch keeps reminding us, it is real and it is here to stay.

Between him and his cohost Damon Hack, they cannot stay away from talking about LIV Golf and complaining about the Saudi connection.

Frankly, it has gotten pretty old. Everyone knows where the money is coming from and most people do not care. No matter how much Lynch wants to make it an issue, the people who most matter, the players, have dismissed it.

Lynch, who is openly gay, wants to make LIV Golf about gay issues. Saudi Arabia is not the only Muslim country in the world who does not approve of homosexuality, that is a fact.

It seems to me, Lynch is only complaining about Saudi Arabia because they are the ones financing LIV Golf and his personal disdain towards LIV Golf CEO, Greg Norman.

I am in the camp of live and let live, but Lynch wants to inject his personal lifestyle into the golf conversation.

For People like Lynch, if you do not agree with his world view, you are the problem, so he will insult you and attempt to intimidate you into seeing things his way.

He complained about Paul Casey when he was asked by Christine Brennan, another media hack from USA Today, about the treatment of gays in Saudi Arabia.

Paul Casey’s answer was that he was not knowledgeable enough about the subject to answer the question. As a rational human being, I believe that was an honest answer, but to an agenda driven person like Lynch, it was not enough.

Listening to Lynch, he sounds petty and small. Lynch will serve his audience best by keeping his personal agenda away from the game.

Live and let live Eamon!

Stupid Person of The Week

Nick Piastowski

Golf.com writer Nick Piastowski Photo courtesy of golf.com

Anybody who follows golf news knows about Nick Piastowski. Nick is one of those media hacks that could not do anything else as a journalist, so he became a sensationalist buffoon.

Not to outdo himself, he has laid another egg for all of us to read and make fun of his ridiculous and petty writing.

The story speaks for itself, so I will not bother you with the details. In a nutshell, it seems this media hack did not like the fact Phil Mickelson was wearing a black mask while filming a LIV Golf promo in Rwanda.

I know Nick is an idiot and his attempts to pass his articles as “news” is a joke all in itself, but to suggest Phil Mickelson is some type of racist because he was wearing a black mask, is petty and low.

Nick is a pathetic fool and he has earned my Stupid Person of the Week award.

Shame on golf.com for allowing such a media hack to operate under their banner.

Get a real job Nick!

https://golf.com/news/wait-phil-mickelson-liv-video-rwanda-gorilla-refuge/

LIV Golf Derangement Syndrome Continues

Golf Analyst Brandel Chamblee Continues to Make a Fool of Himself

Golf Channel Analyst, Brandel Chamblee and World Golf Hall of Famer LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman

https://golf.com/news/brandel-chamblee-greg-norman-bobblehead-slight/

My theory is poor old Brandel is bitter because he did not get a phone call from Greg Norman to join LIV Golf, so all he can do is fall to the bottom of the rubbish bin and scream to the top in hopes somebody will actually care for his nonsense.

I used to give Chamblee some level of respect, after all, he played the PGA Tour and actually won a tournament, but mostly because I think he is an outstanding historian of the game.

Now? Not so much. He has become a buffoonish character for his own detriment. Complaining about Saudi Arabia and its human rights record, while on the other side of his mouth refuses to condemn the Chinese Communist Party for the same dismal human rights record, is hypocritical to say the least.

Why Chamblee has chosen to go down this road is beyond me. I understand the Golf Channel is now part of the woke movement as part of NBC Sports, but Chamblee is losing credibility by the second.

To suggest Greg Noman and Phil Mickelson be removed for the World Golf Hall of Fame is ridiculous and petty.

If Chamblee wants to have a serious conversation with Greg Norman about LIV Golf, by all means, but to go about it this way is pathetic and it says more about Chamblee’s pettiness, than Greg Norman’s character.

LIV Golf is a reality and if Chamblee wants to have a serious debate about it, then he needs to realize that LIV Golf is here to stay and needs to base his arguments on the merits or flaws of the product.

When a current Ryder Cup Captain like Henrik Stenson chooses LIV Golf instead of the captaincy of the European Ryder Cup Team, is no longer a laughing matter.

Until then, Brandel Chamblee, and the rest of the buffoons at the Golf Channel, will be seen as nothing but foolish clowns.

As a sidebar, I want Jaime Diaz to provide evidence proving his on-air suggestion that Henrik Stenson is going through financial difficulties and that is the reason why he left for LIV Golf. Otherwise Jaime Diaz needs to mind his own business and report actual facts.

150th Open Championship at St. Andrews

Fish & Chips

Photo courtesy of siriusxm.ca

I know, I know, I said I was not going to watch, but the drama and the LIV Derangement Syndrome patients got the best of me, so I had to watch.

I am going to start by saying, PGA Tour rookie, Cameron Young, looked like a tour veteran on his way to an opening round 64 at the Old Course. Great start in his first trip to the Open Championship.

In the world of golf fashion, I could not ignore Justin Thomas and his ‘Beta Male’ outfit. I am sure all the ‘Beta Males’ who hangout at GWRX.com are running to the store to buy the outfit. Enough said!

The biggest whooper was listening to the commentators at the Golf Channel drooling over Tiger Woods mediocrity. Tiger Woods shot an opening round 78 and it is currently tied for 146.

His round started with a bad break at #1 and it did not get any better. At +8, Tiger Woods is going to need a really low round on Friday to make the cut. I never count him out, but with his bad leg and a shaky game, I will be surprised if he does make the weekend.

Note to the Golf Channel, there are many other cool stories going on at the Open Championship than Tiger Woods and his mediocre golf.

On the other hand, several LIV Golf “rebels” are in the hunt. Talor Gooch at -4, former Masters and U.S. Open Champion, Dustin Johnson at -4, Lee Westwood at -4, Ian Poulter at -3, former U.S. Open Champion, Bryson DeChambeau at -3, Paul Casey at -1, former Open Champion, Oosthuizen at -1, and several other LIV Golf “rebels” at EVEN par.

This bunch includes Phil Mickelson, Kevin Na, and Patrick Reed. I will have to say the “rebels” are doing well at the 150th Open Championship and I am sure Greg Norman is having a good laugh.

To be clear, I did not labeled the LIV Golf players as “rebels”, all the credit goes to the Golf Channel.

For LIV Golf, there is no such thing as bad publicity and the analysts at NBC and the Golf Channel have given LIV Golf all the free publicity LIV Golf could dream of.

Do not forget the fish and chips.

Tiger Woods Claiming The Moral High ground?

A Pathetic Joke That is Far From Funny

THE Tiger Woods. Go figure!

I am not going to invest too much of my or your time on Tiger Woods. Anybody who has followed professional golf as I have, understands Tiger Woods may be the greatest golfer alive, but he has been a rotten human being.

Not until he realized his days were numbered, he never cared for the fans. The fans were a nuisance and he did not have time for them. Probably because he carried his father chip on his own shoulder, who knows.

Now, he is taking shots at Greg Norman, LIV Golf, and the players who chose to jump ship. He went as far as to say that the R&A was right in uninviting Greg Norman, a two time Open Champion, from the Champions dinner and the 15oth anniversary celebrations.

Imagine if people had demanded Tiger Woods be banned from any festivities because he was a rotten husband, hit a fire hydrant, was high as a kite, and was taken into custody? Exactly!

Tiger Woods have no moral high ground to criticize anybody. To hear him talk about how these players turned their backs on the tour, it is laughable. Golf is a business and people make business decisions.

Tiger Woods has been sponsored by Nike his whole career, despite the fact Nike uses factories in China, with child labor, and working conditions they could not get away with in the United States.

Do I think Tiger should give up his “business” decision? Absolutely not, but with that Tiger needs to understand he has zero room for hypocrisy.

As we speak, the United States Department of Justice antitrust division is conducting an investigation of the PGA Tour and their shoddy practices. It has been reported they have contacted player’s agents seeking information about the PGA Tour bylaws.

The PGA Tour, been the arrogant entity they are, have said, “This was not unexpected.” “We went through this in 1994 and we are confident in a similar outcome.”

Sure, the only difference is that back in 1994, professional golf was small potatoes and today is big business. I am sure the liberal DOJ is going to take a closer look this time and the outcome may be far from similar.

As I said many times, I welcome this antitrust investigation. The PGA Tour has no right to monopolize professional golf, they do not own it.

This chapter is far from over and LIV Golf has all the money they need to litigate until the cows come home.

As for Tiger, well, he is not the Tiger Woods he used to be, so I guess this is the only way he can remain relevant. Sad and pathetic!