Category: Sports

Professional golfer Pat Perez and former caddie/stand up comedian Michael Collins have to be the biggest clowns on PGA Tour radio.

Perez is a mullet wearing, 43 years old PGA Tour professional who seems to have a foot fetish with Michael Jordan and Collins is a former comedian who claimed he found his calling when Fuzzy Zoeller made a fool of himself when talking about Tiger Woods. Yeah, and he also probably believe rapper Flavor Flav it is actually a musician who deserves to be in the Rock & Roll HOF.

Listening to these two is torture, but I have to listen in order to write about them. I’ll take one for the team because is necessary. It is a bad radio show with two individuals who think they are better than you and me, and above all, immature. The two, who are way beyond puberty, behave like little kids and sound completely ridiculous.

They belittle golf fans left and right throughout the whole show. They are critical of everything they don’t agree with, and they make fun of people over stupid nonsensical issues. To be fair, at least Collins is a former comedian, so he can get away with some of the nonsense, but Perez is an all out buffoon. He thinks swearing, cursing, and acting like a wannabe gangster rapper on radio makes him a big dog, in reality he sounds like an overgrown child.

Perez is constantly crying about how professional golfers can’t live on an average $3.5 million dollar yearly salary. Tell that to those who work 12 hour shifts, and still save money to buy a ticket for a Tour event. I’m sure they are feeling very sorry for you Pat. What about living within your means Pat? Exactly! Don’t ask me to feel sorry Pat, you and your fellow pros live a nice pampered life, which I’m sure you have earned, despite of your constant whining.

Collins can be funny at times, but he can’t help himself and throws the race card on air every chance he gets. It gets old quick, therefore making him the best auto mute available.

Who cares if fans want to dress like Ricky Fowler? Who, by the way, is old enough and should stop dressing like a carrot. Nobody Michael! Who cares if fans wear golf shoes to professional golf events? Nobody Pat! These two clowns think they have the moral high ground to judge people and tell people how to spend their hard earned cash. These are few of the trivial things these two spend talking about.

Who in their right mind gave these two a contract on the flagship satellite radio station for the PGA Tour? He or she needs to be fired!

I could go on for pages about these two, but I think my point has been made. This show is a detriment to PGA Tour radio and the PGA Tour.

Out of Bounds? More like out of their minds! Grow up kids!

The country is going through an opiate crisis of a massive scale and journalist Alex Miceli worries about a journeyman golfer, who has made a healthy $14 million dollars while playing a sport, getting caught doing illegal drugs and getting suspended for it.

To answer Miceli’s question, yes, in my opinion he should have been suspended for six months, not three.

Perhaps Miceli has been living under a rock, but marijuana is an illegal drug under federal law which usage and possession remains a punishable crime.

“Under federal law, it is illegal to possess, use, buy, sell, or cultivate marijuana in all United States jurisdictions, since the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug, claiming it has a high potential for abuse and has no acceptable medical use”.

Miceli’s argument suggesting the PGA Tour use WADA regulations regarding marijuana usage on tour is shortsighted to say the least. He argues for the adoption of WADA regulations on tour while advocating for a zero ban on marijuana use. So which one is it?

Most sporting events covered and sanctioned under WADA are not week in and week out competitions like the PGA Tour. Players don’t wait week or months for an event, players are competing on a weekly basis, so golfers who regularly use marijuana would test positive no matter what.

Tim Finchem was correct in his assessment and his postured towards the use and promotion of recreational drugs on tour. There’s nothing outdated about this policy. The sport of golf has a worldwide image, especially among youngsters. It is supposed to be a sport of integrity. What kind of message Miceli wishes the tour to extend to young people? Does Miceli think marijuana usage is acceptable on tour? By his argument it seems he thinks so.

Miceli argues that several states have adopted laws regarding the usage of marijuana, but what he fails to mention states, under the 10th Amendment, have the right to enact such laws. Same with the PGA Tour, the tour has the right to enact their own code of conduct under their rules and regulations.

He states, according to Pew, 62% of Americans approve of legalizing marijuana usage, that may be so, but still a federal crime. The 2/3 of states Miceli refers to are mostly for medicinal purpose, not recreational.

So we go back to poor Robert Garrigus. According to Miceli, Garrigus has made over $14.7 million dollars in earnings in a 14 year PGA Tour career. That’s not a bad way of making a living and I applaud him for it, not everybody has those opportunities. But, Garrigus is also an adult, he knew what he was doing and nobody should feel sorry for him, he should be encourage to seek help.

In my opinion, Robert Garrigus is not an example I want kids to follow and I believe the PGA Tour is right in adopting such a bold anti doping policy.

We haven’t seen the effects on gambling on the PGA Tour as of yet, but I hope they have plenty of gambling counselors around, they will need them.

Since Miceli thinks gambling and marijuana usage are perfectly fitting in the world of golf, the next logical question to Alex Miceli would be, should we install Pot Smoking and gambling sections at every First Tee event?

My case against drugs in golf is, keep them out!

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