Civil rights lawyer by day. Semi-pro golf writer by night. Oft-suffering Washington Capitals and Atlanta Braves fan. Love that chicken from Popeyes. Views mine.
Aaron Rodgers caps off a busy Pat McAfee Show spot by addressing a Super Bowl logo-based conspiracy and again suggesting ABC host Jimmy Kimmel will be on the Jeffrey Epstein client list...
In Scotland, the greatest golf courses are treated like national parks.
In America, they are usually walled off from the rest of the world โ often literally.
Most of the things we hate about golf are actually things we hate about American golf.
Perhaps our favorite moment of the week walking out tonight as The Old Course turned back into a public park for Sundays. Strollers in the 18th fairway, kids playing in the road hole bunker, and the next Cam Smith here learning the ground game.
Judge denies TRO. Rickie Fowler sneaks into the Fedex Cup Playoffs.
Rickie wins Playoffs. Rickie is exempt into majors.
Rickie wins 2023 Grand Slam and cements Hall of Fame.
Rickie renews with Rocket Mortgage for controlling share of company.
Rickie evicts Greg Norman.
Ole Miss was about to win the Egg Bowl, but then our wide receiver pretended to pee like a dog in the back of the end zone, so Lane Kiffin became our coach.
OK, Iโve heard weirder stories.
The LIV broadcast goes from one shot to another, nonstop. Itโs so good that itโs jarring.
No commercials definitely helps, but not jamming 60-second blimp shots and FedEx Cup standings every 10 minutes is what stands out most.
The possibility that Tiger's career as a pro golfer might be over makes me feel deeply grateful that we got the 2019 Masters.
At the end of my life, when I look back on the moments in sports that brought me the most joy, that's gonna be in the top five.
Dicey situation for Ohio State. If they lose the opener, you've gotta figure they can't lose more than four more and still be assured of making the playoff.
Shipnuck is one of, if not the best golf journalists of his generation. If Phil wanted to throw a reporter under the bus, then he should've chosen a hack, like Shackelford, or me.
I'll be writing about the Patrick Reed v. Golf Channel complaint tonight.
But the bottom line is that we *all* should pray to our various deities that Golf Channel loses the inevitable Motion to Dismiss, because we NEED and DESERVE a Justine Reed deposition transcript.
PHIL MICKELSON (1991-2021): i will shake every hand and kiss every baby to build an impeccable public image
PHIL MICKELSON (2022-2023): gonna talk shit on twitter and look like death
@brithume
You mean because she was a senator and former state attorney general? Or because she graduated from a prestigious law school?
Or do you mean something else?
If so, what?
For oppressive regimes hoping to distract from human-rights abuses, sportswashing is a common tool.
But in Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau, and others, Saudi Arabia has found pro golfers a particularly accommodating lot.
No one is more prepared to serve as House Speaker than former WWE Heavyweight Champion and current Duke University mathematics professor George Santos.
It seems indisputable that LIVโs recruitment has made PGA Tour events less compelling.
It seems equally indisputable that LIV hasnโt proven itself a compelling alternative.
The Tour is not the loser here. Golf fans are the losers.
I can't imagine the PGA is excited to have Troy Merritt, JJ Spaun, Tyler Duncan, Brian Harman, and Sepp Straka on the top of their leaderboard.
#LIVGolf
has done serious damage to the PGA's marketability.
Miss me with this entire pile of garbage. HV3 earned $2.3M on the course in 2022. By the grace of God, he โgot outโ a long time ago. And now heโs complicit in the subjugation of women and other minorities.
But โreally hard to take issue,โ amirite.
U.S. SENATORS: โWhat macro effects of extended daylight and delayed sunrise would arise upon the supply chain, industrial development generally, workforce efficiency, public healthโโ
GOLF TWITTER: hell yeah, 36 holes and PGA Tour in primetime
It's clear to anyone watching that Bryson DeChambeau is neither a genius nor a serious person.
But watching the throng of fans following him around TPC Southwind in Memphis, it's equally clear that the problem he represents is bigger than golf.
@GolfDigest
We need yโall to do better,
@GolfDigest
.
At *best,* the suggestion that he wouldโve been โtaking awayโ a vaccine from someone else is flatly incorrect. To publish that explanation without pointing out its falsehood is to legitimize misinformation.
Come on, yโall.
Miss me with the โno matter what you think of his politicsโ takes at Bedminster.
Trump is a criminal. This is not the CEO of AT&T getting 90 seconds of air time at Pebble Beach. He is a traitor. Do not pretend otherwise.
I mean this without hyperbole:
@GolfDigest
should apologize for the LPGA article. You know the one; I'm not gonna post a link. It's misogynistic. It's disgraceful.
I'm struggling to understand how even one editor could have approved such a titanically bad idea.
Whatโs your deepest, darkest secret? Hereโs mine:
When somebody says โthereโs a southeast wind,โ I have no idea whether the wind is blowing *toward* the southeast or *from* the southeast.
You spend:
โ 2 weeks in the Bahamas
followed by:
โ a week in Panama and
โ a week in Bogata, before returning to the U.S. for
โ a week in Florida, then south for
โ a week in Mexico and then
โ 2 weeks in south Louisiana.
Are you a drug runner or a Korn Ferry Tour player?
CHILDREN: Grandpa, tell us again! Tell us how you came to love golf!
GRANDPA: [chuckles] Many years ago, I didn't care for golf. Then one day, by chance, I saw Andy Garcia and some CEO playing in a pro-am. And I instantly became a golf fan and haven't missed a broadcast since.
Do American golfers need to plan on a 2021 trip to the U.K. to help closed courses rebound financially?
What Iโm getting at is, is it my moral responsibility to go play golf for two weeks in Scotland next year?
NLUโs principal reputation is irreverence, but thatโs underselling.
Time and again, they have been way out in front of breakthroughs. They camped out on Koepka Island when he was still playing in Europe. Now Ludvig. There have been many others.
Augusta National and Masters Chairman Fred Ridley just issued a statement on the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the events for Augusta: "We are proceeding as scheduled for the Augusta National Womenโs Amateur, the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals and the Masters Tournament."
Interesting moment from Phil's LIV presser in Saudi Arabia. Asked about his previous comments about Saudi, he answers:
"So I will reiterate, I never did an interview with Alan Shipnuck."