Critic of Pro Golf. Golf Globalist. 0.0 hcp. @GLUgolfclub 1x Pro-Am 🏆 Duke Grad. “I connect dots.” Data Analyst. Proverbs 26:11
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I guess I need to remind everyone of my pro golf gripes again:
▶️ I watched the Tour for almost 30 years. Post Tiger/Phil it was boring/stale.
▶️ Courses on Tour are mostly unappealing - too milquetoast. TPC ain’t it in modern golf.
▶️ Broadcasts were degrading: too many commercials, over-corporatized, broadcast talent drain. It wasn’t engaging anymore.
▶️ That over-corporatization kills individualism & personalities.
▶️ All that combined with 40+ events in all the same format on similar courses with very few courses I wanted to watch, with a lot of uninteresting players just nuked my interest & I wanted something new. Different style courses in other parts of the 🌎 interests me. Better broadcasts that show more golf & more of my favorite players interests me. PGL piqued my interest - LIV was able to pull it off. Combination.
Add on to that all the @PGATour skullduggery I’ve uncovered the last 4 years, and the corrupt golf media that protects the establishment and I’m out on it - doesn’t matter what happens with LIV.
If the Tour can thrive & grow as-is, with no changes - more power to them. But IDT it will grow & bring in younger fans & veteran fans turned off to the current product without MAJOR changes. They’re like a 2/10 in what they need to do.
Faking the linear TV ratings, propaganda & bad narratives only goes so far and bringing all the LIV players back won’t fix all my issues either.
Those are the cliffs notes but I talk about this on @GLUgolfclub all the time. I’ve said this so many times it really does bore me.🥱
Charities are fine, but the only charity that has added to my personal entertainment is #TheHumanFund. 😂
(Don’t get me started on the fake charities).
Bookmark this, save it bc I’m not doing it again.
what exactly was so terrible about the existing golf “establishment” pre-LIV?
purses were great. the Tour gave billions to local charities. rarely if ever embroiled in controversy.
LIV simply tried to buy its way into pro golf by outspending the competition. it failed because the Saudis don’t understand the American sports consumer. furthermore, that model was never the long play. it was designed as a temporary bridge over the moat while they infiltrated the castle.
could you for once just honest about what it really was..?
Happy Veterans Day - celebrating a veteran, true patriot & American hero today. 🇺🇸
(And my Granddad’s favorite baseball player).
“There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best." - #JoeDiMaggio #TheYankeeClipper #JoltinJoe
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6 Types of People the 🇮🇹 philosopher #Machiavelli says you can never trust:
1. The flatterer: Constantly agrees and praises you, avoiding hard truths so you stay blind to problems.
2. The fair-weather friend: Present when things are easy or beneficial to them, but absent or disloyal when difficulty or danger appears - men are loyal mainly while it serves their interest.
3. The charming promiser: Makes strong, persuasive assurances that often do not match their later actions.
4. The user - the one working an angle: interactions and “help” consistently advance their own interests.
5. The person you helped rise: Someone whose success or position you enable. Those you elevate may later become sources of distrust.
6. The person you hurt (or incompletely destroyed): Someone you injured but did not fully eliminate, who may seek revenge.
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The Global #HomeofGolf is not in Florida as much as some people would lead you to believe. Once pro golf fixes that, the rest will fall in line.
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Jose Ballester gets through at @DPWorldTour Q-School & earns full playing privileges for 2027! He’s joined by notables:
🇰🇷 @ByeongHunAn
🇺🇸 John Catlin
🏴 Tom Lewis
🏴 Ben Schmidt
🇮🇹 Edoardo Molinari
🇦🇺 Cameron John
Joint Spanish champions on home soil 🇪🇸🏆
Jose Luis Ballester and Rocco Repetto Taylor win Q School and lead the top 15 and ties to the DP World Tour!
#DPWTQSchool
Other than Luke Kwon & maybe Ruffles, I think Micah is my favorite swing at the @Internetinvite. Didn’t love the tears at the end though. We gotta get tougher for 2027.
I’ve probably watched this 1000x and would watch it 10000x more. The most memorable 18th hole at @TheOpen in my golfing lifetime. Maybe Watson @ Turnberry - but that wasn’t this. Not even close. #iconic
The interesting part is that Patrick Reed has not been nearly as good post-LIV:
1 Top 5, 4 Top 10s in 17 starts since Feb 9, 2026.
Prior 15 months: 4🏆, 9 Top 5, 15 Top 10s in 38 starts (most weren’t on LIV FYI).
Playing more has always been good for P.
Always working, alway looking for that extra 1% 💪
Patrick Reed heads into the season finale with the chance to become just the second American to win the Race to Dubai.
#DPWTC | #RolexSeries
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Glad @mcginleygolf is talking more about Malta. Saudi PIF is just the tip of the iceberg. PE is embedded in pro golf now - they want to own assets, not just sponsor events. The best way to do that is to retire the member-run model that has dominated pro golf for decades. LIV was the canary (albeit a very large one) in the coal mine.
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Thx for sharing @JohnPetersonFW! The power of having an open mind! More people in golf need to take this approach. 👍🏽
I hated on @bryanbrosgolf and @wesleybryangolf for years about YouTube golf…to the point where I started to genuinely believe what they were doing was elementary and it would never catch on.
Then Wesley called me and asked me to be a wild card for Purcell farms on the @YourGolfTourYGT. I had to ask him what it was….when I found out it was YouTube golf I initially laughed and rejected it but figured if I’d ever form a concrete opinion on it I needed to see for myself.
I went and was shocked by it all. Not just the quality of golf but the venue, the family feel it has and the millions of people that tune into wholesome entertainment they aren’t afraid to leave on for their kids. That’s the biggest deal-YouTube golf is for everyone.
No longer a hater, and thrilled for y’all to see what we cooked up at the Wynn in Vegas. 🔥
Long live YouTube golf 🤙
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The 1st (and last) time I’ll utter this sentence: this tournament would’ve been better with Duke not in it. 😂
@Internetinvite
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The Cranberries - Zombie (Official Music Video) youtu.be/6Ejga4kJUts?is=xLij… via @YouTube
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“Guys, we’re gonna have the CEO of (X company) on the podcast to talk about how great (X Company) is with no pushback. Oh & we’re also sponsored & paid by X Company to be onsite. But it will be an honest conversation. Trust me, bro.” You are the establishment now @NoLayingUp. Stop pretending otherwise.
The most hilarious take from NLU is that they are not paid by the PGAT, ok sure, but how about being paid the the tournament name sponsor to go on site for the week and host the CEO, what about attending the pro ams, paid ad placements for PGAT events, etc...
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This is obvi a popular deflection strategy by corrupt orgs - eg political/media - used to suppress opinions. Hillary used vs Trump & backfired viciously (“Deplorables”). Trump used this vs everyone: “Crooked Hillary,” “Sleepy Joe,” “Lyin Ted,” “Newscum,” “Pocahontas,” “Annie Trannie,” “Tampon Tim”, “🍉 head” etc - it’s all fun & games until the opposition hits a critical mass & winds up on your doorstep.
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Heard @NoLayingUp talking about me again, which is fine.
Facts are ever since they’ve been inextricably tied to the establishment (2022), they cannot & will not support anything new in golf without the explicit support of their corporate overlords. Neither will they even engage in *honest* conversations with opposing viewpoints. I’ve exposed this & why they think LIV 1.0 dying is some triumph for them - but they’ll never get away from this until it’s addressed.
As long as their fans know this, they can try to go back to their fake criticism of pro golf to make them look like the “every man” that they started out as & claim to be - while we all now know they’re simply just shills for the corrupt establishment as LIV & I exposed. It will always hang over their heads, and no fake laughing will make that go away. #mentalhealth
Why they will never directly address my criticisms & play it off as a “joke.”
There is no retort to this that will satisfy your listeners - none - so you’re better off ignoring it. So go back to making your dumb, lame jokes about me, my Alma mater, Bryson, @Luke_Elvy, @flushingitgolf, LIV fans, YouTube Golf, “growing the game”, etc & sick your 5m bots on me - which only gives me more oxygen. Whatever floats your boat.
I’m all about having HONEST conversations about golf & the future of pro golf without obfuscation. Why I will talk and have talked to people I loathe like @Daniel_Rapaport & @ColtKnost publicly & privately.
If you ever want to stop hiding behind computer screens, I’m not hard to find. But that would require putting your reputations on the line and we all know you’re not willing to do that. 🤣🤐🤫
Every time I hear I’m mentioned, I will push harder and drop receipts. Like why haven’t you had anyone associated with LIV on? Except for when you had @duncarey on & couldn’t even MENTION that he worked directly with LIV & LIV Golfers 😱.
Of course, people will say “oh you’re just looking to get platformed, PGC!” 😂. IDGAF about that. Why don’t you have Flush, Luke or @MattVincenziPGA on instead of me then? Anyone with an opposing view? I think that would be interesting & something your bots, I mean “fans” will appreciate. 🤷🏽♂️
I’ve proven I’m fine having uncomfortable conversations. Have you? 🤔 cc: @TronCarterNLU @BigRandyNLU @DJPie @codymcbridenlu
Notable OWGR Updates after the events in Abu Dhabi🇦🇪 & Mexico🇲🇽:
🇪🇸 @JonRahmOfficial 🏆: 15 ➡️ 6
🇳🇿 @TyrrellHatton: 28 ➡️ 23
🇺🇸 Blades Brown🏆: 95 ➡️ 62
🇺🇸 Ben James: 78 ➡️ 54
🇺🇸 Jackson Koivun: 59 ➡️ 60
🏴 Marco Penge: 54 ➡️ 57
🇪🇸 David @PuigCorrius: 83 ➡️ 77
🇪🇸 Angel Ayora: 123 ➡️ 111
🇵🇱 @AdrianMeronk: 104 ➡️ 100
🇫🇷 Victor Perez: 122 ➡️ 127
🇪🇸 @Eugeniochacarra: 37 ➡️ 37
Nice weekend for Spain🇪🇸. Rahm wins in Adu Dhabi, Ayora & Puig Top 5 and Jose Ballester is leading @DPWorldTour Q-School. 6 clear of the cut line halfway home (Top 15).
Titleist sells like a billion $ in golf balls and have had the same holiday commercial since like 2000. Good to see they give their marketing team the last couple months of the year off every year. 😂 @Titleist
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It’s been clear for some time now that the only way BC Partners continues on LIV 2.0 is a complete separation from PIF. FT & @sindap’s reporting supports this now too. BC wants to invest in golf one way or another and all their statements support this - as I broke down a few weeks back & the quote below.
Honest opinion: while PIF has been LIV’s greatest asset (💰) it has also been (let’s be honest) its biggest liability & the thing that’s held it back & continues to do so for 2 reasons:
(1) I’ve fought the anti-Saudi battle, but it’s clearly a losing battle in the West. As much as I know LIV was never “sportswashing”, it doesn’t matter - that narrative was cemented by the media.
(2) this has gone underreported - PIF has been WAY too conservative in its running of the league. The uber-controlling & ultra-conservative aspect has stopped LIV from doing a lot of the things that could have been done to make it better. Somehow PIF has been too involved yet not involved enough IMO - odd but true.
Anyway, it’s time to cut the cord, sever ties & settle up. Pass the sticks fully to BC and let them move some version of a successor to LIV forward. It’s the only path forward.
LIV fans shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves here, but this concept is not 100% dead yet. Will be interesting to follow if LIV has Life After Death, what is Born Again out of this and what happens over the next few weeks. I’m not Ready for it to Die. 🤞🏽
