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VIDEO: Trump protestors carve Tiger Woods-inspired quote into green

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Mar 13, 2017

A group of activists vandalized Trump National Golf Course (Los Angeles) in Rancho Palos Verdes between Sunday night and Monday morning, allegedly sending a message to President Trump and his administration.

The group carved “NO MORE TIGERS, NO MORE WOODS” into the green of hole No. 5 in letters that ABC News said were 6-feet tall. One member of the five-person group captured the criminal activity on video, which is posted at the bottom of the article. A member of the group also spoke to ABC News using a voice-disguising mechanism.

“It’s a protest piece against Trump’s administration’s handling of our environmental policies,” the group member told ABC News. “He’s been very aggressive in gutting a lot of the policies that we’ve had in place for a very long time. We felt it necessary to stand up and go take action against him.”

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100 Comments

KCCO

Apr 9, 2017 at 7:27 am

This is as low as keying someone’s car. If I caught someone doing either of the sneaky lack of balls actual I’d let them try make a video titled “running from a person crazy enough to make me dance on camera courtesy of SIG.” Vandalism like this gets under my skin. No balls, when caught, bury on practice range with only their heads above ground.

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Brains a golfer

Mar 23, 2017 at 8:06 am

Vandalism is NOT protest!

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JuNiOR

Mar 16, 2017 at 12:32 am

Amazing how fast Rachel Maddow flew to SoCal for with vengeance after embarrassing herself on her very fake new MSNBC.

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J

Mar 15, 2017 at 5:17 pm

I love golf. If civil war breaks out and we can’t play golf, I’m gonna go hulk mode on everyone. So, golfers, chill the eff out with the childish insults. Haha.

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Dave R

Mar 15, 2017 at 3:46 pm

I’m a Canuck and there are idiots every where . This type of response does your little gang of mutts nothing . Believe me these types are everywhere ,and the sad part is they are allowed to breed.

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Raven

Mar 15, 2017 at 12:02 pm

Argh! So many idiots! The people responding on Facebook with inappropriate language. The people defending poor actions because Trump does worse. Trump. Left wing lunatics. Right wing lunatics. Seriously, wait 24 hours and if you still think you need to post then come back.

Anyhow, the whole thing was a hoax. This is just a huge and coincidental divot, and when the left wing golfer saw it he decided to pretend it was a political statement.

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- Casey Ford
  
  Mar 20, 2017 at 9:28 am
  
  this is the post everyone on here should be seeing
  
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Mike

Mar 15, 2017 at 10:59 am

If they really wanted to make their voice heard and cause a war cry, just try tinkering on down to Augusta National GC dig up their greens and see what happens ???? I’m not condoning this act by the way, but it sure would let the shit hit the fan, with the millions of golf lovers in America.

Or if you wish to protest then phone Mr trump up arrange a meet, then you can sit down and discuss like normal citizens ways to overcome global warming, not much hope as someone on here said, that Mother earths being changing and evolving for millions of years, and she aint about to change her ways, when we burnt fossil fuels the world over didn’t hear a peep about global warming, probably we were too busy fighting world wars, if they want to protest about Tigers being drove to extinction then go to China and India and protest, if their concerned about trees and forests then go to Brazil and protest, and also the ivory animals, Elephants and rhinos the go to African countries and protest about the Poachers, and war lords condoning this mass killing, I mean Mr trump cant be held responsible for every frigging thing that goes wrong.

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David Ciccoritti

Mar 15, 2017 at 10:29 am

What’s the problem? Probably no more damage than Trump causes playing a round of golf 🙂

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GMatt

Mar 15, 2017 at 9:43 am

So many idiots on this site. I love the stupid comment about needing more liberals to grow the game. Vandalism is wrong nothing more to be said. Do you really think this stupid act will change policy? If you do then you’re less intelligent than you think you are. Hope and change by these tactics? Maybe another plan of attack that doesn’t involve anarchy might serve your agenda better, you can’t say that the conservatives would employ these kind of tactics. Stupid is as stupid does

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MrMayhem

Mar 14, 2017 at 9:19 pm

Forget the word activists, just plain vandals would be enough.

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Steve

Mar 14, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Vandalism is the most senseless crime.

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- Raven
  
  Mar 15, 2017 at 12:15 pm
  
  While activities like this are wrong, sometimes people have to cross boundaries to make a statement heard. There are a very small number of people who can change laws so that they don’t have to abide by them. The rest don’t have that luxury. Whatever you or I think, these people were smart enough to find a way to get themselves heard and they have us talking about it.
  
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Ben

Mar 14, 2017 at 5:55 pm

I don’t come to Golfwrx to talk about politics. This trash doesn’t belong here. It belongs on the dreck that is both sides of the media, desperate for a reason for being.

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- get off your high horse
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 6:42 pm
  
  then why did you read/post in the article? just skip it, your lordship!
  
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- birdie
  
  Mar 15, 2017 at 9:11 am
  
  who forced you to read the article?
  
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birdie

Mar 14, 2017 at 11:57 am

I can only hope that criminals, vandals, violent paid protestors, anarchists, and nancy pelosi become the face of the democrat party. lol

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- good luck with your stupid wall
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 6:51 pm
  
  you dumpsters just dont get it. go ahead and keep voting against your own best interests. in 20 months there shall be a reckoning. you’re welcome
  
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  - MrMayhem
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 9:22 pm
    
    I bet you lock your door and have a fence at your house!
    
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  - birdie
    
    Mar 15, 2017 at 9:12 am
    
    oh look, another dem who thinks they should get to decide what someone else’s best interests are. curious, what are the best interests of someone in the working middle class and how were they met under previous president?
    
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Matt

Mar 14, 2017 at 11:37 am

Support this action 100%. Science denying, no-nothing republicans are the ugliest sentient beings in the history of the universe. No time for argument these days, its literally pointless to use facts anymore.

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- Matt
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 11:40 am
  
  know-nothing*
  
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- birdie
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 11:55 am
  
  so you’re saying its ok to vandalize others property?
  
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- birdie
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 12:03 pm
  
  The truth is that fossil fuels have resulted in increased human health and prosperity and have extended human life in every nation where they have been used plentifully.
  
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  - Double Mocha Man
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 6:26 pm
    
    Birdie, I think you are making bogeys.
    
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- IHateLoveGolf
  
  Mar 15, 2017 at 6:03 pm
  
  Appreciate you once again insulting me for disagreeing with you enlightened ones. Budget-denying, do-nothing, lying libs are a scourge on this country. There – that really forwarded the dialogue, didn’t it. Name-calling never does.
  
  First amendment for libs only, right? Shout down conservatives and non-lib students everywhere.
  Require total transparency on Trump’s taxes but it’s ok for Wasserman Schultz to surreptitiously undermine Bernie’s campaign.
  Laws should be adhered to unless the crimes are committed against conservatives.
  Laws should be adhered to unless it’s for illegals, their families, and their voting.
  
  If we can’t even agree that crimes are crimes, where do we start? Your move, sport.
  
  Signed,
  A 1%er, ex-military, summa cum laude college grad who supports Trump while also supporting gay marriage, Roe v Wade, and legal immigration while condemning the incredible untruthfulness seen from Dems and from some on the GOP side
  
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Mat

Mar 14, 2017 at 9:57 am

Almost nothing to do with the sport of golf. Just clickbait.

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birdie

Mar 14, 2017 at 9:34 am

as usual, our media labels this as coragous and brave act of defiance (Wash Post) ….yet if this was a conservative they’d label it as hateful, intolerant, vandalism, and anarchists.

the double standard among the media is stunning, yet predictable. As is the intolerance and hypocrisy among the left

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- PCR
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 11:44 am
  
  Read. He wrote that the act was spun that way in the Washington Post. And suggestions that there is no media bias to the left, is as ridiculous as they come.
  
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chip

Mar 14, 2017 at 9:32 am

which is worse? Some damaged grass or a man trying to turn the United States into the most hateful, deceitful, and corrupt country in the world?

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- birdie
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 9:49 am
  
  luckily obama is now out of office huh
  
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  - Blake
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 11:20 am
    
    What did obama do? Im sincerely asking because i see you people say things like this and then i cant find any speeches or quotes or actions that would justify it. So what did he do?
    
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    - Toad2017
      
      Mar 14, 2017 at 12:23 pm
      
      His hope and change was nothing more than business as usual. He fixed nothing, just made existing problems bigger.
      
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    - birdie
      
      Mar 14, 2017 at 1:33 pm
      
      used irs as political weapon, blamed benghazi on youtube video for months, lied about aca saving families money, fast and furious (illegal arms transfers to mexican cartels), jumped into every criminal cases based on race before facts and verdict known only to incite anger and divide, payment to iran, spying on journalist james rosen…… i can go on if you want…..
      
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- PCR
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 11:53 am
  
  So we can tear up your grass and say, “Well, it’s not as bad as the President”.
  
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- Tom
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 1:33 pm
  
  we’re not running a popularity contest
  
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JThunder

Mar 14, 2017 at 6:46 am

“Murdering grass”? Really? Grass is not an endangered species, nor is it difficult to grow back. Would you call taking a divot “murdering grass”? Because the average 130-shooting hack tears up that much grass with their play.

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- Double Mocha Man
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 11:45 am
  
  Bubba doesn’t take a divot… but he does dent a lot of perfectly good trees.
  
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JThunder

Mar 14, 2017 at 6:27 am

It’s funny how to conservative golfers, this is such a “disgusting crime”, and they are appalled and judge all liberal-minded folks by these actions. But when conservative politicians manage to legalize the fleecing of the American people via things like the healthcare industry and pharmaceutical companies, which KILL people on an hourly basis, this is “just business” and defended to the hilt.
(And when Trump, Bannon and Pence take charge on their vote, they can claim “but I’m not racist or misogynist”.)

To say we have different values is an understatement.
But the past 9 years have proven that.

One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.

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- birdie
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 9:36 am
  
  what are you talking about? were people not being fleeced under obama? were prescriptions cheap under obama? fun fact…obama oversaw a fleecing of the american working class. trump is reflection of americans turning against liberal policy.
  
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  - Tom
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 1:47 pm
    
    spot on birdie
    
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R

Mar 14, 2017 at 4:46 am

Liberals what is your problem.
You are worthless. Just causing more
and more problems. We have enough
in the world as it is. Get over it.
Grow up.

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- JThunder
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 6:32 am
  
  They’re protesting the destruction of the environment, and your suggestion is “get over it”? Why couldn’t the billionaires and their corporations “get over” the regulations enacted to save the planet? Why couldn’t Republican Congress and 42% of the country “get over” the fact that Obama won two elections? People who put greed and ignorance above the good of the people and planet are the ones who need to “grow up”. But if you see shining a light on real problems as “causing more and more problems”, then that explains why the world is as f-ed up as it is now. I guess everyone should just keep their mouths shut and put up with whatever is done to them, and somehow it will all be OK.
  
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  - PCR
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 11:49 am
    
    Let them protest on their own land.
    
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Michael

Mar 14, 2017 at 4:15 am

Fantastic work.

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Bubba Wilson

Mar 13, 2017 at 11:12 pm

Wow – Talk about a country divided right now.

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- mik
  
  Apr 7, 2017 at 11:22 pm
  
  So true, my local course installed separate restrooms. Liberals on the left and republicans on the right. It’s bad, very very bad.
  
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Bubba Smith

Mar 13, 2017 at 10:05 pm

Stupidity at its finest.

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SlapHappy

Mar 13, 2017 at 7:23 pm

I mean seriously……. we ought to be able to hang these people in public once we arrest them

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- Brian
  
  Mar 13, 2017 at 8:46 pm
  
  Like Pete Dye said, “It’s just grass.” Really, hang someone from wrecking some grass? Did you think about those words before you typed them, or are you just a ridiculous reactionary like the morons that defaced this green?
  
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  - JThunder
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 6:43 am
    
    If you’re suggesting hanging people for hurting some grass, what do you suggest for all the Wall Street execs who destroyed peoples’ lives? Or the pharmaceutical companies and health care companies who kill people every day for profit?
    
    Oh, right, laws in their favor and achievement awards. Nice values.
    
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    - Tom
      
      Mar 14, 2017 at 1:36 pm
      
      I don’t think so, that’s counter productive to the bottom line.
      
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      - J
        
        Mar 15, 2017 at 4:05 pm
        
        I think you’re being over-simplistic. The reality is if you’re trying to bank a bonus, you couldn’t care much less if there’s a long term fallout on the bottom line. It’d be dishonest to say people only consider the company’s infinite bottom line. More likely, there are some individuals who focus on the near terms profits, without regard for what happens later. And these decisions have consequences much larger than turf damage. They just don’t have the image problem of someone carving into a green.
        
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  - birdie
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 9:38 am
    
    firing squad works too
    
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KoreanSlumLord

Mar 13, 2017 at 7:16 pm

So that is your new America, huh? If you don’t agree with another political party, just burn, vandalize, perform acts of violence against supporters of the other party. In Japan, were not shown this type of behavior that Republicans did when Obama was in office. Odd.

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- Bryan
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 12:22 am
  
  It’s the liberal way, it’s how they roll. Kind of reminds you of a 3 year old when they don’t get their way.
  
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  - JThunder
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 6:34 am
    
    Reminds me of Republicans for the last 8 years. And I mean, ALL of them. Not a handful of people who “vandalized” some grass. Republican golfers care more about a patch of grass than peoples’ lives or the planet. That’s the conservative way, because that little patch of grass is PROFIT!
    
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    - birdie
      
      Mar 14, 2017 at 9:40 am
      
      maybe you should go burn down a building or block people from getting to work…..vandalism is the liberal way. don’t agree or don’t get your way….stomp your feet and destroy others property…so pathetic yet so predictable. i can only hope these protestors become the face of the democrat party.
      
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    - Tom
      
      Mar 14, 2017 at 1:39 pm
      
      play the victim card much?
      
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ROY

Mar 13, 2017 at 6:19 pm

Think I will go cut down some trees and dump some oil into the local lake to show my support for them and the environment!!!

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Barry

Mar 13, 2017 at 5:49 pm

This makes me angry

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Double Mocha Man

Mar 13, 2017 at 5:44 pm

I think we’re on to something here! 90% of the responses below are from conservatives/Republicans. If GolfWRX is a cross section of the average golfer then it’s obvious we need many, many more liberals to grow the game.

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- Barry
  
  Mar 13, 2017 at 5:55 pm
  
  Good luck with that. “Liberals” (nothing liberal about them these days) aren’t going to be attracted to golf because it’s too hard and requires too much patience.
  
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  - JThunder
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 6:52 am
    
    Yeah, liberals fight for the environment and the poor and disenfranchised because it’s not hard and requires no patience. Well said.
    
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- JThunder
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 6:50 am
  
  Golfwrx is not a cross-section of the average golfer. it’s a cross-section of the avid golfer. It might be suggested the connection is avid golfer = likely wealthier golfer = likelier conservative.
  
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- birdie
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 9:41 am
  
  they’ll start demanding that others pay for their round of golf…..because equality or something
  
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  - Blake
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 11:23 am
    
    Oh i get it. Your doing some bit where you act like a “typical dumb trump supporter”. Good one
    
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- Bert
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 5:18 pm
  
  +1 exactly on the point.
  
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- mik
  
  Apr 7, 2017 at 11:04 pm
  
  I agree.
  
  I like to keep the Republicans in the group ahead of me, I pick up their Prov1s and Prov1xs that they don’t want to look for along the tree line. I keep the Liberals in the group behind me in case I leave a club or a head cover, I’ll get it back on the next hole.
  
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golfomatic

Mar 13, 2017 at 5:38 pm

Kind of a stupid crime. Much less risky to make money as a Wells Fargo exec while looking the other way as thousands of employees open millions of accounts without customers’ permission over many years to meet absurd quotas, then retire with a 9-figure payout as your punishment, then play lots of golf on courses like this.

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larry

Mar 13, 2017 at 5:36 pm

Stuff like this makes me hate liberals even more, what a joke.

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- Dr Troy
  
  Mar 13, 2017 at 7:45 pm
  
  Could not agree more Larry.
  
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  - JThunder
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 6:55 am
    
    This thread makes me hate conservatives more. What a joke.
    
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    - birdie
      
      Mar 14, 2017 at 9:44 am
      
      why because conservatives support law and order? or is the fact that liberals don’t get their way no matter how much they whine, destroy property, protest, or all the other useless means of organized intimidation and destruction they employ
      
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      - Tom
        
        Mar 14, 2017 at 1:41 pm
        
        +1
        
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      - J
        
        Mar 15, 2017 at 4:23 pm
        
        What a joke. What makes you think conservatives support law and order, and liberals do not? Those vandalizers = all liberals, just as Dennis Hastert = all conservatives. Non-reasoning individuals on both sides are the coals that keep this division going. It’s all so stupid. I’m not your enemy, and you’re not my enemy. Congratulations on both sides being used as pawns.
        
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alan

Mar 13, 2017 at 4:56 pm

destroy something the POTUS owns, and get caught on camera? and do interviews. amateur hour. i hope no one feels sorry for them when they get hammered for this.

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- Double Mocha Man
  
  Mar 13, 2017 at 5:41 pm
  
  They did the video recording themselves… didn’t “get caught” on camera.
  
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Bryan

Mar 13, 2017 at 4:15 pm

Liberals at their finest….

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Double Mocha Man

Mar 13, 2017 at 3:25 pm

It got the message across (and directly to Trump in this case) without anyone getting hurt. Other than hurting the wallets of some very well-off club members. On a positive note it caused the extra employment of some greenskeeping crew members, thus strengthening the economy as Trump has promised.

Though the message was weak… if Tiger wants to rub shoulders with Trump that’s his right. Doesn’t mean we have to like him for it.

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- Barry
  
  Mar 13, 2017 at 6:37 pm
  
  If the message was “we are idiots and criminals,” then yeah, message received
  
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Blake

Mar 13, 2017 at 3:20 pm

Really? He has nominated a climate change denier to the head of the epa and he sees any regulations that protect clean air and water as bad and is actively trying to repeal them to benefit big business. His nom to the epa has actively sued the EPA to lighten restrictions on coal plants, and several other issues. Basically he is doing everything in his power to harm the environment.

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- Joey5Picks
  
  Mar 13, 2017 at 3:56 pm
  
  LIKE^^^
  
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- JThunder
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 6:54 am
  
  Read a book.
  
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- Blake
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 11:24 am
  
  Oh i get it. Your doing some bit where you act like a “typical dumb trump supporter”. Good one
  
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- Bert
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 5:22 pm
  
  Great news! I didn’t know he was doing so well.
  
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Chris

Mar 13, 2017 at 3:06 pm

Idiots.

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Steve

Mar 13, 2017 at 1:27 pm

Disgusting. I’m not a big Trump guy by any means, but I find it absolutely disgusting that A) people would do this to a golf course just because it has his name attached to it, and B) that ABC would happily keep these people anonymous and disguise the voice just to get the scoop. THIS IS A FREAKIN CRIME. They belong in jail.

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Golfwhiler

Mar 13, 2017 at 12:22 pm

Eco-terrorists. They will be found out and will be shocked to learn the cost of repairing greens, not to mention felony trespassing.

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Silky Johnson

Mar 13, 2017 at 12:19 pm

Why the voice-disguising mech, you wuss? You want to vandalize private property, own up to it. Coward.

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Blake

Mar 13, 2017 at 12:08 pm

Good. At least this way he cant say he never saw it.

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Joe

Mar 13, 2017 at 11:55 am

when it is against Trump (or conservatives) they’re called ‘activists’ and ‘protesters’. When it was against Obama (or the left) they’re ‘racists’ and ‘terrorists’.

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- JThunder
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 6:41 am
  
  Yep, there’s no difference between fighting for the environment by harming some grass and carrying a sign with a painting of lynching an African American President. Yep, exactly the same.
  
  At least you admit that fighting for the environment is “against conservatives”.
  
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MikeyB

Mar 13, 2017 at 11:47 am

Well the solution is quite clear. These people have a deep abiding love and respect for the environment. I think they should be given the chance to experience the environment in all it’s glory.
So, with just the clothes on their backs, they will be flown to a spot that is 500 miles from any trace of civilization and be chucked out of the airplane with a static line parachute attached.
If they can survive, and walk out, they don’t have to go to jail. Seems fair. I mean since their point is the Trump administration has allegedly endangered the environment, a pen and notebook will be provided to our hapless eco-warriors so that they can log, in person and in real time, the effects of said policy reversals on their immediate surroundings. Well, it’s research, right?

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- Mower
  
  Mar 13, 2017 at 2:07 pm
  
  As long as it’s televised. #nakedandafraid lol
  
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Tom

Mar 13, 2017 at 11:42 am

putz(s)

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Whaatt

Mar 13, 2017 at 11:41 am

Vandalism isnt a protest it is a crime, Im no Trump fan, but I hope these criminals are prosecuted.

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- JThunder
  
  Mar 14, 2017 at 6:37 am
  
  As long as they’re not millionaire businessmen, they’ll likely be prosecuted for crime. If they’re millionaire conservative businessmen, they’ll be praised and have a chance to run for President.
  
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  - birdie
    
    Mar 14, 2017 at 1:35 pm
    
    or a former secretary of state.
    
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    - Tom
      
      Mar 14, 2017 at 1:43 pm
      
      roflmao … +1
      
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Irons: Titleist T100 5-6 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf AMT Tour White X100
Irons: Titleist T100 7-9 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 48 and 50 degrees. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 54 and 60 degrees. Shaft: rue Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue S400
Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron T5 Tour Prototype

LPGA @ Shoprite LPGA: Welcome back, Celine!

Soo Bin Joo had her eyes on a maiden LPGA title. She held the lead after two rounds, then hit a red light at the intersection of can-I and how-To. Joo posted plus-two on day three in New Jersey, and dropped to a T4 finish, which was still a career-best for the young Korean golfer. Instead of a new face, a familiar face returned to the top of the podium.

Celine Boutier was the It Girl in 2023. She collected four victories, including a major title at Evian. Boutier reached world number one status, then simply faded into the background. No wins came her way over the next 30 months. On Sunday, she collected LPGA victory number seven, at the same trace as LPGA victory number two.

Day three saw Boutier manage the windswept Seaview Bay course with six birdies and a bogey. She was challenged in the end by Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, who signed for a 66 of her own. Yubol came up one shot shy of the top ladder rung. Finishing in third place at -7, two back of the winner, was Ireland’s Lauren Walsh.

Celine’s Suitcase

Driver: PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 at 9 degrees. Shaft: Graphite Design AD IZ-5
Hybrid: PXG 0311 Black Ops at 19 and 22 degrees. Shaft: KBS Hybrid Prototype
Hybrid: PXG 0311 Gen5.
Iron: PXG 0311 P Gen 4 5-9 irons
Wedge: PXG 0311 T Gen 4 PW
Wedges: PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II at 50, 54, 58 degrees
Putter: Bettinardi Studio Stock 3 DASS

DP World Tour @ Austrian Alpine: KK? KK!

Kota Kaneko has a rhythmic name. It has strong vowels and a run of voiceless stops in its crunchy K sounds. On Sunday in Austria, Kaneko put a stop to a challenge from Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia and everyone else, and claimed a first-ever title on the DP World Tour. Gouveia did well to reach 16-under par over four days, but Kaneko held firm, two shots in the clear.

Davis Bryant of the USA also forged a strong challenge for the win. He ended in a tie with Gouveia for second place. Kaneko began and finished his final round in a bit of a malaise, but he caught fire midway through. Birdies at 10, 12, and 13 provided the necessary cushion to cruise to the finish line without breaking a serious sweat.

Kaneko’s Suitcase

Driver: Ping Max G440
Metals: TaylorMade Qi4D at 15, 16.5, 21, and 24 degrees
Irons: TaylorMade P760 5 and 6 irons
Irons: TaylorMade P7TW 7-9 irons
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design at 46, 52, 56, and 60 degrees
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Cruiser Arm Lock #7

Korn Ferry Tour @ UNC Health Championship: Improbably Alvaro

Alvaro Ortiz may have had a bit of scare on the outward nine on Sunday, but he came through in clutch fashion in the end. Ortiz began the day bogey-double, and added another double bogey at the 11th hole. He was mired in a downward trend, spiraling away from the top of the leader’s board. Ortiz found hope at the 14th, where his first birdie of the day tumbled home. Inspired, he closed with birdies and 17 and 18 to catch Ross Steelman at 10-under par, and the duo returned to the 18th deck for overtime.

The extra session concluded in brief time. Ortiz, buoyed by his newly-retrieved confidence, hit the fairway with driver, then approached to six feet and drained the putt. Gobsmacked, Steelman could do little more than smile and applaud, as his run at the top came to a close. The victory was the first for Ortiz on the KFT, and will implant him squarely in the chase for a PGA Tour promotion.

Alvaro’s Suitcase

Driver: Ping G430 MAX driver at 9 degrees loft
Metal: Ping G430 MAX 3W
Iron: Ping iDi Driving Iron
Irons: Ping Blueprint S irons
Wedges
Putter: Scottsdale TR Piper C

A party on the green!

Alvaro’s time comes in Raleigh with his first win @UNCHealthChamp ? pic.twitter.com/2dmtZdbSzk

— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) May 31, 2026

LIV @ Korea: Me llamo Joaquin

Chile’s Joaquin Niemann had been away from the LIV winner’s circle throughout all of 2026. This week in Korea, he reminded us that he is still a force to consider. Niemann chased down Taylor Gooch over the closing holes at Asiad Country Club, then claimed victory with a hole-one birdie in extra time. Bryson DeChambeau claimed solo third, one shot in arrears at minus-eleven. Dustin Johnson finished on fourth, one putt farther back.

Niemann’s Suitcase