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‘Clowns’ – Tour pro hits out at fans saying Jon Rahm won the Memorial
Jon Rahm’s withdrawal at the Memorial due to a positive Covid-19 test provoked a strong reaction from golf fans at the weekend, with many upset with how the situation was handled.
Some fans on social media even wanted the winner’s trophy handed to Rahm, who held a 6-shot lead at the time of his WD, and that take elicited a very strong response from Dylan Frittelli.
Following Patrick Cantlay’s win on Sunday evening, Frittelli took to social media where he branded those fans as “clowns” and before this week’s Palmetto Championship explained why.
“I described some people as clowns, talking about how Jon Rahm actually won this tournament, and it’s simply not true. Patrick Cantlay is the winner of the tournament. End of story.”
The South African added how each player on Tour has signed up to play by the rules and that it’s foolish to believe that any player would be exempt from those rules.
“I think it’s quite silly for people to go out there and think you can do something, whether it’s play professional golf, play another sport or work in business and not follow the rules. We’ve signed up to play by the rules.
If Jon Rahm picked his ball up, walked over the hole and dropped it next to it and tapped it in, I think a lot of people would be unhappy that he broke a rule.”
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Social media in golf has changed the game in many ways.
For instance, “tracker” accounts on twitter typically follow a player and provide real time shot tracking for fans so they can keep an eye on what their favorite players are doing. The biggest example of this is “Tiger Tracker” (@GCTigerTracker) who has about 414,000 followers. Many have tried to duplicate these types of accounts with other players to varying degrees of success.
A recent example of one of these accounts is one dedicated to tracking LPGA star, Leona Maguire. In an odd turn of events, Maguire blocked the “Leona Maguire tracker” account for reasons unknown.
This is a shock?We love you Leona. I’ll keep supporting you always? pic.twitter.com/4BfUkVuwV8
— Leona Maguire Tracker (@MaguireTracker) May 28, 2023
The tracker stated they were “hurt and confused” by the blocking.
I’m hurt and confused.
— Leona Maguire Tracker (@MaguireTracker) May 28, 2023
It seems as if the block was caused by negative reporting on the shots Leona was hitting on the course. One Twitter user brought that to the attention of the tracker, who vowed to do better in the future.
I let the Leona team down with my tracking??I’ll be better https://t.co/UYU880pA2y
— Leona Maguire Tracker (@MaguireTracker) May 28, 2023
At the end of the day, these “tracker” accounts are just a player’s fan accounts. Therefore, it can’t be a major shock if the player doesn’t appreciate the negative comments when they don’t have their best stuff.
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Over the weekend, a scary injury took place at the NCAA National Championship at Greyhawk Country Club.
According to Golfweek, a sophomore from Oregon, Greg Solhaug stepped on a tee during the event. The tee went all the way through his shoe and his foot, forcing him to withdraw.
After Solhaug withdrew, Oregon only had four players remaining to compete. The Ducks head coach, Casey Martin, told goducks.com he’s never seen that type of injury before.
“I’ve been in golf nearly 50 years and have never seen anything like that. He was in a lot of pain.”
The NCAA’s Associate Director Rick Nixon released a statement on the incident.
“Oregon student-athlete, Gregory Solhaug, suffered a foot injury during the second round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships and was forced to withdraw from competition. Oregon, which completed Saturday’s second round with four players, will have the option to substitute another player into their team lineup for subsequent competition rounds, as they deem appropriate.”
Oregon’s Gregory Solhaug is at the course today. If you remember, he had a tee go almost all the way through his foot Saturday. He’s doing well and should be able to walk on it again in two weeks, he said #NCAAGolf pic.twitter.com/YQ9nR3WF7I
— Cameron Jourdan (@Cam_Jourdan) May 28, 2023
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Phil Mickelson reveals why he won’t accept Brandel Chamblee’s offer to debate with him on Golf Channel
A couple of weeks ago, Phil Mickelson admitted he had been a “bit chippy” on Twitter recently. That hasn’t stopped him though, and last week he escalated the war of words between confirmed anti-LIV analyst Brandel Chamblee and himself, with support led by Brooks Koepka’s coach.
2022 saw much of LIV derided for having players now incapable of competing in major championships. Now, after many placings at Augusta, and Koepka’s win at the PGA Championship, the tide is beginning to turn, summed up by Lefty’s comment on his favourite social media site:
Love LIV or hate it, it’s the best way/Tour to be your best in the majors. Enough events to keep you sharp, fresh and ready, yet not be worn down from too many tournaments or obligations. 14 LIV events, 34 weeks left open to prepare for the 4 majors. Fact.
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) May 23, 2023
Soon after the victory, Koepka’s coach Claude Harmon gave his view of the ‘pay-to-play’ model, saying, “I want LIV to succeed and I want LIV to work because I am pro-professional athlete,” confirming his belief that the top golfers should be paid whatever the result.
He then took a swipe at Golf Channel’s Chamblee and golf journalist Eamon Lynch for their constant jabbing at the source of income for the rebel tour.
“Brandel is a paid actor by NBC and Golf Channel. All he’s trying to do is get his lines and shows for the Golf Channel. He’s just trying to get lines for Brandel … And I mean, I love him, I think Eamon is a fantastic writer, but for Eamon Lynch and Brandel Chamblee, who worked for NBC Golf Channel to utter the words ‘sports washing’ when the company they work for televised the last two Winter Olympics in Russia and China with the same leaders that they’ve had. It’s not like they were good leaders back then. It’s not like Putin was a good guy, right?”
Where Chamblee was happy to argue on television about the LIV/Ryder Cup debate, he is as happy as Mickelson to state his case on-line, most notably concentrating again in ‘sports-washing, ‘ denying he is a “proxy for the opinion of my employer, ” amidst a 500-plus word post that included a swipe at Harmon.
“Especially, as in the case of the person who called me a paid actor, if they can somehow profit from the evil. This is where the debate crashes headfirst into the nexus of politics, sports and narcissistic greed. Where those who want to escape it most often cloy at whataboutisms, to stop the discussion with a pejorative accusation because they don’t want their motives to be discovered.”
“So while Brooks Koepka’s win at the PGA Championship was impressive, it should not distract us from the simple fact that LIV players are being used for the benefit of some very bad people and to the detriment of a great many more good people. That LIV Golf, with its inability to develop stars and seeking to buy them like high performance cars, is undermining the dignity intrinsic in golf.”
That’s when Mickelson steps in and, after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, starts the fire by posting,
“Poor Brandel. He can rip apart me and countless others, but as soon as someone shows his ignorance, he can’t handle it. He’s softer now than he was as a player.”
That was enough (again) for Chamblee, who got even more personal, highlighting the imminent release of the book by convicted insider trader Billy Walters, and his relationship with the six-time major champion.
Phil is welcome to come on the Live From set at the US Open to discuss the merits of playing for scary MFers, as he called them, and the Billy Walters book that comes out August 22… but my guess he’s too soft to come on and debate. https://t.co/PJlE7MF9cg
— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) May 26, 2023
As NUCLR Golf tried to sum up the entire episode, Mickelson then revealed another twist – his fierce rival had blocked him!
Did Brandel say something? pic.twitter.com/q96eNxlkND
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) May 26, 2023
On Saturday, midway through LIV Golf DC, Phil was back, seemingly notifying all that he would be even more vocal in future.
Asked if he would go on-screen to debate, Mickelson was clear that he wouldn’t be going to Chamblee’s ‘house’:
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chip75
Jun 12, 2021 at 5:52 pm
I’m with Dylan on this one, awful for Rahm, but he didn’t win. But social-media gonna social-media. Hopefully he comes back and wins the next one.
Bigeasy
Jun 11, 2021 at 4:56 pm
If you do your homework, the vaccine is a protein, proteins don’t stop virus, that’s why people still get it and why people are having reactions to shot. 99% survival rate, most who have died from obesity. When has the government ever promoted a shot so vigorously? Never
DAVE
Jun 12, 2021 at 8:40 pm
Wrong, many vacs have been widely promoted… The FLU annual Flu shot is one. and have you forgotten Polio.
Tyler Durden
Jun 12, 2021 at 11:26 pm
It’s shocking that there are stupid people like bigeasy running in society
Lbcgolfplayer
Jun 11, 2021 at 1:07 pm
These comments are sad and typical.
Jack Nash
Jun 11, 2021 at 10:14 am
Luv how this channel deletes multiple comments. WTG GWRX. There were 14 now just 1 or 2. So much for an open forum lol.
Zack Johnson
Jun 11, 2021 at 9:56 am
I’m in Ohio and the mask mandate has been lifted, so this was BS that he was removed in a city where a political mask wasn’t even needed. Heck, the doctors get paid more to report someone as covid. This is political and everyone knows it!
Tyler Durden
Jun 12, 2021 at 11:00 pm
It’s not political, only made by idiots like you
dave
Jun 10, 2021 at 12:44 pm
Rahm wasn’t vaccinated.
If I risked being walked out of my office in the middle of my work day and losing a $1M+ bonus every week for testing positive for COVID, I damn sure would be doing everything possible not to test positive, including getting vaccinated.
Big GG
Jun 10, 2021 at 1:00 pm
You do realize people that get vaccinated can still get covid???????? Another vaccine supporter that has no idea what he is talking about.
geohogan
Jun 10, 2021 at 5:36 pm
The pga rules are any player who has been vaccinated (two times) and after 14 days, they dont need to follow the protocol Rahm went through because he never got vaccinated.
He not only endangered fellow players, spectators, his wife and infant
and overseas relatives who he knew were coming to visit within a week of Memorial.
Clearly he has a character issue. He has none.
Don B.A. Snowflake
Jun 10, 2021 at 5:58 pm
This is satire, correct? If so, well done.
geohogan
Jun 11, 2021 at 3:48 pm
snowflake thinks 600,000 American lives lost, is satire.
serial killer humor.
Lahey
Jun 14, 2021 at 1:20 pm
600,000 is still a nothing burger you moron. Typical year for heart disease….you just want to virtue signal
Johnny Penso
Jun 11, 2021 at 8:08 pm
You realize you can still get Covid even with the vax? So what if he had the vax, still got Covid, didn’t report it b/c the rules didn’t require it, then others around him got Covid because he never reported and quarantined?
Scott
Jun 14, 2021 at 6:01 pm
You do realize that is not how the pga tour protocol works, right? If you are vaccinated you don’t get tested
benseattle
Jun 10, 2021 at 8:25 pm
Sure thing, “doctor,” but the facts are that the rate of new COVID cases nationwide is PLUMMETING simply because more and more Americans are smart enough to understand that the vaccines are working. You can tout the tiny, infinitesimal number of vaccinated individuals who were later infected but if that’s your best argument, you’re backing a loser. (What a coincidence.)
Bottom line: Rahm blew it. All on his own.
Seattle Isadump
Jun 11, 2021 at 1:16 am
Nah, the cases are “PLUMMETING” because its no longer of use to the uniparty.
Jim
Jun 11, 2021 at 5:46 am
Ding, ding, ding, tell him what he’s won. In other news from an alternate universe, the rest of the field goes on strike, refusing to tee it up for round 4 without Rahm.
Evan
Jun 11, 2021 at 3:14 pm
Seattle isadump? Cute name. Get outside or something.
Cliff Jordan
Jun 12, 2021 at 5:10 pm
And if he doesn’t?
Jack Nash
Jun 11, 2021 at 10:12 am
A seasonal virus doesn’t plummet because people get Vax’d. It plummets because of the time of year. Hence the use of the word seasonal. 2020, was no different. It plummeted in the summer and comes into effect again late fall(during colder months). The Only virus that has the ability to live in summer is the Rhino virus (not Rino). If a Vax stopped you from getting this virus then the 7 NY Yankee players who got Vax’d over a month ago only to test positive later would be true, but it isn’t. But a rule is a rule no matter how idiotic it is. I’d like to know if Rahm was infected and he shook hands with his playing partners after the round including Caddies why wasn’t there anything said about those guys being “contact traced”? We’re they tested after the event because according to the so called experts the virus is quite contagious.
Jab
Jun 10, 2021 at 2:24 pm
Enjoy your chemicals.
DAVE
Jun 12, 2021 at 8:41 pm
Rahm had contracted Covid earlier in the year. He should have been immune for at least 6 months!
Jbone
Jun 10, 2021 at 6:58 am
He’s comparing the rules of golf versus the arbitrary/unscientific rules of COVID…. It’s time we move on with our lives and stop being scared
Agreed
Jun 10, 2021 at 5:43 pm
yup
Mulf Stickel
Jun 10, 2021 at 9:15 pm
Well said. It’s a quite egregious penalty for something we should have a better grasp of at this point. But instead, the PGA Tour has taken the stance of exempting people who made a personal health decision about an experimental “vaccine”. I’m surprised a lawyer hasn’t gotten to Rahm about it, no matter what BS they made him sign. Those never stand up when it comes down to it in court.
John Krug
Jun 11, 2021 at 9:45 am
Uninformed comment by someone who knows nothing about the effectiveness of the vaccine.
Funkaholic
Jun 11, 2021 at 9:55 am
Just look at all of the vaccine sheep in the comments section.
Dugan
Jun 11, 2021 at 10:10 am
You must be the big bad wolf. ?
geohogan
Jun 11, 2021 at 4:37 pm
Funkaholic…A man who’s been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke.
James
Jun 12, 2021 at 4:05 am
Right? He needs to tell us how he beat polio on his own
Tyler durden
Jun 12, 2021 at 11:21 pm
You morons are wrong as a usual