‘Clowns’ – Tour pro hits out at fans saying Jon Rahm won the Memorial

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2 years ago

Jun 10, 2021

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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33 Comments

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.

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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

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- 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.
  
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- Tyler Durden
  
  Jun 12, 2021 at 11:26 pm
  
  It’s shocking that there are stupid people like bigeasy running in society
  
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Lbcgolfplayer

Jun 11, 2021 at 1:07 pm

These comments are sad and typical.

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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.

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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!

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- Tyler Durden
  
  Jun 12, 2021 at 11:00 pm
  
  It’s not political, only made by idiots like you
  
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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.

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- 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.
  
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  - 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.
    
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    - Don B.A. Snowflake
      
      Jun 10, 2021 at 5:58 pm
      
      This is satire, correct? If so, well done.
      
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      - geohogan
        
        Jun 11, 2021 at 3:48 pm
        
        snowflake thinks 600,000 American lives lost, is satire.
        serial killer humor.
        
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        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
        
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    - 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?
      
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      - 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
        
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  - 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.
    
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    - Seattle Isadump
      
      Jun 11, 2021 at 1:16 am
      
      Nah, the cases are “PLUMMETING” because its no longer of use to the uniparty.
      
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      - 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.
        
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      - Evan
        
        Jun 11, 2021 at 3:14 pm
        
        Seattle isadump? Cute name. Get outside or something.
        
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        Cliff Jordan
        
        Jun 12, 2021 at 5:10 pm
        
        And if he doesn’t?
        
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    - 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.
      
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- Jab
  
  Jun 10, 2021 at 2:24 pm
  
  Enjoy your chemicals.
  
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- 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!
  
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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

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- Agreed
  
  Jun 10, 2021 at 5:43 pm
  
  yup
  
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- 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.
  
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  - John Krug
    
    Jun 11, 2021 at 9:45 am
    
    Uninformed comment by someone who knows nothing about the effectiveness of the vaccine.
    
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- Funkaholic
  
  Jun 11, 2021 at 9:55 am
  
  Just look at all of the vaccine sheep in the comments section.
  
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  - Dugan
    
    Jun 11, 2021 at 10:10 am
    
    You must be the big bad wolf. ?
    
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  - 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.
    
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    - James
      
      Jun 12, 2021 at 4:05 am
      
      Right? He needs to tell us how he beat polio on his own
      
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- Tyler durden
  
  Jun 12, 2021 at 11:21 pm
  
  You morons are wrong as a usual
  
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Report: LIV exec calls McIlroy a ‘little b***h’ and says they can now finally get these 2 PGA Tour stars

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12 hours ago

Jun 8, 2023

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As the fallout from one of the craziest weeks the sport has ever seen continues, speculation is rife over what the future of golf will now look like.

Related: Report: Despite rumblings of LIV’s demise, a meeting took place yesterday that tells a different story

Speaking during his hotly anticipated pre-tournament presser at the Canadian Open, Rory McIlroy made his thoughts clear, hoping the merger would now see LIV Golf vanish.

“I still hate LIV. I hope it goes away. And I would fully expect that it does. And I think that’s where the distinction here is. This is the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the PIF. Very different from LIV.”

However, per a report from Alan Shipnuck of the FirePit Collective, Rory may not get his wish.

According to Shipnuck, following the merger announcement, a meeting took place where Greg Norman addressed LIV employees and stated that there would be “no operational changes into the future.”

“Norman radiated confidence, saying that the 2024 LIV schedule was nearly finalized. “There will be no operational changes in 2023, 2024, 2025 and into the future,” he said. Then came the mic drop: ‘LIV is a stand-alone entity and will continue to be that moving forward. And that comes right from the top.’

Furthermore, a LIV executive told Shipnuck that every top name will now get a LIV offer but that McIlroy will be snubbed as “nobody wants that little bitch on their team.”

“Now we can finally get Hideki [Matsuyama] and Jon Rahm. I would say every big name on the PGA Tour will get an offer. Except Rory. Nobody wants that little bitch on their team.”

What happens next remains to be seen, but it looks as if the wild and whacky drama is set to continue for quite some time.

Report: Despite rumblings of LIV’s demise, a meeting took place yesterday that tells a different story

Published

13 hours ago

Jun 8, 2023

Matt Vincenzi

After the shocking PGA Tour/DP World Tour/PIF merger, there was plenty of speculation that the deal would put an end to LIV Golf in the near future.

In the PGA Tour meeting Tuesday, commissioner Jay Monahan said “that a full review of LIV’s commercial viability would be conducted at season’s end”. Those who were in the meeting took that as a bad sign for the future of LIV, including Rory, who spoke about LIV in his press conference on Wednesday.

As for Rory McIlroy:

“I still hate LIV,” the four-time major winner said. “I hope it goes away. And I would fully expect that it does. And I think that’s where the distinction here is. This is the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the PIF. Very different from LIV.”

Despite the rumors of its demise, Alan Shipnuck of the Firepit Collective wrote on Thursday morning that the feeling after Greg Norman’s press conference with LIV employees that isn’t going anywhere.

Shipnuck, who’s had his ear to the ground for almost two years on everything LIV Golf, shared the feeling he got when watching the Norman-led meeting.

“By way of an opening, he said, ‘Congratulations, you changed golf, and you did it in less than a year.’ The employees on the call had taken huge professional risks to join LIV and were understandably jittery. Norman radiated confidence, saying that the 2024 LIV schedule was nearly finalized. “There will be no operational changes in 2023, 2024, 2025 and into the future,” he said. Then came the mic drop: ‘LIV is a stand-alone entity and will continue to be that moving forward. And that comes right from the top.’

The author of “LIV and Let Die” then explained who is really calling the shots in the world of golf going forward: Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

“The man at the top is not Monahan. Or Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods. Or the the lords of the Seminole grill room, Jimmy Dunne and Ed Herlihy, who brokered the truce with LIV in their roles as PGA Tour board members. No, Norman was referring to the new boss of all of them, His Excellency Yasir Al-Rumayyan. H.E., as he is referred to around LIV, is the governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which can alter economies and disrupt industries with its $650 billion warchest. He is also the chairman of the board of Aramco, the state oil company, making H.E. easily the most powerful person in the world who is not a head of state. His latest title is chairman of the board of the new PIF-Tour entity.”

“That means Monahan reports to him”.

Per Shipnuck, a high ranking LIV executive describes LIV as “Al-Rumayyan’s baby” and find it hard to believe he would let it disintegrate so quickly after how much effort he put into the venture.

“What people fail to understand is that LIV is H.E.’s baby,” said the LIV executive. “He has poured his heart into its creation.” This included numerous meetings in which Al-Rumayyan fussed over every detail, down to the look of the LIV logo.”

“We all went into the call with our heads hanging low, feeling so defeated,” says the LIV executive. “Then it became like in The Wolf Of Wall Street when Leonardo DiCaprio gives that speech and the whole room goes crazy. When His Excellency finished speaking we were all high-5’ing. It was like, Let’s fucking go! We’re gonna fucking do this!”

Time will tell how it will play out, but as Shipnuck describes, the future of golf is in the hands of Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

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