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LIV Golf’s Lee Westwood told to ‘take his cake and enjoy it in the corner’ by fellow pro in latest Twitter spat
Eddie Pepperell has never shied away from social media.
From tweets about his play, his pets, wine, and his play again, the 31-year-old loves to “play games” with his fellow professionals, and the LIV/PGA/DP World Tour situation has provided an awful lot of opportunity.
Pepperell hasn’t been happy about much of what LIV has done to the DP World Tour, and in particular to the likes of Lee Westwood, who continues to use social media to protest against his former allies.
Replying to a Twitter post by @flushingitgolf surrounding the new PGA Tour changes and Jon Rahm’s reaction, Westwood referred to the as-yet-justified alliance between the PGA and DP Tours, sarcastically stating that, “I’m sure this will be covered in the ‘strategic alliance’ Jon.”
I’m sure this will be covered in the “strategic alliance “ Jon. https://t.co/Fw3UZohfO1
— Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) August 27, 2022
That was enough for Pepperell.
Westwood then enquired:
Pepperell answered:
Having been extremely vociferous in his defense of moving to LIV, Westwood, 19-times a major top-10 finisher, again made his opinion clear:
Reaction from followers was very mixed.
Ex-pro and golf coach, Darren Timms, questioned the attack on Westy:
“The room is interested in his thoughts an opinion (or they wouldn’t follow him), don’t have to agree to be interested. He’s also bang on the money regarding the DP, it’s been shafted and people need to speak up!”
On the other side, read this from a disgruntled golf fan:
“Golf used to be enjoyable for the viewers (it apparently never has for players). The answer seems to make it suck now for players and viewers. This makes me sad.”
However, best to leave it to Pepperell to sum up his feeling:
“I haven’t agreed with everything Keith has done, hence why I resigned from the players committee in 2019. But in the face of difficult commercial conditions for the Tour, I think he’s done a good job, especially through the pandemic when many other Tours barely played at all.”
The merry-go-round continues, with absolutely no evidence that it is stopping any time soon.
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TaylorMade signs 15-year-old AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year to an NIL contract
This week, TaylorMade Golf announced that they’ve signed AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year, Miles Russell, to an NIL contract.
In a statement, TaylorMade called Russell “nothing short of remarkable”.
“Miles’ record setting success at his young age is nothing short of remarkable and we are excited he chose us to support him in his growth as a golfer to continue to accomplish his career goals. Identifying and developing the top junior talent in the world has always been a priority for us at TaylorMade. Miles and his family epitomize the type of athlete and human being we are looking to add to Team TaylorMade.”
Russell has broken plenty of records in recent months. This season, he was named American Junior Golf Association’s Rolex Boys Player of the Year, making him the youngest male player to receive the award. The record was previously held by Tiger Woods who was about 10 months older than Russell at the time he received the award.
At age 14, J he became the youngest player ever to win the Junior PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass at age 14.
The 15-year-old also played in his first Korn Ferry Tour event on Thursday, the LECOM Suncoast Classic, and shot a first-round 68.
In the aftermath of the agreement, Russell released a statement.
“I have had a great relationship with the team at TaylorMade for years now and couldn’t be more excited to continue to work with them in the future. TaylorMade has a history of developing the top junior talent in the world to help reach their goals of becoming PGA TOUR and major championship winners. I am looking forward to working with the team to reach those and other goals I have laid out for my career.”
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Group of PGA Tour caddies sign endorsement deal with underwear company
In an interesting turn of events, a group of PGA Tour caddies have signed an endorsement deal with an underwear company.
Geno Bonnalie (Joel Dahmen), Aaron Flener (J.T. Poston), John Limanti (Akshay Bhatia) and Joel Stock (Will Zalatoris) and John Ellis (Wyndham Clark) have signed a deal with the underwear brand, SAXX.
Here are some details about the endorsement deal:
- The deal eclipses six figures in total value, extending what last year marked the first significant apparel agreement with a group of pro caddies. Of note, Geno and John Ellis appeared in the Netflix docuseries, Full Swing.
- The caddies will wear SAXX underwear, shorts and polos on and off the course.
- SAXX will donate $100 to the Testicular Cancer Foundation for every birdie made by the caddies’ players for the rest of the season.
- SAXX will bring the Ball Masters to the masses at the Travelers Championship, hosting a fan activation with underwear giveaways, photo opportunities, appearances from the Ball Masters and more.
- Fans can become an honorary Ball Master, which includes a year’s worth of underwear, among other things. Go to SAXX.com/ball-master-application from now until June 15 to enter.
The partnership is great for the caddies and also represents a great cause.
Check out the video they shared on YouTube:
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Man charged with stealing millions of dollars worth of memorabilia from Augusta National
According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, a man has been charged in Chicago with stealing millions of dollars’ worth of memorabilia from Augusta National.
The man, Robert Globensky, was charged with transporting the memorabilia across state lines.
The report states that between 2009 and 2022, Globensky allegedly transported “millions of dollars’ worth of Masters golf tournament merchandise and historical memorabilia” from Augusta National “and transported to Tampa, Florida, knowing the same had been stolen, converted and taken by fraud.”
The document was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Per the court records there is no mention that Globensky worked for the golf club.
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