Eric Waeckerlin
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My problem with Bryson last week is that he held everyone hostage long after the final putt dropped.
Say what you will about Rory McIlroy, but when the round is over, it’s over.
He accepts the result and moves on. He doesn’t keep arguing hours afterwards.
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The author isn’t actually concerned about golf’s future. He’s worried that golf’s future isn’t being written by people like him anymore. And he’s smart enough to hide that pretentiousness behind words like “history” and “tradition”.
“The the dumbest possible acolytes.” “Newly minted golf fan.” “Ignorance or lack of interest in its history.”
So you have to be dumb or ignorant to appreciate DeChambeau?
He’s not worried about kids throwing tantrums. He’s terrified that millions of people are falling in love with golf without his permission. Without reading the right books. Without genuflecting at the proper altars.
The Caddyshack reference kills him here. He invokes a movie about the exact thing he’s doing. He’s a snob defending the sanctity of his institution against outsiders he’s deeming as beneath him.
Really gross piece here.
Fried Egg Golf@fried_egg_golf
"But it was clear, in the aftermath, how those kinds of antics become the pheromones that attract the dumbest possible acolytes, the newly minted golf fan who fell in love with the sport during COVID and is now happy to sully it for others with their ignorance or lack of interest in its history. You could see it mushroom in real time, the army of people eager to share loud opinions about rules they barely understand, a cadre of sycophants insisting that DeChambeau was being persecuted for his politics, or his association with LIV Golf. Bryson cannot seem to resist the allure of their attention, and a lot of his antics do feel like a performance specifically for them. "That’s fine when it’s confined to his YouTube channel. He loves the idea that millions of kids might get interested in golf by watching his Break 50 series, which is entertaining and interesting. But where does the internet personality end and the golfer begin? Every year, there are a handful of kids at the Drive, Chip and Putt who arrive in Augusta saying they were inspired by Rory McIlroy’s swing. A dozen years from now, will we see a generation of kids inspired by DeChambeau to throw tantrums over a two-stroke penalty? Will they march into scoring and demand their scorecard a day after their round so they can auction it on TikTok? "I don’t like gatekeeping when it comes to sports. There is a reason that Caddyshack is one of the most revered sports movies of all time — who doesn’t love to see the snobs and the wealthy country club elite knocked off their pedestal? But DeChambeau’s recent habit of turning himself into a perpetual victim is detracting from what a dynamic golfer he is. Even Danny Noonan needed Maggie to snap him out of feeling sorry for himself so he could focus on what matters. Reportedly asking the R&A if the President of the United States can join a rules dispute at the Open means you have become Spaulding Smails, not Ty Webb." - @KVanValkenburg in today's newsletter (Photo Courtesy: Stuart Kerr/R&A)
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Saying it isn’t “The British Open” because it is sometimes in Ireland is mind numbing stuff.
Ireland is part of the British Isles!
And The British Open hasn’t even been an open for its entire history, so calling it “The” Open is laughable.
Dan on Golf@DanOnGolfShow
It’s a respect thing.
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Golf Channel needs to fire
Paul McGinley
Eamon Lynch
Brandel Chamblee
Unwatchable slander and fake news coming from these 3 clowns 🤡.
Rich Lerner and Smylie Kaufman only real class broadcasters at Golf Channel
And Steve Sands and Kara Dixon and a few others .
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Rory bitching about something. Must be a day that ends in a 'Y'.
Fried Egg Golf@fried_egg_golf
Rory McIlroy on the changes made to Royal Birkdale: "I feel like with a lot of the changes they made, the greens were raised up and a lot of the fall-offs and stuff, it didn't play like a traditional links course." Full answer ⬇️
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Aww it's just the best when LIV GOLF has events happening!
LONG LIV GOLF
facebook.com/share/r/1GwneN…
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Bryson DeChambeau asked for Donald Trump to be included in the tense stand-off with Open officials that resulted in the American being hit with a two-shot penalty, a report has claimed
@jcorrigangolf has all the details ⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/golf/2026/07/2…
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Non stop one sided fake ass narrative always pushed by the CGM and there deep throat boy Rory the rat 🐀 McIlroy.
Nothing about Rory is good for the fans the game or the other players. He dont show up he tells fans to fk off stelas there stuff has endless hissy fits and is full on cheater of his wife! FK RORY plain and simple.
Only people on his side are his CGM handlers and those who are stuck on the narrative kinda like sick lefties lol
Jim@Cackalacman
Bryson took the high road. Showed love to the kids. The media is mad he acted like a professional after the insisted he was "unprofessional" on Friday. You can't hate these suck ass people enough. 😂😂
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@tomandmartys @K_Kisner Why would Kiz know - he was in the booth? Why you so mad bro?
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Hey @K_Kisner any update just where Scheffler’s ball was found on 17? So incredibly odd NBC would mention it but then dropped it as fast as they could. A bit shady even. Your whole coverage of it left a sour taste in a LOT of people’s mouths.
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Before we get to excited for Fox let’s make sure the R&A aren’t going to call a penalty on him from the first round
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extraordinary stuff
imagine if this were Bryson 🧐
Flushing It@flushingitgolf
The on course commentator on Sky said she’d never seen a ball that far offline after Scottie Scheffler pulled it on 17 and it was “behind” the hospitality. The R&A rules officials then gave him free relief from hospitality even though they couldn’t find his ball. He made birdie.
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@shanebacon @Ryan_Molnar And benefited greatly (probably more than anyone in the field) from the hot, dry conditions that largely took the rough out of play.
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A lot of chirps from the Bryson brigade on social media the last few days and he will finish outside the top-10 this week ... solid at times, but he's simply not sharp enough to beat the best in the world over four days right now.
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Or they do and that’s why there’s such a smear campaign
Professor Marvin “Big Marv” Baggins@profmarvinbags
Golf has a huge bryson dechambeau problem. Its insane that golf media can’t understand what he is capable of doing for the game.
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@JeffSmithGolf Of all the dumb takes this week (and there have been thousands) this is the dumbest. Congrats
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The entire anti-LIV golf media ecosystem worked OT to deny Bryson Dechambeau the Claret Jug (pregame to fake penalty to Saturday’s gaslighting). Thinking they’d make way for a PGA TOUR golden boy. Instead. End up with 39-yo journeyman Ryan Fox. Super worthy like champ like Aaron Rai. But. Same one-off juice. Karma AF.
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Nothing triggers me quite like Bryson signing an autograph for a child #performative
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@letitflye @_KeithCook Where else would it be? Maybe you should be a rules official at Royal Birkdale. You seem to know an awful lot
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Absolutely absurd TIO relief for Scottie on 17. Not sure giving him that protects the field.
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