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Report: PGA Tour pro says he wants to ‘punch Talor Gooch in the face’
Tensions are high in professional golf.
The LIV Golf players who have elected to leave the PGA TOUR have left many of their former colleagues steaming.
Alan Shipnuck, in his “Firepit Collective“, spoke with Talor Gooch recently. Shipnuck regards Gooch as “the face” of the PGA TOUR Vs. LIV. He also calls Gooch a “god-fearing country boy who is intelligent enough to have been his high school valedictorian”.
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The reason Gooch’s decision to leave the PGA TOUR was so highly scrutinized was because he didn’t fit the mold of the other players who had preceded him.
Prior to Gooch’s departure, the narrative surrounding LIV Golf was that it was a tour for washed up players with their best golf long behind them. Once Gooch decided to leave, the floodgates opened for younger players such as Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, and eventually the Champion Golfer of the Year Cameron Smith.
Gooch made things even more uncomfortable when he compared the atmosphere at LIV Portland to a Ryder Cup (which he’s never played in). The comments were joked about by plenty of PGA TOUR players and didn’t help the way Gooch was perceived.
Matters got worse when Gooch then decided to tee it up at Wentworth for the DP World Tour’s “flagship” event in search of Official World Golf Ranking Points. This drew criticism from players like Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm and Billy Horschel. All of which had questions as to why Gooch should be able to play the event when he had never supported the DP World Tour throughout his career.
All of these factors have added up to make Gooch the face of all that is wrong with LIV Golf in the eyes of those who oppose the Saudi-backed series.
According to Shipnuck, one anonymous PGA TOUR player recently said,
“He always seemed like a nice guy, but now I just want to punch him in the face.”
Gooch is seemingly unbothered by the criticism thus far, saying to Shipnuck “It was funny. It was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced.”
After winning the BMW PGA at Wentworth, Shane Lowry exclaimed “another win for the good guys!”
After the Four Aces team victory at LIV Chicago, Gooch shot back.
Talor Gooch throwing shade at Lowry’s comments at Wentworth: “Another one for the good guys.”
This divide isn’t going away any time soon is it.
They need to strike while the iron is hot and get a PGA Tour v LIV match set up asap and get Netflix to film everything! ?? pic.twitter.com/LRjr32LJoV
— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) September 19, 2022
With Gooch currently involved in a lawsuit against the PGA TOUR, I don’t expect cooler heads to prevail anytime soon.
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The New York Jets’ star cornerback, Sauce Gardner, has caught the golf bug.
The former fourth overall pick has been posting his golf swing on his X all week.
This drive just went 240+ and straight, but it looks like I’m hitting an iron(form wise) and not a driver. Drop tips below pic.twitter.com/MHKokGCEck
— SAUCE GARDNER (@iamSauceGardner) June 26, 2024
Ladies & Gentlemen.. FIRST BIRDIE OF THE DAY?????????????????? pic.twitter.com/qAnsWeerN1
— SAUCE GARDNER (@iamSauceGardner) June 26, 2024
Mind y’all, this is only week 2 of me golfing and I don’t go to lessons. All my technique comes directly from PGA Tour’s YouTube channel and the golfers playing in it??
— SAUCE GARDNER (@iamSauceGardner) June 27, 2024
TaylorMade then took notice of Gardner’s sudden golf addiction and got him “dialed”.
Incase y’all are wondering, that is the Qi10 Driver in the videos? https://t.co/H4oNIWxW9M
— SAUCE GARDNER (@iamSauceGardner) June 27, 2024
Had a dream I hit a hole-in-one on a Par 5. Woke up and told myself to keep dreaming?
— SAUCE GARDNER (@iamSauceGardner) June 27, 2024
The reigning U.S. Open champion, Bryson DeChambeau, also caught wind of Gardner’s newfound passion. With his massive following and growing YouTube channel, Bryson would be a logical fit to make some content with Sauce.
LMK when you want to come on the channel for a lesson, we’ll get you dialed in @iamSauceGardner
— Bryson DeChambeau (@b_dechambeau) June 27, 2024
Sauce responded, saying “I think this is what the world wants”.
I think this is what the world wants? https://t.co/ERN2aNMVM7
— SAUCE GARDNER (@iamSauceGardner) June 27, 2024
Hopefully, we can expect some YouTube content in the near future featuring Gardner and DeChambeau.
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Lee Westwood is playing on the senior circuit for the first time in his career this week at the U.S. Senior Open. The 50-year-old became eligible on his birthday last April when he turned 50.
Westwood enters the senior major championship in good form, finishing 3rd in his most recent start at LIV Nashville. While speaking prior to the event this week, the Englishman said he’s enjoying the atmosphere so far. He’s also enjoying the fact that the pace of play seems to be better with the older players.
“I’m looking forward to this week and looking forward to the first couple of rounds, playing with a couple of old friends, Miguel [Angel Jimenez] and Jerry Kelly.
“Practice rounds out here are way faster than everywhere else. It’s such a joy, and it’s so refreshing to play nine holes in two hours in a practice round. It’s incredible.
“If the old guys can do it, why can’t the young guys do it?”
Westy added that his game is in “very good shape.”
“I’m hitting the ball well, hitting it a long way. Putting’s good, which it has to be to contend in tournaments no matter where you play.”
Westwood will aim to become the second consecutive LIV player to win a senior major after Richard Bland won the Senior PGA Championship last month.
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Caffeine TV, which was the home of live streaming for Friday rounds of LIV Golf in some countries, decided to shut down its service on Wednesday.
— Caffeine (@caffeine) June 26, 2024
The post mentions that a lack of profitability is the reason behind the decision.
As X user “Danby” points out, there are plenty of other ways to watch LIV Golf, including YouTube and the LIV Golf+ app.
I’ve watched nearly every event, and I don’t know what caffeine TV is. I watch exclusively through YouTube and LIV Golf+
It’s a medium for viewing that was inferior to LIV’s own system, which remains unchanged from this. Odd headline.
— Danby (@Danbyrigs) June 26, 2024
Keith Hirshland, who is one of LIV’s television producers, added that Caffeine was just one of “many” streaming partners.
one of several LIV Golf Friday streaming partners…
fixed it— keith hirshland (@khhauthor) June 26, 2024
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