Brandel Chamblee on the Dan Patrick Show Full Interview | 06/09/22

[@nhardman]

I’m getting a little tired of the Saudi hate, nobody voiced a word until they started taking golfers. Isn’t Brandon about to fly over there and beg them to pump more oil?

[@MrRayedw]

Dan you should of asked Brandi Chamblee, why nobody on the Golf "PGA" Channel has a problem with the Saudis paying Jack Nicklaus to build a course over there.

[@porkbelly0713]

sorry, but that is totally different. Jack in no way endorsed their corrupt regime, he just fulfilled a contract. There are hundreds if not thousands of foreigners working over there and accepting Saudi money to perform a specific type of work for them. It is no different from what Jack did

[@flybynight1929]

@@porkbelly0713 Sorry, but Jack was a trump supporter, which is just as bad as supporting MBS, and he'll build courses in NK if there was enough money.

[@drexlspivey3047]

@@porkbelly0713 Doing business with them when jack doesn't need too is the definition of endorsing the Saudis for others to work with them. You have no idea what you are talking about!

[@Mrgolfboy24]

Nailed it!

[@MrRayedw]

@@porkbelly0713 isn't that what the LIV golfers are doing, fulfilling a contract to do a specific type of work in this case that would be playing golf.

[@jeffreyd7796]

You guys all could quit right now. The tournaments aren't in the middle east Brandel. There playing Pumpkin Ridge next month when was the last time a major PGA tournament was in the NW besides Chambers Bay 10 years ago or however long ago it was.

[@nohalfmeasures6]

I'd like to think Chamblee would turn down a 50 million dollar contract to be a LIV analyst based on his interview here, but hypothetical is one thing, money talking is another.

[@remoevans7847]

He’s a never was on the PGA tour, so no one is offering Brandel anything to play. Those who can do, those that can’t become TV analysts.

[@Golf05]

@@remoevans7847 He did play on the tour - he only has one win to his credit but he did play.

[@remoevans7847]

@@Golf05 Where did I say he didn’t play on tour? He was a hack golfer and a hack analyst.

[@Golf05]

@@remoevans7847 "He’s a never was on the PGA tour". There, you said it.

[@remoevans7847]

@@Golf05 Let me break it down Barney style for those intellectually challenged. Never was means he was a nobody on the PGA Tour. If I had said never played, that would be different. Basically words have meanings, but reading comprehension is obviously no longer taught in our US Government monopolized indoctrination system. Good luck with that 👍🏻

[@kellyanastasia2752]

I'm trying to understand all this but the outrage seems maybe a bit disingenuous. The PGA Tour already partners with a tour in China as well as the European Tour which has played events in Middle Eastern countries. The United States government does business with Saudi Arabia, U.S. corporations do enormous business with Saudi Arabia, U.S. consumers use their oil every day. This has gone on for years, but suddenly now a feign of conscience because they started a golf tour? I generally like Brandel and enjoy his candor, but I will have to disagree on this one.

[@louhovatter]

They sanction tournaments together which allows each tours players to play. In the players contracts it states you can only play in events sanctioned by their tours. This allows that! LIV golf doesn’t have that and isn’t sanctioned by the tours. Just one of the contract breeches!

[@louhovatter]

Brandell doesn’t have any control with our Govt making deals with Saudi! Because of the Govt deals doesn’t allow pga tour members to play in their league! It comes down to a breech of the players contracts they sign a contract when they become pga tour members. Ironically the players of the pga tour set the rules they operate and play by! Phil and Norman want to take down the tour because they hate them like spoiled children!

[@phil32162]

Meanwhile our Presudent is begging them to produce more oil for us ~

[@Skier10]

Exactly. The hypocrisy runs so deep here

[@AM-hk3uw]

Absolutely

[@hopsterbb2571]

Shhh…the beggar is a democrat…keep it quiet…that would be considered bad…as you know the whole PGA including announcers are dem woke ilk

[@sshanab221]

I’m sure this guy is fun at parties

[@jedi_417]

He never gets invited lol

[@HTHAMMACK1]

Yeah, because he doesn't support a brutally murderous and repressive dictator.

[@jackcaswell7627]

@@jedi_417 Aaaa!

[@joycekalscheur5209]

I watched the Championship today Congratulations Rory 🙏👍😊. I missed many of my favorite players and I am saddened about this whole mess.

[@barcafan1033]

Funny how no one brings up the very un-American in theory but very American in practice desire of the PGA Tour to retain a virtual monopoly. Or the desire of broadcasters to have the relatively simple task of valuing a contract with a single golf organization vs. multiple competing interests. Yeah, the PGA Tour has the very easy and legitimate scapegoat but there are no heroes here.

[@jmiogo]

Good point. They enjoy a monopoly exemption.

[@wcc1212]

Exactly.

[@jwstorey173]

I don’t think you realize what the pga is fighting for and you don’t see the deep aspects of the amount of money they raise for charities that are going to be impacted. It’s a very complicated thing, not just about players. It’s a huge corporation

[@Gravy494]

@@jwstorey173 a huge, monopolistic corporation, yes.

[@philsmart7542]

LIV is not a free market competitor to the PGA. Its a government financed project to buy off and destroy the game of golf. Its not a viable business model in the real world.

[@gregorynoack602]

Brandel, do you buy products made in China? How about their current human rights practices?

[@wcc1212]

Hello!

[@russpost2557]

Great interview

[@Marta_Lledo_Video_Channel]

Brandel Chamblee is nothing but a mouthpiece for the PGA tour here. His list of the top paid athletes somehow skips the fact that the top 4 golfers he mentions, earned over 90% of their wealth from corporate contracts, not PGA earnings. When the United States has done business for money with the Saudis, for over 5 decades, and continues so today, why shouldn't individual golfers do the same? Monohan and the Tour are the bullies here.

[@comeandtravel1]

Classic, "Phil Mickelson is a 25 year old Seabiscuit playing in the Kentucky Derby!"

[@jameshenderson3989]

that just won the Belmont(PGA Championship) last year, get your facts straight Brandel the clown....his lame arguments actually explain why Phil left, he is 51 years old and can earn more in 1 year..only 8 events, only 3 rounds each, thats 24 days of golf to get 150 million???? why are we having these discusiions??? If someone came to your office and said you can have 300 days off each year and we will give you 100 times your current salary, and your performance doesnt effect your salary...that is you can finish last every time or dont have to be productive in your chosen field....who turns this down??? Brandel earns his money from the Golf Channel started by Arnie Palmer who also started the PGA

[@Marta_Lledo_Video_Channel]

Brandel says they are not growing the game, they are destroying the game. No, it is Monahan and the PGA tour taking the hard line stance because they refuse to compete with this new tour. They won't play in the Presidents cup or Ryder cup...well those competitions will suffer from no longer being open to select the best representatives for their teams.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

How that insufferable anal orifice Brandel can say that the LIV is "not growing the game" is incomprehensible. The LIV is changing professional golf and the hidebound PGA Tour is kicking and screaming to fight it. The LIV provides an opportunity for more pros to make more money, the places they formerly occupied on the PGA or DP Tours will be filled by golfers from developmental tours and minitours, and their places will be filled by others, More pro golfers, more money, more opportunities, and the amateur game and the once a week golfer, such as I, are unaffected. THAT is "growing the game", fighting to maintain the status quo is not.

[@Bd-ox4mi]

Sports brings us together … politics brings division

[@skipcampbell239]

this is the kind of talk you get when your scared.

[@tomstevens7452]

Yep, and the company you work for has paid 700 million to cover one side

[@garyziggy1]

@@TyJStern Guess your right. Nazi Germanys stance on homosexuality would be more appropriate. Thank you for your insight.

[@jimmagee4508]

@@TyJStern Really? Does 9/11 mean anything to you?

[@hopsterbb2571]

@@jimmagee4508 why does president Cornpop keep begging for the said regime to pump more oil? Tennis enjoys tournaments there…etc…move on

[@jimmagee4508]

@@hopsterbb2571 we deal with SA because they have oil. Given a choice I would not. The government supports terrorist organizations that have killed US citizens. I’m not okay with that. If I were a golfer I would take my services elsewhere.

[@Mrgolfboy24]

How come the players get all the heat, but the english government allows LIvgolf to launch in the UK??? Isn`t that endorsing it??

[@hokeywolf3416]

Payoffs far and wide!

[@lishing433]

This just shows PGA don't care about its players. You have a chance to go out and make more money and when they do they immediately put them as sellouts and wash ups. Yet these were the same players they were praising weekly when they were on the PGA tour.

[@oswjim]

hypocrisy at the highest .. what a bunch of BS

[@supersoniq3506]

I love playing golf and love watching the PGA tour (at times, the commentators are snoozers). How does more golf hurt the game? How does Brandel bash LIV golf for being partially Saudi funded, with the pga kowtowing to the chinese? Quit bashing professional golfers for going where they can get paid more money. Thats the point of playing professionally - making money. The PGA has been a monopoly and they are upset that another group dares to compete with them. I do think the PGA will lose in court if and when they are sued. One last comment on guy's like Rory claiming he can't be bought. Ha! Tell that to China's bitch - Nike.

[@sepetisionelatu5539]

Well said and these guys that bad mouth the guys that went to LIV based on human rights are hypocrites cos they burn Saudi oil when they drive their vehicle to the gold course.

[@emirofshmoe]

You are 110% correct. Rory didn’t having any problems signing a contract for $200 million with China’s bitch, Nike. LOL 😝.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Well said, sir, well said.

[@louhovatter]

Tell that to the families who lost loved ones in the world trade centers! 12 of the 19 hijackers were saudis and funded by the same fund funding the LIV golf! Who’s side are you on? I’m on 🇺🇸side!

[@supersoniq3506]

@@louhovatter Tell that to the pga tour who's big sponsors do business with Saudi's. Tell that to George Bush who did nothing to the Saudi's and flew Saudi's out of the US before stopping all air traffic. It wasn't 12 out of 19 either, they were all Saudi's except for maybe 1 of them. Why does the US govt allow Saudi's, Chinese, etc., to buy property in the USA? Many of our politicians are bought and paid for by the above, including Obama, Clinton, Pelosi, Biden, McConell to name a few. It's the hypocrisy of it all that bothers me. In short, since were talking about golf, and I love golf, I'm in favor of more golf. If we bring politics into it, then both tours should go, along with most of our politicians and large corporations that seem to have no problem with Saudi Arabia or China.

[@jdoggydogg20]

The golf channel is an exclusive partner of the pga tour. He knows who pays his bills.

[@gerrydickson8135]

Yep - he is just sucking up to his bosses & trying to disguise it as being Mr Morality

[@TheRookiefilm]

Does anyone think that, if LIV GOLF offered Dan or Brandal 100 million dollars to be a commentator, that either man would turn down the money?

[@russ2991]

Nope. Hollywood hyprocrits.

[@mark41157]

Yes I do. I think there are more people than you think that wouldn’t sell their soul for money.

[@TheRookiefilm]

@@mark41157 They're not selling anything. They're renting their talent for money. So, you think all of the players that are on the LIV tour are going to hell? Because that is what you're saying.

[@mark41157]

@@TheRookiefilm Listen, "sell their soul for money" is a figment of speech. Again I do think there are many more people than you think that would not take this money. Many more! I'll leave it at that.

[@TheRookiefilm]

@@mark41157 Well, thanks for your input, but most people are greedier than you give them credit for. Ever heard the saying, money makes the world go around? I do wish we could put Brandal to the test, so we would know the answer. Thanks for your interest in my question.

[@Individual_two]

While I still think LIV Golf will only last as long as MBS's short attention span, I think it will force the PGA Tour to implement some changes. For one, there are way too many tournaments, 40 over a span of 38 weeks. The Tour should cut this down to no more than 25 tournaments, excluding the 4 majors and team events like the Ryder and President's Cup. The Tour needs to beef up tournament purses, which probably will require a tournament to have multiple corporate sponsors. The huge FedEx Cup money needs to get spread out over the season and not back-loaded as it is done currently. Finally, The Tour will need to break its long-standing tradition of not paying appearance fees to top stars. They know who they are and they should get paid.

[@zekezeke14]

This all about big $$… the tour doesn’t need to compete with SA. Guys made their decisions and it’s done. The tour will not kneel to SA

[@tarmbruster1]

They only have to play 15!

[@MoMoMyPup10]

They can't pay appearance fees, as a not-for-profit organization. It's illegal. They could cut down on the # of tournaments and lump the money into a more condensed schedule, but I think that opens up a ton of problems, not the least of which is the complaints from the cities whose event got cancelled, and lost all of that local revenue. And you'd lose the pulse of the Fed-Ex Cup _Playoffs_ if there wasn't a big carrot at the end of that stretch. The players love playing for it too.

[@davetesillo7678]

Ok

[@maxpuppy96]

I agree the LIV won't last it will lose money the PGA should have said nothing and wait it out.

[@jmiogo]

Saudi bad... got it, agreed. But sweat shop labor for multinationals good...? cool. I mean, those swooshes aren't going to stitch themselves.

[@ryancusimano5892]

Both things are bad and can and should be criticized, but the topic here is the Saudi regime.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Exactly.

[@SwayPromo]

@@ryancusimano5892 topic should be that the pga tour is a hypocrite. If they weren’t they would cancel pga tour china and lead by example before calling another tour out..

[@richardtaylor249]

Never heard him say that sweatshops are good.

[@petebigner151]

Just please don't let the PGA play the morality card which is a bunch of BS. Many of the the PGA's major sponsors have there noses so far up the Saudis rear in business dealing that it is embarrassing the way the PGA has tried to make this a morality issue. Think "Shell Houston Open".....Shell and the Saudis are practically attached at the hip!

[@kalombe]

Shell doesn’t sponsor that event anymore for the last 6-10 years

[@SwayPromo]

@@kalombe chevron does now along with the owner of the Astros lol there’s literally a building attached to the pro shop that’s sponsored by the gas companies 😂😂 I live here in Houston inside the city and play there weekly

[@tomstevens7452]

There are 7 tournaments 1 a month, plenty of time for vacation. And LIV has already said the majority of tourneys will be in the USA.

[@garyziggy1]

Yep. However, the Royal toilets may need cleaned. Get to work, Bryson!

[@petebellamy3505]

And those tournaments will be same weekends as PGA events which affects attendance, sponsorship , tv coverage etc. Eventually communities will lose these events. There is more to it than what you are implying

[@jeffhuang5061]

US open is an open tournament. you can't exclude players if they qualified for the tournament. period. same with the open championships. Masters... who knows. it's a private invite-only event. they can invite whoever they want. PGA Championships will be allowed to exclude players not in good standing with the PGA. that makes sense. Same with Ryder Cup and President's Cup.

[@SwayPromo]

PGA championship is not owned by the PGA tour and they don’t give a rats ass how the pga tour feels lol

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

What really bothers me is that the people who run the 4 Major tournaments all seem to be part of an "Old Boys Club." They can decide which players to invite or who have qualified but the standards they set are subject to change. That upper class twit Martin Slumbers, head of the R&A, said so much for anyone who wants to play the Open next year and he was alluding to a ban on LIV members. I hope the Augusta National club keeps an open mind on this and does not exclude LIV golfers simply for the fact that they're LIV golfers. To qualify for a major, a player must earn Official World Golf Ranking points and, at this time, the LIV is not included in giving out OWGR points, so whatever points a LIV player has, he cannot gain any more by simply playing the LIV. Something must be done to allow LIV players the opportunity to qualify for Majors. And, hopefully, the people who run the Open, the Masters, the PGA, and the US Open will not collude with Slumbers in excluding LIV players.

[@elsonjohnson5426]

Lmao.."This is Sea Biscuit..keep my name out of your mouth Cham Cham...lol

[@KyKicks23]

Keep reading that script Brandel

[@edwardmccain7929]

Great fan. BC is right on with all his comments here.

[@2bigbufords]

What a bunch of propaganda B.S. PGA is scared and in attack mode

[@johnaretos7147]

NBA is in China. NHL was making inroads there as well before covid. Golfers have the same right, if not more as independent contractors to play where they want. The hypocrisy of the pundits is sickening.

[@angelmatos9143]

Every country & organization in the world is doing some type of Saudi washing (directly or indirectly). As long as they have Oil that'll be the reality.

[@johnmunkenbeck9527]

These guys will all be ok after MBS decouples the US dollar from oil. Phil will make 1.6 billion rubles!

[@jeffreyd7796]

It's obvious it's for the money stop asking a stupid question.

[@AK-zw1re]

Since 2019, the country has hosted the Saudi International, an event formerly sanctioned by the European Tour that has drawn some of the top names in golf, who are paid considerable appearance fees. Hmmm no suspension for those players.

[@JohnDoe-sw9zq]

Interview the guy paid by the PGA tour to get an honest perspective of both sides. Nice work Dan. LOL

[@MurphyKargesBass]

Haha

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

NBC owns both ESPN and the Golf Channel and has a contract to broadcast PGA Tour events. So, Dan is, figuratively, simply on his knees to provide content that kisses the backside of the PGA Tour. Brandel Chamblee, that douche nozzle, has an implicit bias for the PGA Tour and probably should wear a skirt and wave pom poms like any cheerleader should. The only commentator from any NBC owned affiliate that has said anything favorable about the LIV is Stephen A. Smith and I would not be surprised if the higher ups in management have counseled him to be more circumspect about this; I can only hope he keeps his independent train of thought.. IMO, it would be a breath of fresh air to see Stephen A. on the Golf Channel to balance out the biased pro-Tour propaganda spewed daily by Chamblee, McGinley, Eisen, and the other Tour sycophants.

[@stevenjenkins3882]

This is going to make the European Tour very strong because they may give these players a spot. European Tour needs these players

[@nysguy07]

Try to keep up, the European Tour and the pga tour announced a strategic alliance last August. They are going to follow the PGA tour’s lead.

[@SwayPromo]

@@nysguy07 try to keep up. The European tour has not banned players and they aren’t going to… they are two separate entities even if partnered with each other.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

The DP Tour has now become, unofficially, just a feeder tour, like the Korn ferry, for the PGA Tour after the recent announcement that the top 10 finishers on the DP Tour will be awarded PGA Tour cards for the next year. So, top 25 from the Korn Ferry and the top 10 from the DP tour will graduate to the big time...Keith Pelley, the DP Your Commissioner, appears to have sold out. He also appears to be, figuratively, in Jay Monahan's pocket.

[@donaldlandon1475]

It’s not destroying the game brandy or whatever your name is. Please. You pay me 50 million and I’ll do cigarette ads at pre schools. Well, nah, 60 million baahhhhh!!!!

[@user-vm9hh2se7s]

Me too, show me the money. #Crack4Kids

[@wcc1212]

lol...

[@randyjones3180]

I normally don't care for Brandel, but I thought he made a lot of sense and spoke a lot of truth.

[@spi9177]

I think he's full of it,no respect here!

[@mikewallich5216]

Comparing Phil Mickelson to a 25 year old Seabiscuit? Wow, that's the nicest thing Brandel has ever said about Phil. Never heard a good word come from Brandel about Phil. I recall Phil won the PGA championship at the age of 50+, is this something "Seabiscuit" could have done? Is this something Brandel could have done in his prime? Nope, because he didn't. How many people here in America have left their job to go work for some other company that pays more? Than BC wants to bring up human rights violation concerns now that Phil is getting paid by the Saudis. Did Brandel complain about the Bush family whisking the Saudis out of the US when 911 happened? I doubt it. Didn't Brandel go work for the Golf Channel when he lost his tour card? Probably making more money now, than when he was on tour. Oh the hypocrisy.

[@philalvarez6208]

Nice, Brandel and the GolfChannel is a mouth piece for the PGA Tour, did he mention Jack Nicklaus making money building golf courses in SA ? Lots of sports events happen in SA. How are they destroying the game ?? Bullshit

[@HTHAMMACK1]

Designing a golf course is a bit different than taking blood money from the Saudi prince to whitewash his image.

[@philalvarez6208]

@@HTHAMMACK1 I guess the money you are taking to build a course is not blood money ?? I guess you can pick and choose who's money there is clean. Whatever dude

[@hopsterbb2571]

Did they mention that the Biden/Cornpop administration is begging the said regime to pump more oil…Canada and the US get Saudi oil….

[@BPB9973952]

as a golf consumer, this just means more golf for me, so I am pretty happy about this whole situation

[@mattstopa9436]

I think Brandel is way over estimating how many people will care about this. Most people aren't gonna care at all. He cares, but that's not really a reflection of the vast majority of people

[@echambers1112]

You are a bot, so you don't matter. MBS has plenty of pre-positioned bot accounts papering social media with positive LIV comments.

[@stever3145]

@@mattstopa9436 I care and it is terrible thing. If you love golf how can you love this. It is like a corporate outing. What a joke.

[@sams4717]

Steve Fields how are you ok with the pga monopolizing a sport? Not giving guarantees?

[@stever3145]

@@sams4717 There are no guarantees in life. They make what they earn and that is the beauty of it. They aren't bought and paid for by a murderess kingdom.

[@quantumpotential7639]

When gas hits $100 a quart, all of them will have to move to the LIV Tour just to fill up their golf carts.

[@davidtfoster8016]

Chamblee sounds like and comes across like he's butt hurt he doesn't make Al Michael's, Troy Aikman and Tony Romo money.

[@buckdraper303]

No he doesn't. He's just stating facts.

[@davidtfoster8016]

Yes he does and the fact is he doesn't make the money the previous mentioned 3 make or what the LIV players will either. How 'bout that for a fact/facts!!!

[@adambowles7423]

Brandel is a joke. How would one of his heros feel about taking money from the saudis for building a course over there? Oh wait, that was Jack Nicklaus. Any mention to that??

[@spennce]

To some guys ie Dustin Johnson playing on the tour is simply a job. They don't care who their boss is just show me the money. Their goal in 5 years might be to be completely cut off from golf and the media

[@petermartinaitis8166]

Just to add, just looked at the PGA Tour stats, the average for top 10 finishes this year is 2 and only 33 out of 104 players have more than 2, which indicates that the majority of players are not the best players in the world.

[@herealittlewhile7448]

Kinda what im thinking too, this opens the door for a number of guys out there shooting 65-70 on a regular basis to have more chances,, (i know one at least)

[@billbuyshouses7077]

How is this any different than English Soccer?

[@StuMcClay]

I think both are missing the point. Most of the middle players that jumped to LIV are popular draws but have to travel 200 days per year to keep their tour status. These 40-somethings aren’t winning, aren’t eligible for Legends tour, and many have families they haven’t seen much. LIV gives them a way to cap off their earnings and spend a lot less time away.

[@SwayPromo]

And It gives the young guys and the new top guys that are coming a chance to make generational wealth without struggling…

[@illmatic87]

Love how he differentiated between nations being allies of SA for geopolitical reasons, and that the players don't have that excuse.

[@donaldlandon1475]

Well put. People also ignore china and many other Asian clothing countries we use for cheap products and commerce. Myself included!!!! I don’t pass on a tee shirt because it’s from China. Honor in the dollar kid. Life is messy and absolutes are few

[@bennyb44875]

Or how far in bed the PGA tour is in bed with China!

[@eddievangundy4510]

What's your excuse for buying Chinese products and filling your car with Saudi gasoline? Yes Biden has turned America into a net oil importer now.

[@illmatic87]

​@@eddievangundy4510 I can tell your entire being from this comment lol.

[@patrickconran8354]

Just watched this. Wonder if Brandel has changed his stance on any of his comments?

[@shaunt7301]

I would love to see the same scrutiny for NBA and its relationship with China... lets see some consistency here....

[@SwayPromo]

Or the PGA tours relationship with China….

[@moonlightmelodrama]

The USGA and the R and A are in a tough spot. If they are truly open championships. LIV golfers can play. And if they do. The PGA will be eclipsed as the number one tour.

[@fordjubilee]

NOPE, don't see that happening.... The shine will wear off. What people want is honest competition. AND Fans to watch it. If its just a carnival act it will only attract the curious ones. the Cut is vital to the sport.You need to play your way to the weekend. I'm not watching a 3 day golf tourney

[@scottbowerphotography736]

Brandel Chamblee mouthpeice for the pga

[@mariarojo1037]

If the Independent Contractor (Golfer) is true for the Tour then the Independent Contractor (Golfer) can play anywhere for anybody for any amount of money they can earn. If they can't then the Golfer would be an employee of the PGA Tour, no? What does the IRS think? The times are a changing Mr. Chamblee, whether you like it or not.

[@ColbyONE]

So if you’re rich and made a ton of money, you don’t have a right to feel a certain way? Get the f out of here.

[@javiersalas7670]

Whats your take Dan? You were pretty quiet during that interview......

[@DirkPiddlemark]

What a spin job.. and completely off the grid

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

He's a company man, his lips firmly attached to the PGA Tour's backside.

[@stakebeddriver]

I like Brandel and his analysis but... Talking as if the PGA is this beacon of charity and goodwill; and they do do a lot of good, I'm not disputing that. The PGA is in partnership with China, probably the worst violator of human rights in the world. I'm not here to defend the Saudis or LIV golf, but let's be fair. The PGA has no problem cozying up to a regime that persecutes people based on their beliefs, they force abortions on people who don't adhere to their one child only policy. They harvest organs out of living people. They have pretty much slave labor making gear for Nike and other companies that the PGA has no problem with their players wearing those logos. The PGA has no problem that their players go to Dubai, home of one of the world's largest sex trafficking operations. A place where young girls are brought in to be prostitutes to service the high rollers that go there. The hypocrisy of the PGA is quite evident. They are not on the moral high ground here. They just think they are.

[@pauljcross2289]

The PLAYERS OWN the PGA Tour

[@Batwing2465]

I'd be willing to bet if this came along when Brandel was playing professionally, he'd have a price tag given that he was lost in the mix of PGA Tour players trying to compete with the best. His controversial approach to golf commentary has provided him an opportunity to stay connected to the game in a way he probably wouldn't have. He has no choice but to take this stance working for the Golf Channel that doesn't even provide any coverage of the LIV events. It's still golf is it not? Sorry, never been a fan of Brandel

[@ryanoneil3581]

Blood money

[@stevenjenkins3882]

100 out of 5000. There the best players in the world 🌎

[@billfairless6256]

Phil won a major at 50. Beat the shit outta the young bucks.

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Absolutely. Chamblee conveniently forgot about that. Mickelson is an icon, even if his game is off.

[@gao57009]

@@sportsmediaamerica He's an icon to SOME. I have disliked his arrogant, narcissistic behavior for many years.

[@michaelperera4195]

This guy is the Brian Stelter of the golf channel

[@dttruman]

Can't argue with that!

[@CamMacMastermusic]

We are all looking at two guys that are just as guilty of taking the money as anyone else

[@budfox2337]

Brandel is the best golf analyst, bat none. He’s not afraid to offend anyone.

[@philalvarez6208]

Dude, the GolfChannel is being watched by the PGA tour, if Brandel came out saying otherwise, the GC would let him go. Same with the guys on CBS, hey have to sign the same song.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

@@philalvarez6208 The Golf Channel should rename itself the PGA Tour Propaganda Channel, considering that they're selectively smearing the LIV to cater to the PGA Tour. Then again, it's owned by NBC which has a contract to broadcast certain PGA Tour tournaments so Brandel definitely knows he needs to kowtow to the company line. The problem is that they sound like Pravda singing the praises of Joe Stalin back in the 1940s while decrying "capitalist toadies": less than totally honest.

[@borandell9915]

Update for you Brandel. And I know you will be shocked. Just today it was announced that the DOJ is investigating the PGA Tour for anti-trust violations regarding the LIV tour. You really need to think twice about trying to carry the water for the PGA Tour. They don't give a rat's ass about the human rights issue here. You need to call it what it is. Anti-competitive actions by the PGA Tour.

[@gremlin8389]

So what about the DP world tour which exists and pga tour works with already…

[@ericstanley5994]

Just don’t watch if you don’t agree with the players. Kind of like me with NBA.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Amen.

[@MoneyIsSilver]

Wonder what Brandel will say when guys like Koepka, Spieth and Rahm make the move.

[@jedi_417]

And he was a Bryson fan the last 2 years. It’ll be interesting to see how Brandel does an abrupt 180° and let us know how irrelevant Bryson is now.

[@commonsense2156]

Phil won PGA last year Brandon. This guy is a Wiesel

[@tonyk501]

Chamblee has already been proven dead wrong by LIV Golf's meteoric rise in popularity and innovative format. A year ahead of schedule, LIV Golf is already moving to 14 events with 12 set teams for next season. Bubba Watson will be one of the captains of those teams. David Feherty is already on board for mic duties, Gary McCord could be next, and keep an eye on Smith, Matsuyama, Hovland, Cantlay, Lowry, Fleetwood, Pieters, Rose, and others who could also jump ship after the Fedex Cup is over. Expect to also see a major television rights deal announced well before next season as well. Greg Norman is probably glued to his phone day and night, and possibly even has to take calls while in the shower. Professional golf will never be the same, folks. It is what it is. Watch and learn.

[@g.stephens263]

Bwahahaha!

[@peterguiles5730]

Golf is a global game. The PGA had a monopoly for years now there is the European tour, Asian Tour, LIV tour etc.

[@joemartinez2660]

Time … will tell !

[@brianking4229]

USGA, PGA of America and Masters are Fine with the players. It's Open qualifying. That's as Fair as it gets.

[@Unplugged704]

Back in the 60s the PGA Tour broke away from the PGA of America, in pursuit of $$$$. Today, in 2022, players from the PGA Tour are breaking away in pursuit of more $$$ in the LIV Tour. And the PGA Tour is having a problem with that???????? The hypocrisy!! 😮 GTFOH!!!!!!!!

[@tracyharris6010]

Nobody OWNS golf. PGA tour is so bitter they are being left in the cold, the only way to respond is,"kick them out". Brandel is not a good analyst. He is an apologist for the Tour. His job is on the line. At least he has picked one side. Philanthopy is important because of Tax write-offs. Brandel acts like money is a problem. always remember that guys who complain about someone else making a lot of money, they are jealous, but also have their retirement all set and are rich too. What a whiner. Let people LIV their life.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

I keep hearing the same, tired song from that twit Brandel and the rest of the Golf Channel and its resident PGA Tour sycophants that "golf is being ruined." No, it's just that PRO golf is changing due to the LIV. College golf, other amateur golf, and the game that we, the great golfing unwashed, play at our local munis is unchanged. This is a power struggle between Greg Norman and Jay Monahan: power, money, and ego. You are 100% correct that nobody owns golf, but Jay Monahan - and the Golf Channel - appear to be trying to persuade us all the HE does.

[@emirofshmoe]

What does Brandel have to say now that the PGA Tour has almost copied the LIV Tour with some of their new and improved fall tournaments? No cuts, $20 million dollar purses. Hmmm 🤔, sounds familiar.

[@mebeingU2]

Is there any regime or government that individuals should not do personal business with? I understand that the US Gov’t might or someone else already has… I’m curious if there is a government that you would not do business with? South Africa of the 70s and 80s? Germany of the 30s and 40s? Russia of the 80s and today? Saudi Arabia today?

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

IIRC, 1930s Germany was one of IBM's best customers. No computers then, just punch card tabulating machines, but remember how the concentration camp prisoners all had a number tattooed on their arms? That number was on a punch card to keep track of that prisoner. When that prisoner died or was murdered, the card was simply removed from the card deck to keep the records straight. IBM helped keep the camps running efficiently. Standard Oil of New Jersey was selling tetraethyl lead to Germany for aviation gasoline before WW II. Did anyone carry the outrage over either of these companies into a refusal to do business? And, now IBM sponsors the Masters; any outrage over that? Business is business and all dollars are green.

[@ltdattnspn]

"Came prepared". He does. Have come around to appreciating him before this. Haven't always liked his opinions but he knows what he talks about. I think this issue is a little more complicated but not much.

[@christophercarpenter3807]

your talking about endorsements deals , they are not getting paid from the PGA tour .

[@davidfillmore3151]

I totally agree with everything Brandel Chamblee had to say in this interview. As far as LIV golf, all you had to do was look at the 'dog and pony' show that LIV golf let Trump get away with today in NJ to know that their league is nothing more than exhibition golf who players should not be allowed to play in major tournaments.

[@jwp2166]

Brandel is turning out to be the most articulate and honest voice in this whole mess.

[@michaelperera4195]

And he would be covering the next liv tournament if he was offered a chance to triple his net worth.

[@enriquemendoza4668]

Boy he’s pissed lol

[@IrishSpursFan]

the best golfers in the world have been competing in China for years I don' t remember Chamblee complaining :(

[@christophercarpenter3807]

pga tour does that also , if you don’t win you lose your card and gone

[@adamwro101]

So it’s okay for the units states to partner with them and make money but not individual people . I’ve heard this guy make this same speech for 2 weeks now ,it makes why the pga has him making the rounds

[@obamathebigearsclown3979]

Never heard of Dan Patrick and I refuse to pay 5 dollars to Direct-TV Golf Channel

[@billokeefe8558]

4 of the biggest LPGA events have Saudi sponsors... just saying

[@haroldfinch8481]

This guy isn’t biased at all is he? F Him

[@robertyoung3664]

Tarnish their reputation??! Who does he think he is? Just know his paycheck is coming from the PGA. He has his opinion and sounds like a stuffy old while golfer.

[@stevestewart240]

I bet Chamblee wears his Nike Chyna with pride .

[@bkashford13]

Why is this guy taking it so personal? Talk about throwing stones while living in a glass house (America)

[@stephenramazzini6028]

I'm only at the 2-minute mark, and my head's exploding. Paraphrasing, 'a country's geopolitical alliances are necessary, but individuals can take a stand... ." Don't think BC thought this one through. Also: "Golfers are the most independent athletes in the world that I can think of. They're not beholden to play where the CEO [says to play]." If true, then how can a tour Commish ban anyone for playing somewhere else without his blessing? I used to enjoy BC, but the 54 has turned him into a fountain of nonsense.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

IMO, the PGA Tour has turned Brandel Chamblee into its Chief Propagandist, just like Josef Goebbels was for the Nazi party. He preaches the standard Tour party line which can be summarized as, "PGA Tour Good, LIV Evil." And, no deviation from this party line is allowed, especially at the Golf Channel where all the commentators are Tour party loyalists. As the Golf Channel is now in Connecticut like ESPN, I can only wonder if the commentators emulate Muslims. Muslims bow towards Mecca, I wonder if Brandel, Paul McGinley, and the other talking heads bow towards Ponte Vedra, FL, a few times daily in fealty to Jay Monahan and the Tour? I would not be surprised if they do, considering the biased rhetoric that emanates from the GC daily.

[@deanfaklaris9987]

he's reading prepared remarks?

[@petermartinaitis8166]

Chamblee says no way are you watching the best players at Liv golf. Let's look at some of the names at the Canadian Open leaderboard top 25. Wyndham Cark, Doug Ghim,Lee Hodges, Alex Smalley, Mark Hubbard, Keith Mitchell, Jim Knous, Kramer Hickok, Nick Hardy, John Huh not exactly names that roll of the tongue. If these guys had moved to Liv golf everyone would be saying who are they, no loss to the PGA Tour. Maybe he should give us the Stats for all the players outsude the top 25 bet they're not great either.

[@alexvalentine8724]

get over it Brandel life has changed and this may be one of the good ones

[@markmckendry2151]

So great to hear from the moral authority. Thanks, Brandel

[@luvbft1]

He's on the show to give his opinion. If you agreed with him, his moral authority would be fine.

[@MrRayedw]

Wasn't Brandi Chamblee's wife born the year after he went pro? Very moral he is.

[@luvbft1]

@@MrRayedw Was she of age? Did he marry a minor? You sound ignorant.

[@thrillhouse4784]

@@luvbft1 I agree with him on most of it, but he is very sanctimonious and a know it all.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

@@MrRayedw His current - 2nd - wife is Bailey Mosier, an attractive eye candy bimbette who either formerly or currently works for the Golf Channel. He dumped his first wife, the mother of his 4 kids, some years ago so, IMO, this may have been his midlife crisis and maybe, he went for his trophy wife to compensate for his lack of success on the PGA Tour. What a great example to pontificate on morality...NOT!!!

[@louhovatter]

Those who haven’t joined yet……can’t join unless they’re ready to throw someone out of the 🤯magic 48! 🤦‍♀️they won’t do that!

[@Groovethumper69]

LIV is AL Rumayaan's passion project and he has already assured the LIV organization is not going away. Brandel is doing a MASSIVE amount of wishful and foolish thinking when he assumes he knows the motives of Yasir Al Rumayyan.