Brandel Chamblee Thoughts of the LIV Golf Tour

Golf Channel Brandel Chamblee gives us his thoughts on the LIV golf tour and just how players are being received at the US Open if they took the money!
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[@jimburns7549]

Isn’t “more money” the reason golfers all over the world migrated to the US PGA Tour.?

[@lionelraoul]

That and the prestige of competing against the best players and potentially winning iconic events.

[@BidenIsKing]

Yes, nobody is staying on the DP tour when they can go to PGA. Rory is perfect example.

[@richardtaylor249]

Where the money comes from matters ! PERIOD ...

[@BidenIsKing]

@@richardtaylor249 so true, how do we call out the PGA tour and these networks for their hypocrisy. China and Arab money is poored into them. Not to mention the DP tour and LPGA.

[@pauljcross2289]

YES

[@areguapiri]

Brandel Chamblee is "butthurt" and absolutely disgusts me with his comment that the players joining the LIV Tour should be kicked out of the Golf Hall of Fame. What an awful human being!

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Well, consider what would happen if the Golf HOF kicked out anyone who wasn't a PGA Tour member during his or her career? Say goodbye to Bobby Jones, Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, Old and Young Tom Morris, Glenna Collette Vare, and a boatload of others. Hey, dummy! It's a GOLF HOF, not a PGA Tour HOF and who made you an arbiter for this? But, I have an idea. How about a bare knuckles bout between Brandel Chamblee and Brooks Koepka to settle the matter? If Brandel wins, all non PGA Tour members are excluded from the HOF. But, if Brooks wins, Brandel will have to stop making stupid opinions public on the Golf Channel (in addition to getting implants to replace his now missing teeth.) Then again, if he stops making stupid statements, he would be virtually silenced so he probably won't go for it. Well, I can dream...

[@richardtaylor249]

He is spot on. Nobody wants to watch 54 hole exhibition matches with nothing on the line.They get millions for just showing up. It's a sham tour,paid with blood money.

[@artisaprimus6306]

That do nothing tool is in the golf Hof? For what? What a joke!

[@jettrink7510]

Thanks to Chamblee I have steared clear of the Golf Channel when he's included.

[@plantcitychuck2551]

he's a major dhead

[@stevenjohnson7720]

Ditto! So hard to listen to. He's a blow hard homer.

[@dominicvioli7098]

If the golfers playing in the liv league are so terrible and they're never gonna get good players than what's the big deal, why are these guys so butt hurt and scared

[@plantcitychuck2551]

it's an ego trip

[@pauljcross2289]

Because they are lying....they are terrified about LIV and know the tour mafia have screwed the tour members for a long time

[@aussiegolfer59]

Cam smith signing - this type of thing scares them

[@PeterMcCluskey]

Brandel left his family for a younger lady. But he's the man to tell us about morals

[@stevenjohnson7720]

Seriously? I didn't know that. He's always rubbed me a little bit wrong and now I know why. No respect for that at all. I don't care what the reason is. If you need out, you get divorced first, then you find someone. Period! Otherwise you're a selfish villian. Especially if it have kids.

[@wesleyhinkle907]

Big difference between having an affair and flying planes in to buildings (9/11), luring someone in to an embassy killing then butchering them, etc.

[@baboonbuttz]

@@wesleyhinkle907 not really someone gets hurt. parasite like chamblee should be lured.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

@@stevenjohnson7720 Yes, he dumped his wife, with whom he had 4 children, and took up and remarried to Bailey Mosier, an attractive eye candy brunette who works - or, worked - for the Golf Channel. I find his "holier than thou" attitude tedious and try to avoid his severely biased commentary.

[@mattmang6308]

It is possible for someone to be right about one thing and wrong about another…

[@StockMarketCaddie]

Jack Nicklaus is building a golf course in Saudi Arabia, would Brandel say the same about Jack??

[@KKevinnnn]

RBC does business with many companies heavily involved in Saudi Arabia and he doesn't say a word about that either

[@jeremiahwasabullfrog957]

Is Monahan going to have nine-one-one families write letters to Jack? What a load of crap coming from the PGA and their jock sniffers like Sham-Blee.

[@roelofvanwyk4437]

20 wins. 19 more than you two and Monahan together.

[@KKevinnnn]

Based on Brandel's new favorite term "sportswashing" We should abolish the Masters because it's sportswashing slavery

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

And, what about China, where there are several DP and PGA Tour tournaments? Nike slave labor shoe factories, ethnic cleansing of Uighurs, and so much else over which to get into high dudgeon? Well, the NBA doesn't care and neither does the Golf Channel. Can you say, hypocrisy?

[@jeffa3773]

Greg Norman wouldn't choke for $2 million, but he sure choked at Augusta in '96.

[@Scott-ol9zs]

wonder what would happen if LIV offered Brandel Chamblee 10 million to broadcast their tour, see ya later golf channel !

[@alphaomega8373]

Money talks we aren't talking about betraying the country...

[@jeremiahwasabullfrog957]

@@alphaomega8373 Please explain how Sergio is betraying the country? Or an other golfer. Golf is not politics and should not be.

[@jameshenderson3989]

they are smart enough not to give Oostheizen 100 million and even smarter not to give Brandel a dime...who listens to this guy, I feel sorry for them, this is why all competition is good, such as LIV now we need another Golf Channel competitor so they can remove guys such as Brandel, with no competition he gets away with this crap

[@angelmatos9143]

Let them choose, let them play.

[@Gnofg]

They signed an agreement and they broke the agreement.

[@jeremiahwasabullfrog957]

Tour’s revenues= Go to profits and to sustain a large bureaucracy. The Tour’s employees are paid $140 million to run 45 golf events from its new $65 million headquarters. Commissioner Monahan made $8.9 million

[@thomasjoseph3488]

Oops. Another miss for Chamblee. Brooks signs with LIV. Think it's safe to say there are many more in route. The PGA will eventually face TV competition, as well. Just a matter of time.

[@fredplott7348]

Amen !!!

[@christianhennessey1191]

"Saudi money bad. US, Swiss, English money good." Lol.

[@Gnofg]

I hear that there will be another mass beheading of gay people in Riyadh. They beheaded 79 people last time maybe they can get up to triple digits. Will you be attending or just supporting them on facebook?

[@jimburns7549]

Cannot a professional golfer play wherever he wants? If a company offers any worker substantially more money and fewer hours, who would say “No?”

[@lionelraoul]

I guess it depends on what the worker is asked to do.

[@fredplott7348]

The P.G.A. never won a Golf tournament.....it's the players that built the tour and the P.G.A. has profitted mightly from that and now they are going to punish pro Golfers for getting more money....They guarranteed Tiger show up money for years but very few others !!! if your game does not meet the P.G.A. ticket sale agenda your trying to destroy them suddenly..LOL

[@giii7599]

The PGA Tour has 23 sponsors doing 40 billion worth of business in Saudi Arabia and nobody will say a word about the PGA Tour. They also do business in China.

[@cfreinheimer]

I really appreciate when people speak their mind. You can always be assured with social media you will receive criticism, many would shy away from speaking their mind due to nasty comments not Brandel. Way to go B! I always enjoy your commentary. 👍🏽✌🏽

[@dominicvioli7098]

Brandel thinks golf fans rely on him and podcast to know who players are lol you've got to be kidding me.

[@giii7599]

"Forty years ago, it was considered by some a risky move for the guys who play professional golf to break away from the group created for golf professionals." This was about the PGA Tour splitting from The PGA of America in 1969. "The golf breakup occurred largely because of the influx of money that television had started to pump into the game. The top players (Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer among them) wanted to use the additional TV money to pump up the purses." "The PGA of America wanted to put the money in the general fund. That's when the compromise was reached, with the golf professionals and the professional golfers going their separate ways." Sounds a bit like today... The PGA tour categorized itself as a non profit so it could avoid hundreds of millions in tax revenue. That decision is now haunting them since it also means they can't hand out guaranteed money contracts like other professional sports.The LIV tour is doing exactly that so it's not surprising top level golfers want guaranteed money. If someone loses their PGA tour card they're gone with very little support. I don't see how you can treat people as independent contractors and then complain when they go elsewhere.

[@jeremiahwasabullfrog957]

Yep, they need to drop that tax scheme that gives Monahan almost 9 mil. a year. He would rate as the 2nd highest paid golfer if he were on tour. Golfers see that and say something doesn't add up especially when PGA hides behind all the charity crap.

[@patrickbrawner2438]

I enjoy Brandel’s analysis of the game of golf in general but I don’t feel nearly as strong as he does against LIV. The blacksox scandal is so much worse IMO than a player deciding to play in another league.

[@mosiemos]

Brandel is paid to promote the tour, he can’t tell us what he really thinks.

[@ericrivers7993]

What about the US human rights issues? I don’t hear him talk about that.

[@berryhenson573]

Brandell is the biggest hypocrite. Stephen A Smith has given great side of this discussion. US government funds Saudi Government every year let golfers are being backlashes for this. So ridiculous.

[@lucaswheeler5586]

Does the US government fully fund the PGA Tour?

[@Gnofg]

This is hands down the stupidest argument. We as citizens have almost no input into energy policy or our defense.

[@Gnofg]

@Kurteous One We have a certified Trumper speaking out.

[@duncanmckinlay6952]

Brandel too confident here. DP tour could easily side with Liv. 10 tournaments with Liv. Top up with DP tour then play majors.

[@baboonbuttz]

DP hasn't suspended any of their guys. so ya everyone jump on DP tour then they also get the world points an can play majors, ryder, presidential.

[@jackcasey8067]

Who is Chamblee ?? Froggy n Brandel need to zip it !! LUV LIV

[@paulmurphy8993]

Looks like the winner of the British Open (Cameron Smith) is about to bolt to LIV along with David Feherty and Charles Barkley. So there's that.

[@jimburns7549]

If the PGA Tour is truly about the glory of winning as Chamblee suggests, perhaps the PGA Tour purses should be reduced to weed out the golfers motivated by money.

[@lionelraoul]

Both can exist at the same time. There is glory in competing against the best and winning meaningful events and being part of an organization thats raise so much for charity and also being paid.

[@BidenIsKing]

LIV is donating 1 million per event to charity. I love your idea! Lower money and see if they can compete!

[@lionelraoul]

@@BidenIsKing Completely agree. Lower the purses on the LIV and in the few months before their resulting collapse let them raise as much money as they can.

[@areguapiri]

@@lionelraoul ...The LIV Tour isn't the one with the butthurt attitude. Do you understand the difference?

[@giii7599]

Yep. You can play the tour as an amateur. They turn pro for the money. Enough of the whining and bitching.

[@christianhennessey1191]

"He who pays the piper, calls the tune."

[@termite122]

EVERYTHING is about money!!

[@alive1945]

Please show that freaking 4.iron Norman hit at the 14th in the ‘96 Master’s.

[@m74796]

Is that the masters where Norman gave up a 6 stroke lead on Sunday to faldo ?

[@greensallday1683]

It would be cool to eventually have a PGA vs LIV tournament, Ryder cup style!

[@hollywoodswingr6645]

I’ve said that from the get go….instead of being so defensive The PGA is blowing an Opp to GROW the game, but they want the MONOPOLY 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Gnofg]

@@hollywoodswingr6645 Why would liv grow golf?

[@razor7241]

Are you kidding? The PGA players would slaughter the LIV players! How do you thing Andy Olgetree would do against Justin Thomas in a match? Who would watch that????

[@greensallday1683]

@@razor7241 I’d watch that! PGA Tour needs to add some spice to their schedule with some fresh ideas.

[@razor7241]

@@greensallday1683 OK. Guess you like to watch non competitive golf? Don’t see any spice to that but to each their own.

[@stryder10101010]

Cogent and impressive commentary.

[@guypotvin6943]

On a different note. Watching the US Open and eavesdropping on the conversations between Speith and his caddy, he’s spending way too much time and energy in trying to always hit the perfect shot. Too much crap in his head.

[@fredplott7348]

that's what happended to davis love III ... started spending too much time about the shot instead of hitting the shot....too bad

[@michaelprideaux5096]

Chamblee is there to express his opinions. He's not there to defend his PGA Tour record. Most of his opinions are accurate.

[@areguapiri]

Not this one. His opinion here is absolutely disgusting.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

I've always believed in the quote attributed to Voltaire, "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." I disagree with what Brandel says but his implicit bias against the LIV is plain for all to see and that is what makes him look foolish.

[@dominicvioli7098]

What's with this weird loyalty to the PGA tour. The PGA didn't invent golf. They don't own the iright to be the preeminent league in golf. And for disgraceful people like Brandon here to have to resort to disparaging golfers careers to justify their case.

[@KKevinnnn]

Brandel knows where his bread is buttered

[@CookiesandCannabis]

@@KKevinnnn but he did make it there Tommy.

[@KKevinnnn]

@@CookiesandCannabis brandel and Eamon Lynch have been showcasing their ignorance on geopolitics all in the name of money for the PGA tour

[@chaddddd1251]

Loyalty obviously doesn't mean anything to you. Money can't buy integrity and principles. For the LIV players it can. PGA tour has done so much to grow the game and really cares about golf. They have earned their spot as the top echelon of golf. Saudis have not done anything for golf and are only doing it because they can. They are trying to buy their way to the top without putting in any work.

[@KKevinnnn]

@@chaddddd1251 they have been working on this tour since 2014

[@roelofvanwyk4437]

Viva democracy in golf! Viva LIV!

[@cogekacc]

Liv tour had a 15 year old and several players under 25. They have no issues going to Asian your after making 400k at Liv for a few tournaments

[@fredplott7348]

Are you kidding ? It's The P.G.A. that's barring players and then claiming it's the Pro Golfers fault for playing for money. The last voice that should be commenting about this is Chamblee !!!

[@devastatn]

I've always like Brandels commentary. He's always seemed so educated on what comes out of his mouth. But he seems like a mouth piece for the pga tour and the TV corporations. If he's so he'll bent on his "blood money" comments surely he knows that the RBC has its hands in the Saudi royal families Aramco stock exchange corporation. The RBC puts on at least two pga tour events and he and they (PGA Tour) have no problem with that. That's as hipocritic as it gets. Am I wrong?

[@hollywoodswingr6645]

Here we go with the High & Moral Road Narrative 😂 Please Stop ! It’s Embarrassing to play so naive and use that as your argument. Maybe DP will be smart about it and let the players DBL dip. Looks like the majors will let the best play so LIV jus needs to get the WR pts for Majors

[@Gnofg]

I hear that there will be another mass beheading of gay people in Riyadh. They beheaded 79 people last time maybe they can get up to triple digits. Will you be attending or just supporting them on facebook?

[@joshschambeau2494]

Brandel is only going on and on about all this to make himself relevant. He was a relative a failure on tour and doing his best to stay in the game by bumping his gums.

[@stevenjohnson7720]

The PGA Tour is going to be the loser on this unless they pull their head out and work together with this new league. I heard a commentator say yesterday that they should give LIV the fall season and take back all suspensions. Sometimes it's not the worst thing in the world to admit you made a mistake and go a different direction. Most people respect that. Just like television created the PGA Tour in the 60s, the internet has created the LIV tour today. The PGA tour needs to wake up and work with this new tour. Otherwise, pro golf is in big trouble. I'm tired of hearing about loyalty. I am and have been loyal to a fault to my employers and it's been made clear to me that loyalty is no longer a two way street. Really no one is loyal anymore, except for hopefully family and friends. The Tour is not loyal to its members. They should not expect the players to be loyal to them. The tour is acting foolish. Having said that, Greg Normal is a coward. It's sad. I've lost a lot of respect for him.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Agreed, the PGA Tour should be searching for a way to coexist with the LIV not trying to smear it or the golfers who have left for it.

[@areguapiri]

Why do you think Greg Norman is a coward?

[@rdz5703]

It is quite common for independent contractors to have work restrictions while they are working for their "contractor" and also for a year or two after their job ends (depending on the circumstances - unless they live in a liberal anti-business state like California that prohibits enforcement of such a restrictive covenant. Also, the players are tour members that aside from agreeing to contractual restrictions , they are aside from being an independent contractor, they are also your members that agreed to and are technically part of the rule making process. Restrictive work covenants (depending on circumstances) are quite common in independent contractor relationships. Freedom of contract which is a free market principle, none of the players had to sign their tour contracts or agree to the tour rules when they joined...Too many misinformed fans....

[@TerlinguaTalkeetna]

Well put. Misinformation is sadly very common across many areas of our society. Marketing and advertising folks love all the sheepeople they pitch too everyday. Low hanging fruit .......

[@luckyduck9558]

Would it be great to showcase PGA players vs LIV players at the majors?

[@RonKelmell]

Absolutely not! Let those 'sell outs' eat their oil money and enjoy their sand palaces.

[@CookiesandCannabis]

That player was Jordan Speith.

[@andywalker7161]

what a really short sighted bunch you are, Brandel is just worried about his own paycheck

[@obamathebigearsclown3979]

Would you play for CHINA?

[@BidenIsKing]

NBA, Formula 1, Soccer seem to be left out of the discussion. While they drive around burning Saudi oil and wearing Chinese clothes. What a Joke! Hypocrisy!

[@131313407]

For me it will be about the quality of golf. We shall see.

[@AbleAnderson]

I want the PGA tour to win but why the hell does the PGA tour hold a monopoly on world ranking points? Aren't the world golf rankings done by an independent body? Why should the PGA tour get a monopoly on that?

[@coobay4786]

I'm still waiting for Brandel to come down on Jack Nicholas for building a world class golf course in Saudi last year for the money. He won't because he's a puppet for the PGA. He's such a hypocrite.

[@thomasjoseph3488]

Of course, he is. Also, consider that PGA sponsors are heavily in business with the Saudis.

[@fredplott7348]

Amen....if they offered him to play the L.I.V. he would jump at it...but I don't think a 10 handicapp like him will be invited....I'm not sure even his Club championship tourney would invite him.

[@PitbullConference]

LIV Golf is the future, get over it. Cmpetition is good.

[@gilbertlui820]

you're interviewing a golf channel analyst who never made it on tour and is pro PGA. get someone pro LIV to balance it out. Plus if Liv offered him the money instead of david feherty, he would for sure bolt as well.

[@guypotvin6943]

One other thing about Jordon. He’s not making as many 10-15 foot putts as he used to. Probably 6-8 in a four round tournament. The sense was, hit it, go find it, hit it again. I don’t get that sense anymore. He’s not Jack or Tiger. Go back to being Jordon . Which is a pain in the ass, guy with a great short game and makes putts. I’ve seen my whole life, a 70 year old with in the day, + 1.5 to -1.5 handicap. And how many times a paid guys like Jordon. He needs to get his child like enthusiasm back.

[@johnburnett3942]

Opinions, are like ass holes, everyone has got one. However, it does not mean that, because of who you are, that you're opinion, is better than the last one. Time will tell, if the liv tour, will be a success or not. The pga got to the top of the tree, by paying the big bucks, compared to the other tours. If the liv tour, obtains the top 70 world players. You can forget about the pga. Where do you think the sponsors will be. The pga and dp tours will be feeder tours, if they are lucky. The professional game, will be 6 months long. Allowing the top players to do other things. The liv tour could travel, the world. Bringing world class golf to the masses. Magic

[@fredplott7348]

The P.G.A. got their big bucks on others labor like the players.....volunteers...corporate sponcors and member owned courses that they bribed to have tournaments on !!! Really nice set up for a bunch of money hungry...power grabbing...C.E.O. types that want to have us believe their doing us a great favor by allowing us to participate in whatever they want us to see the way they want us to see it !!! How nice of them !!!!

[@kirriegolf18]

Well said Brandel Chamblee, best wishes from sunny Scotland

[@jimburns7549]

Why did Rocket Mortgage “pull back immediately.” Because the demographic Rocket Mortgage targets is watching PGA Tour broadcasts. Follow the money!

[@lionelraoul]

That and maybe not wanting to be associated with the Saudi royal family.

[@berkit1]

If the US Open is overshadowed its due to the press, the,PGA Tour surrogates and alike keep talking about the LIV Golf

[@terrybader8595]

Could not agree more with Brandel! FIGJAM's true nature is finally revealed.

[@Gnofg]

They don't call him Figjam because his fellow pros love him.

[@lownplumbing]

I'm just a dumb fan and I'm gunna watch both leagues. If Liv sucks I will stop watching. If the PGA keeps whining about it I will stop watching. It's getting old

[@benbonafasini9225]

My comments are getting deleted because these guys don’t understand free agency. They are supporting a sport where the players have been taken advantage of and they like it.

[@TheMinimalSociety]

PGA/LIV merger hitting different.

[@petegalindez9961]

Coming from Mr. Morality himself (on his second wife), I don’t think many look to you for a moral compass…you sound a like those people saying we need to go back to the way things were back in the 40s and 50s when we were great. You know, segregation, women ignored…the good old days…competition is always good. It may cause short term turmoil, but if the PGA Tour truly is the better product, it will win out.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Someone needs to ask the current Mrs. Chamblee, Bailey Mosier of the Golf Channel, if Brandel is always so concerned about similar abstract morality in his home life. Like, how often does he visit his kids he had with the wife he dumped and how much child support does he pay? Then, I might give his opinions some credence or, he may be proven to be a hypocrite.

[@Gnofg]

choking for meaningful championships . They are talking about Mr. Heimlich aka Greg Norman.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

After this year's Open, maybe Greg could perform the Heimlich on Rory.😄

[@Gnofg]

@@Diogenes-ty9yy Did Rory have any bogey's?

[@acb7528]

Saudi Arabia … enough said

[@levmaza6737]

PGA tour are using stupid golfers to make money. Smart up golfers

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

This is, essentially, what Mickelson said a few months back about the LIV, how it could apply leverage for golfers against the PGA Tour which, in his op[inion, was keeping for itself too much of its revenue and not sharing it with the Tour members. When the rest of the non-star Tour players realize this, the Tour will need to change.

[@enorth15]

As usual I could not disagree more with Brandel Chamblee. He will look back at this video in a year or 2 and want to crawl in a hole.

[@areguapiri]

Agree. He said an awful thing here.

[@mikemcelroy3263]

Wrong. Liv will fold.

[@enorth15]

@@mikemcelroy3263 We'll see but if it forces the PGA Tour to make some changes then it will be considered a big success.

[@fredplott7348]

Why not ? he crawled out of one....ego maniac...with a touch of looking back at his own silly career. and being jellous of anyone that could possibly have more talent then him !!!

[@cfreinheimer]

Thank you Brandel for speaking your mind. I totally agree with what you have said. 👍🏽

[@fordfrick4128]

So like Brandel, you do not watch the NBA, NFL or MLB. Nor do you go to any of those games live right? Because I’m sure you know that those other sports do business with China and I’m sure given your stance you would never support, directly or indirectly, those other organizations since they take “blood money” from China. Also, I’m sure Brandel has spoken to each player to get an in-depth viewpoint of all the personal details and dynamics surrounding each decision, including the influence and desires of spouses, kids, financial advisers, in-laws and spiritual leaders. Your POSITIVE that there isn’t any underlying physical or mental issues involved as well. In addition, I’m quite sure that if you were making a $100K per year but someone associated with the Saudis offered you a three year contract for $450K per year, you would just turn it down! The OBVIOUS point is that those that criticize players that left are HYPOCRITES!

[@jeremiahwasabullfrog957]

What a sham of a 501c charity! Where the Commissioner makes almost 9 mil a year. Then hides behind all his virtue signaling. He makes more than all but one of the golfers on tour. I suppose he simply is not doing it for the money! Right, my ass!

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

+1

[@AbleAnderson]

I appreciate much of what Brandel has to say here but come on Brandel, you can say LIV, you don't have to keep saying the Saudi backed league and refuse to say LIV like we don't already know the name

[@pmtrieve2065]

This LIV PR video keeps popping up. I can't block it. Wonder why LIV & Mickelson disabled viewer comments. Guess they don't want frank and candid feedback from golf fans. No cherry-picking PGA events, Phil. Those guys made their decision -- sold out for money -- now they need to own it. Go play your LIV Exhibition Events and leave the PGA pros to do the real competitions. Phil Mickelson: why PGA Tour monopoly will end, LIV Golf Tiger Woods contract - LIVE, Golf with Phil kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqnGnZSKmtqBaMk

[@3rdGorilla]

no mention of thr pga and their connections to the ccp?

[@ynwarb]

So money fromSaudi is Different than money from China. The Virtue of Brandel

[@donaldedison3593]

randells really getting his word out there by going on this monster Podcast lolol

[@artisaprimus6306]

Brambel Chamblee is a career also ran and has the gall to call players lower tier or over the hill. What a punk!

[@louhovatter]

The DP world tour and the PGA Tour has the right to allow players to play on their tour according to their written RULES! If the courts throw out their rules, the courts are wrong!

[@janettedarling8876]

I have been a fan of Phil Michelson and Ian Poulter and others and am quite frankly disgusted with them joining LIV golf, they should not be allowed back into the pga, they should not be allowed to play in major tournaments. It is one thing doing it for the money but it is something else when you look at the regime the money is coming from. The golfers who have joined LIV have forever tarnished their reputation.

[@shanedoyle8933]

America is losing it's values. The players are vacuous and morally bankrupt.

[@maartenbosch7707]

Dear Brandel, you were always an independent and courages and insightful voice in golf. But now your feelings, morals and words seem to be infected by a financial dependence, protecting the status quo and a geographical bias.

[@joseph-ignaceguillotin2523]

Dear Maarten...that's a dumb comment !!! Mark my words Dear Maaarten the Garcia's . the Kevin Na's , the Oosthuizen's and the Mickelson's, are going nowhere with LIV , and by the way these 4 guys are all Plus 26 for the Us Open, and none of them made the CUT.....Laugh Out Lound !!!!!

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

IMO, the Golf Channel, due to the implicit bias of its talking heads, should rename itself "The PGA Tour Channel" as there is not 1 commentator who has said a single kind word for the LIV. And, Maaarten, you I agree with you completely.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

@@joseph-ignaceguillotin2523 Gee, they didn't make the cut and the Golf Channel is saying bad things about them. I'm sure they're crying all the way to the bank.

[@joseph-ignaceguillotin2523]

@@Diogenes-ty9yy Diogenes is making Cuts is irrelevant why does Tiger Woods is so pround of his 142 cuts made in 142 consecutives events ... for any Golfer that plays on any Tour making the Cut is extremely important , but i guess on LIV its not.

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

@@joseph-ignaceguillotin2523 On the PGA Tour, yes, making the cut is important and kudos to Tiger for the 142. But, he's the exception, not the rule. Making money for yourself and your family is of the utmost importance for any worker or any golfer. If the golfer is skilled enough, he makes the cut and cashes a check. But, what if he's cut? He has to eat the week's expenses and hope he makes the next one. If the PGA Tour simply covered expenses for those who didn't make the cut, it would be a win-win for the Tour and the player. But, since the Tour does not, if the LIV offers guaranteed money and it's a financial "sure thing." If a golfer can swallow his pride and take the "sure thing" he and his family would be financially secure and he would need to balance that against his pride or ego and the "maybe" money of the PGA Tour.

[@CLD42]

This aged well.......😬

[@angelmatos9143]

Brandel has a great pen & Thor's hammer. My favorite golf commentary is him & Duval

[@tonyvillelli6034]

Brandie Is a PGA and golf channel hack. His wife also works for the GC, thus he tows the line for both. Here are some facts if we are talking about legacy. Augusta National probably the best of all Golf majors, here is their legacy. First black golfer to be aloud to play . 1975 Lee Elder First white caddy allowed to caddy 1983 First black member, Ron Townsend 1990 Where is Brandie complaining about these milestones. He played Augusta while these barriers were in place. Does this make him a bigot? Does he owe everyone an apology for not standing up for blacks? He had about as much control over what Augusta did and didn't do. Just like any player in LIV Golf has any control over Saudi Arabia. The funny thing is, if they are so sure it's going to fail, why are they so adamant it's going to fail. Just sit back and watch. Instead they know what the PGA and golf channel are afraid of is they are being exposed as hypocrites and liars for masking the truth that's starting to come out. Brandie was a average golfer that won 1 tournament with a empty field. That's it, what makes him a expert on anything? Go back and listen to him try and destroy Tiger, tell you how washed up he was, what a morale failure he was. He believes in kicking people when their down. He has no balls or backbone to stand for anything. Jack & Arnie did the same thing back in The 60's when they split from the PGAA. Everyone said they were money grabbers and they were going to ruin pro golf. Both these claims were proven wrong and thus the PGA is what it is today. If the LIV offered him 100 million to come on board he wouldn't hesitate. He's been a POS for years and as his use comes to an end, he's trying to somehow hold on.

[@jameshenderson3989]

6,000 people and me came to listen to this hypocrite.... Golf Channel is run by PGA, which was started by Arnie P which also owned and started the Golf Channel, hmmm.... hmmm, pay me 100 times my current salary and i go to job 24 days a year instead of 300??? yeah, no thanx that sounds awful

[@luispantin1]

How players are making a mistake and the PGA, DP, Ryder, etc are not… Chamblee… as a analyst in “”… you must be partial, neutral, etc… to analize… one more time u are very conflictive and insultive to pears and players.... Calm down and never be that emotional when talking about issues that do not affect you personally... Is the PGA paying you for talking in this way? Freedon is the key here...

[@toneyo4794]

Why do they care about return on investment of someone else’s money? If they want to do it it’s up to them. Stay in your lane PGA Tour and Brandel, you don’t choose where I spend my money or time. Brandel do you wear Chinese made clothes or shoes? If you do you should update how you judge others.

[@allensmith7110]

Come on...not trying to take down the PGA. Corporate shills.

[@gregcarter8071]

The PGA has given an opportunity to professional golfers to make a performance driven opportunity to earn money by their play and they were position to get endorsements by their play. So the top 100 players + have made millions of $. The PGA is willing to let golfers go but don’t return. The money is coming from a country that murders people. These players are just doing a money grab. Golfers are supposed to be true gentleman and sportsman.

[@baboonbuttz]

sportsman in their sport! your right the money did come from a country that murders "the U.S.A" thats who gave them their base fortune for investment fund!

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Well, theoretically, if a golfer was a "true gentleman and sportsman", like Bobby Jones, he would also remain an amateur like Bobby Jones. "Amateur" is from the Latin verb amare, amavit, amatus, meaning "love" and an "amateur" is one who plays for the love of the game itself. But, to be a pro, your agree to play for a monetary reward and, IMO, all dollars are green, no matter whence they came. The PGA Tour has a tournament in Dubai run by the people who run the LIV and Jack Nicklaus is building a new course in Saudi Arabia: is anyone in moral high dudgeon if the Saudi money for those is "dirty" or "blood money"? The way the PGA Tour is set up, outstanding play has an outstanding monetary reward and "history " and "legacy." But, for the pro past his star peak (Westwood, Mickelson, Garcia, et al.) guaranteed money is something they really can't afford to pass up. And, Dustin Johnson and De Chambeau? Over $100 million up front means they can relax for the rest of their lives. IMO, there needs to be a peaceful coexistence between the PGA Tour and the LIV and I can only hope cooler management heads will prevail.

[@fredplott7348]

Like we have never murdered anyone !!!! laughable.really !!!

[@GG-sy2rg]

Hypocrisy at the best!

[@guypotvin6943]

If Reed gets caught cheating, will the Saudis publicly flog him?

[@Diogenes-ty9yy]

Public flogging...maybe the PGA Tour should also adopt this policy. Then again, with its suspensions for LIV players, it already has, in a figurative manner.

[@olesarge1724]

I’m so glad I don’t subscribe to this crap. How come you don’t talk about the PGA banding players when they should play where the want without being kicked out of the PGA. PGA just hates competition.

[@garystrickland6899]

Brad Chamblee should not have his contract renewed. He is always second guessing. That is not analysis.

[@michaelcooley8275]

Who killed more people China or the Saudis??? Are all golf clubs and gear made in China? Who is the sell out now??? PGA, Rory all of these guys sold out many times so long ago with the biggest lie being "growing the game of golf". How much has the price to play golf gone down or instead does it just continue to go up with all the players , media, etc taking the fans money.

[@pauljcross2289]

Froggy is too dumb for words......how about Tiger and Rory setting up a a rival league...for their own profit

[@jorgevial131]

PGA is a legitimate enterprise. They have to make revenue. They are not like mobsters throwing away millions to take over the competition.

[@jeremiahwasabullfrog957]

No, um they consider themselves a charity not an enterprise. It is a scam.

[@MrMaritoJavier]

The PGA purists sound desperate and scared. Lol.

[@Rick-si5wz]

Brandle Who?

[@otter6855]

What about the money from China Brandel? You care where money comes from...give me a break. What a joke.

[@louhovatter]

I agree! Both should be removed from the HOF! I have already done that in my mind!

[@GrizzlyCountry]

Anyone that thinks LIV is okay just has no concept of COMPETITION. In any other golf tour, the players must play well enough to make the cutline. Or they go home. No money that week, although it cost them money to play. So that makes players earn their pay. Competition. And that competition is what sharpens the players, makes him hone his game. Get good or go broke. In this LIV golf farce, there's no cut. Guaranteed money. ZERO COMPETITION. So LIV golf sucks... I really hope the governing bodies (R&A, USGA, Augusta etc...) follow through and remove World Ranking points from the shills that are playing LIV exhibitions...

[@baboonbuttz]

LIV isn't a "tour" it's an invitational event. does suffering really make you play better, no.

[@baboonbuttz]

augusta was still racist till 1990. sexist till into the 2000's. how about we start challenging their history! R&A should just carry on as they are this is a pga usa matter not anyone elses.

[@samuelhutchison8433]

Finally a comment that knows what he is talking about the preasure of making the cut is what makes golf..

[@kevinogill6726]

I like the name: Saudi Exhibition League. Having played professional golf, I can't see any motivation to grind, or competitive aspect to this league. Salary, plus guaranteed winnings, no cut, and a completely meaningless trophy. I watched the first event, it had the "feeling" of a practice round.

[@thailandfruitmonster7315]

good vs evil?

[@davidmahady8241]

You see the non profit satanic hand sign greedy PGA has the moral high ground 😁😁😁 one inch above satan himself !! I'll take Saudi's any day!! There may be some hope for them!!