Brandel Chamblee: Will pro golf maintain integrity after huge merger? | Golf Today | Golf Channel

Brandel Chamblee joins Golf Today to talk about the dangers to the PGA Tour’s reputation after unexpectedly agreeing to merge with LIV Golf following a long, outspoken disassociation from the organization. #GolfChannel #GolfToday #BrandelChamblee
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[@patrickharn8338]

Turns out that the PGA Tour’s moral high ground was actually just a mountain of BS.

[@pjpredhomme7699]

no it was available for the right price - always was no one should have ever been confused about that - this is America - if you go thru the list of the names of most any significant award , prize donation - it is named after people who got rich doing some really horrible shit - and they created these awards as a way to wash their name up - pulitzer ? Hearst? Rockefeller , Carnegie - Morgan, this is not anything new . George HW Bush's grandfather - donated the Walker cup - do you think he was a prince ? I'll bet not

[@MarkSmithhhh]

Imagine that

[@bryanbaumgartner5302]

Money. Hmmm Won't watch anymore. Fairyland now

[@THEPINKFLOYDIANS]

That's murica in a nutshell......

[@Blackhawk182182]

HAHA, they never had a good argument from the start, it was mostly emotional and not rational... Talking about money and where it comes from is very dangerous because if you look closely you will find Saudi money all over the place

[@maxlawton2185]

Phil was right all along, It’s always been about the MONEY!

[@youdosuck]

It always is

[@OLAOnlyLegendzAllowed]

@@youdosuck EXACTLY

[@goldfishn3545]

He was also right when he tried to warn everybody about Monahan and him not listening to the players and doing simply what he wants. Guarantee you Monahan just got a HUGE pay raise and bonus.

[@ClintTorres607]

Fact

[@charlesvorones3612]

Phil is scum. Money shouldn't be the most important thing in the world... especially WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE!!!!!! LOL!!! Phil takes geed to a new, obscene level.

[@manyanyato]

PGA players (Rory, Tiger, etal) got suckered into thinking this was a matter of principle when infact it was all about the dough.

[@pauljcross2289]

Woods has always been about the money...noone made more money from golf

[@tedsaunders6249]

Show me a PGA player that turned down the LIV money and then bad-mouthed LIV on "integrity" that weren't already getting rich with PGA related endorsements? It would seem THEY TOO were making decisions based on "money" as well.

[@nvrmnd7858]

Ah yes, Tiger 'Infidelity' Woods. A man who's always been about principle.

[@pauljcross2289]

@@nvrmnd7858 Watch Tiger fall into line with this,,,,he wants his Tiger simulator league as part of the new entity...and make more money

[@xDonJuanx]

​@@pauljcross2289 No one made more money FOR golf either.

[@vuville514]

Chamblee is disappointed because everything he talked about in the last years was flushed down the toilet.

[@stefanomaniscalchi4983]

I think that he is disappointed because he feels that soon he will be...... unemployed

[@Leroy-df3ee]

He shouldn't have lied for them. He should have shown more integrity.

[@kilomike5792]

True. His augments are weak. Just about everything he complained about the Saudi's applies to China. Yet he is ok with the tour being in China.

[@ericpaul72]

😂👍

[@JM-qn3tf]

@@kilomike5792 total brainless clown. He probably wanted lockdowns to continue and mask mandates to be forever and testing before every round.

[@johnflorio3576]

Remember the Golden Rule: Whoever has the gold makes the rules.

[@02nupe]

🎯

[@petersmith8134]

I have never heard that before and I am not young, lol. Very good!

[@WheelerRickRambles]

Or Oil

[@OLAOnlyLegendzAllowed]

@@02nupe BULLSEYE

[@OLAOnlyLegendzAllowed]

@@petersmith8134 Yeah I'm borrowing that one permanently lol

[@bayouboy8644]

The PGA has been taking money for years from CHINA, and hows their human rights record ????

[@rsenior7140]

Rich Lerner and Chamblee both in tears right now, and I'm here for it!

[@pauljcross2289]

Shamblee must resign

[@Scott-nj9gq]

😀

[@rsenior7140]

@@CircusOfValues-BH486 as do you each time you visit the gas station. Fool.

[@Gnofg]

I know one group that has integrity. I personally got Rush Limbaugh throw off the golf channel. I'm sure you all remember when Rush was on with Hank Haney.. Rush had mocked Connie Chung with a broken English accent mocking Chinese people. I wrote 17 letters to the Golf Channel including all the on air personalities(Brandel and Rich were included) that someone of his character and racism should not be promoted. I figured it fell on deaf ears. A couple of months later I saw my caller ID light up with the "golf Channel". The person then said to me that they got my letters and decided that Rush would never be on the Golf Channel again. When the reruns came on Rush was not included.

[@rsenior7140]

@@Gnofg Congrats, Mike.

[@cary_973]

Rory changed his tone towards LIV couple of months ago and JT was nowhere to be found. That could be the sign this was coming.

[@per_growth]

Rory's a douche. He's proven it when he was bashing LIV when it was popular to do so. Then changing his tone and keeping quiet probably knowing that the merger will be happening. Can't wait to see how he tries to spin this off. Helluva player though.

[@Chip_in]

Rory looking like the fool he is 🤣⛳

[@WheelerRickRambles]

Ur implying a very large secret, like biggest of all time, was held. That’s a tough one to believe.

[@coreysimpkin8627]

I love a good conspiracy 😂 unlucky Rory ..yeeeeea brooksy

[@carlitob-zj1of]

​@@Chip_inHe'd only look like a fool if he plays

[@bencowan9553]

So much for the PGA's 'moral stance'! 😂😂😂 Old Jay cashed in!!

[@darrinkidd9257]

It kills me when Chamblee pushes this integrity narrative about the PGA and forgets about a time when people of color couldn’t even play on the tour and wasn’t allowed on the grounds of all these so prestigious golf county clubs.

[@finnobrien7604]

Damn bro, solid point there ngl

[@moebetta08]

One of the main reasons I just dismissed all of the arguments out of these old School PGA mouth pieces when they talk about integrity and legacy of the PGA. Absolutely laughable.

[@Listman11]

All while wearing golf shoes made by slave labor.

[@6393dude]

While this is true, it doesn't mean we should excuse the actions of the Saudi government and those who profit from it.

[@rondavis1066]

And they always played for mobey

[@simmo5071]

PGA sold out all of its players, no doubt.

[@danmcarthur8077]

The expectation that a 33 year old professional golfer needs to analyze opportunities with respect to how their pay cheques are financed with broader scrutiny than a Fortune 500 CEO is utterly ridiculous

[@Fubiov]

very well said

[@schnaitman]

"The fact that Fortune 500 CEOs sacrifice morality for money allows golfers to do the same."

[@georgemaurice9179]

"J" screws the PGA members. If there is justice, he has to go (no matter what his payoff)

[@pjpredhomme7699]

He will stick around for a year or two - to save face - but too many people will hate that face for him to stick around long term.

[@andrewphilips2457]

​@@pjpredhomme7699 my guess is... he'll be sacrificial lamb for deal helping Saudis in door, and already knows and accepts it for a massive compensation amount. Will be gone before start of 2024.

[@tdftdf3569]

This was always gonna happen. Just shocked it happened so soon! All sports and business have dirty $$$. Welcome to the real world.

[@richardforbes943]

Agree 100% and as far as dirty money it takes big money to make these sports happen!

[@back2back379]

Facts. It's just that in this case, the dirty $$$ has been on full display instead of just being in the background.

[@macdaddyblues1]

Thought golf was better!!!! Shame on me.... won't get fooled again.

[@GrantLylick]

@@richardforbes943 it only becomes the real world when people let it.

[@MZ-hi7yy]

@@richardforbes943 spot on - The saudis have had their hands in global sport for awhile now... it so funny to see Americans so up in arms about it as if the US government isnt in bed with the saudis. Self righteous people are the worst

[@brianmurray4199]

Was Phil right again? 😂 Brandel just got kicked in the balls by the tour he has defended so adamantly.

[@lakeozarkrei3767]

Ask Phil after he applies for reinstatement to the PGA👍😅

[@brianmurray4199]

@@lakeozarkrei3767 champions tour better pray he doesn't 😂

[@pauljcross2289]

Phil was right about many things

[@katking6820]

The gymnastics required to give this interview gets a 10 in the Olympics !

[@Golf05]

@@pauljcross2289 Phil's gambling issues is what turned me off on his decision to take the money. And we're talking 40M in losses over a 4 year span. He owed Bones money, which, in part, led to Bones leaving Phil so he's certainly shifted gears over the years.

[@CFB-Pod]

Here’s the deal, the PGA Tour hypocrisy, while clear to some from the start, made this merger inevitable… The Tour and Monahan perched themselves on a moral high ground that was flimsy at best, and split the players along imaginary moral lines because of the fact that the PIF has funded all of golf for years in some way or another … You owe Phil Mickelson more than just an apology, Jay Monahan, and Tiger, and Rory McIlroy… you owe him an eternal thank you for helping force the Tour to do the right thing for the players - even though it came in such a messy way. What a shameful way to go about this merger …. 🙄

[@elvis_maldonado]

Who thinks Brandel Chamblee will be let go? Any Bets? #yourfired

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

Brandel Chamblee works for NBC (the Golf Channel is an NBC subsidiary). He's going nowhere.

[@02nupe]

@@JohnDrummondPhoto time will tell, we already know money talks and if those with the money want him gone, he is gone. Fake purist and idealist aside, money makes the call.

[@Chip_in]

Chumplee crying into his slice of humble pie...oh Chumplee it's not about you anymore??...Wow you changed your tune quick 🤣🤣 You just love to see it ⛳

[@marcipfookshing5157]

He is gone!

[@richmcintosh8258]

Counting the days with a smirk on my face

[@aradcliffe585]

As soon as LIV got Koepka it was over. DJ and Koepka alone are the reason LIV is is where it is. Let's get real The PGA Tour's ratings are absolute garbage without all the top players...Monahan is eating crow and it's just glorious... Imagine how pissed Tiger is right now...Monahan won't last another month...

[@lakeozarkrei3767]

😂Had nothing to do with it... Tigers worth a Billion dollars... he could care less. LIV literally just got absorbed by the PGA and Koepka and Phil now have to reapply for reinstatement to the PGA .

[@LeoGarciaPhotos]

@@lakeozarkrei3767 Wow.. That's the spin you are going with? The PGA wasn't going to have a product to promote in just a few years time.

[@CFHuss]

What an idiotic statement. LIV won here. They hit the lottery. The social lottery. They were never going to compete. If they were, they’d continue status quo. The PGA doesn’t need LIV. It’s a battle for social legitimacy, and LIV would never have had that.. so, they bought the PGA. PERIOD.

[@westonhull7595]

My man has no grip on this situation at all lol. The product with zero viewership was/is LIV. Next to no one cared about that league or it’s events & the numbers back that up. The Tour should have remained separate & allowed LIV to continue to hemorrhage cash on a daily basis, but unfortunately Monahan ultimately couldn’t resist the opportunity to line his own pockets.

[@fooltimedaddy]

Monahan just extended his job contract with this merger..he had no choice

[@stefanomaniscalchi4983]

Chamblee has understood that it is over for him, look at.....his face😅

[@pauljcross2289]

PHIL cannot stop LAUGHING

[@ericpaul72]

😂

[@MrWookie1981]

Good because he is so incoherent in this interview.

[@JM-qn3tf]

He wants the players to become political activist… This was all about politics the whole time. How silly do these people feel

[@xv1670]

With all the isht he's been spewing, it's guaranteed that LIV will black ball him. Good luck to you.

[@RG-ja34sep]

Brandel Chamblee was completely and totally HUMILIATED by Brad Faxon on the Golf Channel recently. I really do believe that his days on TV are numbered! Considering that he was nothing special on the PGA Tour, I wonder what Brandel would have done if he was offered the chance of joining the LIV Tour? I reckon he would have been one of the first to happen U

[@pauljcross2289]

It showed to everyone what a hateful POS Shamblee is

[@rah7868]

Hope you are right that his days are numbered. Saw the live discussion with Faxon. Brandi is an arrogant pos that thinks he's smarter than everyone else and has been a tool for a while. The 5'9" buck 50 mouth won 1 tournament the Vancouver Open in 1998. No doubt all the big dogs went to Vancouver right?

[@charlesbarry7479]

These guys and there blind allegiance to the PGA is disgusting. The tour players bring in the money to the association. Not the other way around.

[@pauljcross2289]

The PGAT is owned by the players.....

[@GWills-ys6rd]

It's so funny watching this video, if people are to maintain their integrity and beliefs they must not be part of the new alliance. He's clearly furious and shocked. The Golf Channel is now The LIV Golf Channel, so funny! 🤣

[@dangireleeds]

If he has any balls he'd go. He won't because he's a paid shill.

[@pauljcross2289]

Funny will be when Shamblee gets fired

[@RexyBing]

Chamblee is a clown, its hilarious they have him on the air!

[@ericpaul72]

😂

[@cqaqa]

LIV is gone and done and I have to congratulate you Wills on your new CEO Jay Monahan being the two faced lying little weasel that he is. LIV golfers: We're suing THE TOUR for being a monopoly and now we'll drop the law suit to join a bigger monopoly! If I was Rickie Fowler or Justin Rose who seemed like they were struggling and still stuck to the TOUR, I would be LIVID.

[@adrianalley700]

Cam Smith, Brooks, Phil, DJ don't need to have any concern how players who didnt take the bag feel now. It has nothing to do with them, everyone made a decision which was the biggest argument going around every time a LIV player advocated for owgr or ryder cup selection or majors selection. Players had a choice and made a decision, if you turned down millions the only guy to blame is the one in the mirror, and unfortunately thats just how life works. You take the available information and make a choice, no one's exempt from getting it wrong sometimes.

[@dinglbarry1275]

kind of similar to what you said, but it was almost certainly never about ethics whether or not a player chose to go to liv. It was a matter of weighing the potential risks with the pros and cons and each player made a decision based on that. I doubt a single player choose not to go to liv because they had moral reservations. Players are already accepting money from sponsors that are located all over the world and they're already accepting pga money which a portion of that money already comes from Saudia Arabia, which is why the moral argument was so hilarious and hypocritical. I understand that the pga was using this as a tactic to combat a potential competitor, but from the sounds of it, people like Chamblee were dumb enough to believe it, unless he's still pretending that it's about ethics to save face.

[@Blackhawk182182]

@@dinglbarry1275 @Adrian Alley Exactly, well said both of you.... How will mr PGA leader explain why the 911 issue is now all of a sudden okay, The nerve of this guy to take the moral high ground and then do this... Show alot about what it was really about...

[@pauljcross2289]

The LIV players took huge risks...they are pioneers...no sooking from the PGA players who took no risks

[@matthewmp111]

Will Chamblee stand on his principles and resign if he is asked to analyze a PGA/LIV event?

[@jacobr4558]

Very true! If he is that concerned with the Integrity of the game and how gentlemanly the sport is it would be the right thing for him to quit. Literally based on his morality.

[@realjonmandude]

Did he when he analyzed the RBC Heritage? RBC is the same financial group as PIF.

[@Gnofg]

I know one group that has integrity and that is the Golf Channel. I personally got Rush Limbaugh throw off the golf channel. I'm sure you all remember when Rush was on with Hank Haney.. Rush had mocked Connie Chung with a broken English accent mocking Chinese people. I wrote 17 letters to the Golf Channel including all the on air personalities(Brandel and Rich were included) that someone of his character and racism should not be promoted. I figured it fell on deaf ears. A couple of months later I saw my caller ID light up with the "golf Channel". The person then said to me that they got my letters and decided that Rush would never be on the Golf Channel again. When the reruns came on Rush was not included.

[@matthewmp111]

@@Gnofg pro-level trolling, sir.

[@jimj.5099]

They never want to talk about golf's dependence on Chinese manufacturing and their human rights issues.

[@pastramiking6874]

LIV has so many star players. Mickelson's performance at the Masters really changed things. Then Koepka winning the PGA was the final straw

[@lakeozarkrei3767]

Had nothing to do with it...

[@josemagana-bedolla5158]

They have 5 great players

[@ZenyattaFan1]

Yes, you are absolutely right. There was this false narrative that LIV had nothing but washed up players. But then when you have LIV players like Koepka winning majors, it proves that the narrative was false. And the PGA Tour is supposed to have the best players in the world. If you want to have a truly great tour, you can't have 30% of the top players banned. People want to see the best players. So in addition to seeing guys like Scheffler and Rahm, we also want to see Koepka and Cameron Smith.

[@CKGolfer]

About 5 great players and a few of them father time will eliminate within a couple of years. It had nothing to do with it. Sport has become like governments. Sell your country, your soul for a small few to gain. Look no further than the US president for example. Everything golf before Tuesday is now dead and gone.

[@pauljcross2289]

Phil is loving this....Shamblee has defamed Phil for over a year

[@randallreece3636]

one of the best days of my life...love watching Brandel cry like the wus he is

[@CamMacMastermusic]

17:10 Phil deserves a victory lap and a pat on the walletXXXX I mean back from everyone, including Chamblee.

[@pauljcross2289]

Phil should be made PGAT commissioner....100 times smarter than Jay

[@Stogie2112]

Big money goes around the world Big money give and take Big money done a power of good Big money make mistakes Big money got a heavy hand Big money take control Big money got a mean streak Big money got no soul -- N. Peart (1985)

[@davecarr5892]

Digging the Rush reference

[@Stogie2112]

If we send copies of Neil's lyrics to everyone in power, the World would be a better place.....LOL

[@roadfert]

One of their best albums!

[@Stogie2112]

I believe there's a ghost of a chance We can find (a pro golf league with integrity) And make it last....

[@tysons8759]

Big Money Always Wins… Deal with it.

[@gsgeiger]

I disagree with Brandel. It is about the players and the commentators. That why I watch. I don't tune-in to the PGA. I tune-in to a player. I want to watch the best players compete.

[@pauljcross2289]

The PGAT never cared about fans...but LIV really does...fan focused

[@markhall2405]

Screw the pros, KZbin golf much more entertaining. The "best" golfers are those that entertain you the most, whatever their score.

[@gsgeiger]

@Mark Hall I watch every Good Good video, and all of their separate channels

[@bradbray1737]

@@pauljcross2289 LOL!!! You really believe that? LIV don't give a shit about the fans. What is brilliant about LIV is that they know how to MANIPULATE the game to .... wait for it.... make MORE MONEY!!! It's called marketing/propaganda. Plain and simple. Congrats on being tooled by the uber wealthy. It's what they do.

[@Cryptonomics7]

Great Day in GOLF! PGA Tour wouldnt have been in this situation had it done right by the Players from Day 1.

[@industrialpalletworx3548]

Done right? WTF more do you want? Before LIV they had the richest purses on the planet. Not one PGA Tour member wasn't a millionaire. Member being the key word. How were they not well taken care of? Free equipment, clothing, in some cases travel, hotels, corporate cars. In most cases paid to play said equipment they get for free and clothing. Again how are they not well compensated? Arnold Palmer who passed away how long ago still ranks in the top 20 or so for annual earnings. He hasn't played a meaningful round in 3 or 4 decades. Why? Sponsorships. He had a great agent that helped create the model every professional athlete uses today.

[@mikerodrick2430]

The players make millions or hundreds of millions over their careers as well as being paid for appearances, millions more from endorsements but as usual, that's not enough. They already live lives of luxury with more money than they'll ever need but again, it's never enough & the Saudis own their souls.

[@casey583]

​@@mikerodrick2430 Everyone on tour doesn't make that money. That Saudi money has been in the game of golf for years. Especially the LPGA. I hope you take a stand on your values. Quit watching golf, if you ever did really watch.

[@mikerodrick2430]

@@casey583 The LPGA has nothing to do with Saudi money but they've been talking about it for months wondering if they'll be asked to join. Everyone has their hand out ready to accept the cash.

[@mikerodrick2430]

@@casey583 I've been playing for 40 years & you can bet I'm finished watching. I have NO doubt that you'd have your hand extended to grab all of the blood money you could get. I hope they choke on it. What will they, or you say if the Saudis ever pull off another 9/11? Oh well; too bad. I got mine & it didn't affect me or my family so why should I care?

[@darkspectrum916]

I am sorry for chaamblee and Damon Hack for defending the pga while getting stabbed in the back by the commissioner. 😮

[@rafaelrolon365]

Phil is your daddy

[@dathangarfield379]

Brandel about to cry is pure gold.

[@davewold107]

Biggest black eye to golf journalism is and has been Chamblee.

[@chuckycheese84]

@@davewold107 Brandel is a cancer to the profession

[@kingncaba4984]

Red eyes 👀

[@kc72186]

Gonna start a major binder as soon as this interview is over 😮

[@slimpickens01]

He's going to cry in the car......

[@zebman9228]

Greg Norman - not from Europe - had been trying to promote and develop an active, growing International Golf League. Asia, Australia, etc. with Europe. That's how it all got started. PGA Tour kept cutting him at the legs regarding this for years, and not cooperating. So, he went around them with LIV. Nothing evil about it except for PIF money I guess. The problem is the new for profit entity concept is very vague. Since for profit, it is easy to conceive that the biggest money pile will have most of the actual control. European Tour is also Middle East sponsored via DP. Do we really want Middle Eastern countries to control professional golf?

[@johnd3230]

Norman cared nothing about growing the game internationally. He was all about more money for the top players. Hence only 48 people playing on liv. Then they would have relegated the no names as more big names signed up.

[@michaelhudson4080]

​@johnd3230 Greg Norman tried to start a global tour 20+ years ago but the PGA stopped him. They did that to keep the game state side for the tv deal money. Greg always wanted the PGA to return to Australia

[@CarmonBenford]

I'm feeling everything Brandel Chamblee is saying. My Dad and I watched golf together back when he was alive. I'm glad he's not here to deal with this. The legacy of the game is the most important thing as evidenced by the comradeship Dad and I had. The galleries were so respectable. Now neither one of us would dare be a part of any of these galleries these days.

[@Gnofg]

I know one group that has integrity. I personally got Rush Limbaugh throw off the golf channel. I'm sure you all remember when Rush was on with Hank Haney.. Rush had mocked Connie Chung with a broken English accent mocking Chinese people. I wrote 17 letters to the Golf Channel including all the on air personalities(Brandel and Rich were included) that someone of his character and racism should not be promoted. I figured it fell on deaf ears. A couple of months later I saw my caller ID light up with the "golf Channel". The person then said to me that they got my letters and decided that Rush would never be on the Golf Channel again. When the reruns came on Rush was not included.

[@jakefavre]

@@Gnofg yeah sure ...

[@brianwalker4760]

Is Brandel going to resign when he gets his first check from the integration of Saudi money?

[@ben2942]

If you don't like the owner of your job, do you just quit? He may start looking for a new employer, but it is hard to straight up resign when you weren't aware this was about to happen.

[@wgsmit02]

So much for integrity

[@pauljcross2289]

NO...because he's a hypocrite

[@per_growth]

I'd bet good money that Tiger and Rory were already informed that the merger is happening way before the news broke. So no, it won't be a long day for Jay M. It's gonna be a long day for Chamblee though seeing that he practically bashed LIV non stop since it started - and now, now he could be facing a future where he actually has to work alongside LIV.

[@Andrew-gk6bn]

For sure they knew, they were smart to "save face" now they can cry about how they were wronged and could have made more money but stood by their "morals" the rubes will eat it up. I love seeing Chamblee crying, his act of higher morality was so annoying. As if PGA is so clean

[@pauljcross2289]

NO..he must be fired immediately...the anti-Saudi rants are over

[@Gnofg]

I know one group that has integrity and that is the Golf Channel. I personally got Rush Limbaugh throw off the golf channel. I'm sure you all remember when Rush was on with Hank Haney.. Rush had mocked Connie Chung with a broken English accent mocking Chinese people. I wrote 17 letters to the Golf Channel including all the on air personalities(Brandel and Rich were included) that someone of his character and racism should not be promoted. I figured it fell on deaf ears. A couple of months later I saw my caller ID light up with the "golf Channel". The person then said to me that they got my letters and decided that Rush would never be on the Golf Channel again. When the reruns came on Rush was not included.

[@mototaco2132]

As a golfer, principles and self governing are one of the keys. LIV does not align with my principles and self governing of golf, PGA has tarnished it's image.

[@Chip_in]

Time to Liv it up with Brandel 🤣⛳

[@mikemiserendino2336]

In what way does the league not align with your values? And don't say Saudi money because our government and plenty of PGA sponsors do business with them daily

[@pjpredhomme7699]

totally agree - of course everything has its price - most of these people are just whores - sorry but its the truth .

[@budino6365]

Hop on your moto and join the bandwagon of haters….Go somewhere else

[@wgsmit02]

Oh yeah are you cool with machine gunning journalists to death, rendition and torture, and drone murdering your own citizens does that align with your “principles”

[@ClintTorres607]

Integrity? PGA’s been hoarding most the cash for so long and LIV exposed that. Phil was absolutely right all along.

[@Scott-nj9gq]

Funny how Brandel talks about human rights issues but doesn't say a word about athletes taking money or doing business with China.

[@johnd3230]

Yea, I like to equate a company that donates millions to charities and "hoards" money to a country that beheads and dismembers journalists and homosexuals, and gives women no rights. Yea, good comparison.

[@blujay9191]

Without sponsors and volunteers it all falls apart. I'm waiting to see what the tournament sponsors do.

[@jacobr4558]

People don't invest BILLIONS without a plan 😂

[@mamatino3125]

🤔 - Indeed "arrogance" is out of fashion🥱

[@mamatino3125]

@@bert1450 Remains to seen...

[@bamboosho0t]

This makes Brooks’ “wellness check on Brandel” even funnier. Dude looks like he’s been crying in the car.

[@pauljcross2289]

Great shot Brooksy....Phil must be smiling today

[@buffaloben15golf88]

I never understood why LIV even started. The greatest showcase of golf on earth has always been the PGA tour. I honestly don't care where the PGA tournaments were held, what the prize money is because it's not like it matters anyway a successful PGA player like Rory, Scottie, or Sam Burns is making more than the average NFL or NBA player, what clubs the pros play... I just wanna watch good golf and shots that make my jaw drop to the floor when I see them. When that tried to be changed, that's when it all started to fall apart. This movement of golf to move from a game of possessing finesse, artistry, a level head, and handling pressure; to having galleries thousands of people strong on each hole so a pro can have his ball found no matter what when he damn well doesn't deserve to have someone look for it, hitting it as far as you can no matter what, and encouraging fans and influencers to display gluttony and foul language (which describes much of LIV quite accurately), is just ridiculous. I honestly enjoy watching old tournaments from 20 years ago like Mike Weir's Masters Win, Ben Curtis's British open win, 2000's Ryder cups where the teams were just toe to toe each time, the Tiger Slam, you name it. Now as much as they try to hype up endorsements, TV, gossip, and rivalries that hardly exist, it takes away from your attention on what those pros are really there to do, which is shoot scores 20 strokes better than the average player on courses with rough twice as tall and over 1,000 yards longer. I bet the PGA pros feel less appreciated and less looked up to than they did 20 years ago.

[@billsinclair313]

I’m pretty sure, Brandel Chamblee will be looking for a job outside of golf in 2024.

[@jacktaylor9782]

let's all hope so

[@jacktaylor9782]

@@bert1450 no its owned by NBC .. lets see who gets the new contracts ;) if Norman has any say it wont be NBC

[@billsinclair313]

@@bert1450 No, it’s because he has bad mouthed LIV and the Saudis. Now they own it all they can exert pressure on ending his career. He created a powerful enemy.

[@billsinclair313]

@@bert1450 I don’t want to see him go but the reality is, the Saudis now own professional golf. Maybe they will extend an olive branch?

[@gregharris6150]

Seems that the PGA leadership has sold out the fans, players, and sponsors.

[@MrRobVision]

The Sponsors have been doing business with the PIF for years, Lol. Everyone does. The only people getting fckd are the players who turned down hundreds of millions on a moral stand to stick with the PGA, only to find out the PGA tour wasn't sticking with them

[@Chip_in]

Time to Liv it up 🤣⛳

[@pjpredhomme7699]

@@MrRobVision you are correct - of those there are probably a handful - Rory , Rahm,. maybe Scheffler that is all I can think of - they will be thrown a bone or two - I would bet a lot on it .

[@jefftaylor8644]

Golf doesn’t have integrity anymore. It’s long gone well before this merger

[@dae1973]

Fedex ( PIF money ) EA sports ( PIF money ) Disney ( PIF money ) 23 PGA sponsors ( PIF money ) If you believe what you are saying, according to this list they never had it

[@Andrew-gk6bn]

​@@dae1973 People don't understand how the world works

[@pjpredhomme7699]

just a reflection of society . completely bankrupt - elected a idiotic conman - who turns out to be a Russian asset as president - should anyone be surprised ?

[@JR-dd7sl]

I blame all the frat boys, who ride in their carts will that damn rap music blaring. 😂

[@dae1973]

@@JR-dd7sl but Wu-Tang is for the children 🤣

[@GenNowClient]

We do not MISS PHIL MICKELSON because WE ARE STILL WATCHING HIM. Never stopped.

[@pauljcross2289]

Touche

[@daleschmitz5832]

FIGJAM strikes again!

[@macdaddyblues1]

Don't speak for everyone! Always thought he was a money grabbing douche.

[@ep3578]

Chamblee is on life support. Keep a life support button next to him

[@pauljcross2289]

He is DONE...even today still bashing the Saudis....gotta go

[@kc72186]

He looks like he is going to loose his shit any second 😮

[@billsinclair313]

Someone may need to do a welfare check on him tomorrow!

[@joshcunnett9264]

PGA Tour claims to be a Players Run Tour. Well it’s quite the opposite. Monahan is all that wrong with that Tour. I’m all for having all 3 tours but the stuff that man said last year. Trump literally called this last year.

[@michaelciccarelli357]

Brandel lets face it you were wrong! Greg Norman wanted to do this 20 years ago and Beaman wouldnt listen to global golf. Phil was Right! Too much greed by the PGA not revenue share w/ the INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS who have the right to choose! Finchem would not listen to the players so now he has to do what was right, merging them all. I hope LiV bands Finchem from being on the board! lol Your fired here is your golden parachute. lol But we all know Finchem had to give into all the big boy sponsors who do tons of business w/ Saudi and they would have lost money if it went public! Brandel you are still a jerk along with the media playing the Saudi card which we all know thats ridiculous because the US does business with all countries even the ones that have horrible human rights,. It is finally nice to see the Man & The EcoSyytem having to do what is right! Brandel this will make the game greater you just cant except you were wrong! LIV is what the players wanted and now the world will get the best golf product ever. I guess Jack now has to recognize Brooks and all LIV players when he said this w/e I dont even consider them!

[@DavidBrown-jt7yi]

The PGA couldn’t hang their hat on Rory since he chokes all the time. Just look at last weekend. Rory can’t play the RBC every week and the PGA knows it. JT hasn’t played at a championship level in 2 years. PGA has Rahm and Sheffler, that’s it. LIV has a lot more younger BIG stars and the PGA knew that. If LIV got a TV deal, it was absolutely over for the PGA.

[@realjonmandude]

It's funny that you said "The RBC".....the same financial group behind PIF is the same financial group behind RBC

[@johnd3230]

Rory won the tour championship and fed ex last year while taking the #1 ranking, and JT won a major last year. But, you're right, they suck.

[@RayNLA]

Will someone please quietly tell this gentleman that the nonprofit aspect of the PGA tour is gone! That’s the cornerstone of the whole deal. I don’t want to be the one to tell him because he looks suicidal right now.

[@pauljcross2289]

Yes it was clear that the merged entity will a FOR PROFIT business

[@RayNLA]

@@pauljcross2289 Absolutely!

[@giii7599]

Trump called it back in July 2022. “All of those golfers that remain ‘loyal’ to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes, and you get nothing but a big ‘thank you’ from PGA officials who are making Millions of Dollars a year,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

[@EE-ie9gm]

Trump calls it like he sees it. Long live trump!!!

[@drexlspivey3047]

​@EE-ie9gm Long live in prison maybe. Trump is the worst.

[@RayNLA]

Trump is not my guy at all, but he was absolutely right!

[@nickyd922]

Trump is being investigated about receiving money from Saudis while in office

[@tdftdf3569]

Chambles - crack a cold Bud Light!!! haha

[@russellkempe3231]

I am not surprised by Brandel's reaction. He fails to see that this merger brings 48 LIV Players back into the PGA Tour mix, which they lost. The PGA Tour lost its credibility during the last two years because the competition is not at the same level as it was in 2020'. Forget about the $$$. The competition is what this is all about.

[@picklerick8222]

Yea they lost a lot of talent and now they cry when they come back, they are all cry babies.

[@CoopMauKona]

Brandel doesn't worry about the competition. He won once on tour, never close in a major, peaked at 58 in the world. He's worried about being a loud mouth and trashing the greats of the game, something he's far from.

[@pauljcross2289]

The merger will bring huge money into pro golf, and so much better events amongst the best players

[@lars277]

Russell, I don't think so. It is always about the money. How deluded you are.

[@mikerodrick2430]

48 players who are past their prime other than possibly DJ & Koepka. The other 46 haven't won in years which is why they jumped ship. Easy money. Guaranteed money with no cut & 54 holes. Class B at best. The consolation league that can't play with the big boys & no one misses them.

[@Blacklist324]

There is no clean money

[@macmoore4067]

🍕

[@Blacklist324]

@@macmoore4067 Raymond Reddington

[@ctlondon849]

The PGA will never be the same

[@RayNLA]

That’s the point!

[@bigboots6114]

good

[@johnderington7998]

It will likely get much much better. Competition and need lead to innovation. Can't wait to see what the next several years will bring in the world of golf!

[@Chip_in]

About time because it is boring...time to Liv it up ⛳

[@MarkArnold92660]

The PGA will be worse across the board. I’ll just be glad when all the MAGA fans, who don’t know golf anyway, just fade away

[@alann5003]

I respect Chamblee. He is one of the few to speak his mind. 👏👏

[@MichiganMan923]

People seem to forget that LIV has only been playing tournaments for 1 year this month. That's it. Once people started seeing thru the BS slander talking points and realized thru the majors that these guys are not washed and can compete, I honestly believe it was on the upswing. After a while people will soften on all this Saudi talk and would have started to watch. And more players eventually probably would have left. So good deal to just move forward together with a new plan. Something that could have happened to begin with

[@stiggsmasta]

They should have seen through it from the start. One minute some guy is the best , greatest swing ever (as the talk is every week on the pgatour) one second after signing a liv contract theyre washed up? These people such as brandell are ridiculous

[@THEPINKFLOYDIANS]

Face like thunder 😂😂😂😂😂😂 one of the happiest days this year for me, common sense prevails. Poor bendel and his self importance.

[@rosskennedy]

Well spoken

[@harrisongwin6859]

this is one of the happiest days of the year for you? why? how boring

[@tcphoto]

Money has won out over integrity and conscience.

[@geckobrah4201]

For me it’s simple: I long for pre-LIV pro golf, the halcyon days! These changes are not for the good of the game, the fans or the players.

[@brianpettet3436]

Money has always been a part of PGA. Before points system your winnings were what determined your status on tour. I personally saw the PGA kill a local tournament because they demanded a bigger purse from a sponsor to continue as a tour stop. So it's always been money for PGA.

[@stiggsmasta]

Hopefully LIV doesnt change much because of this. Love it, been great to watch so far. Havent missed a round.all of our countries do busines with SA, get over it.

[@pauljcross2289]

Yeah, Americans seem to forget what the CIA does

[@bryanbaumgartner5302]

​@@pauljcross2289What does the CIA di?

[@ekinjtizll]

Liv product sucks. If you knew anything about business you would realize LIV is dead. The saudis wanted a seat at the big table. Now they have a seat.

[@DanielSong39]

@@ekinjtizll They wanted a seat at the table but now they own it

[@markhall2405]

LIV was a garbage product, with some good players.

[@charlesr.aliffjr.4050]

Kudos to Brandel Chamblee; he is on the right side of this issue. This is a seminal moment for Brandel; history will remember Brandel’s voice on this matter. Golf is on the precipice of losing it’s legacy, tradition, and everything that made it what it is up to this horrid decision.

[@alann5003]

He is the only one with balls on this channel to actually speak his mind.

[@Gnofg]

I know one group that has integrity and that is the Golf Channel. I personally got Rush Limbaugh throw off the golf channel. I'm sure you all remember when Rush was on with Hank Haney.. Rush had mocked Connie Chung with a broken English accent mocking Chinese people. I wrote 17 letters to the Golf Channel including all the on air personalities(Brandel and Rich were included) that someone of his character and racism should not be promoted. I figured it fell on deaf ears. A couple of months later I saw my caller ID light up with the "golf Channel". The person then said to me that they got my letters and decided that Rush would never be on the Golf Channel again. When the reruns came on Rush was not included.

[@PennyPincherCoins]

looking at Brandel,,,his eyes are puffy and look like he been crying,,,,tell me im wrong,,,he is the biggest critic of Liv golf. I remember when Brandel would talk down on Tiger and now this

[@PennyPincherCoins]

Brandel Chamblee is so adamant of the Saudi money behind Liv golf, Why he is not saying the same for the PGA? they taking it now out in the open?

[@Dominooch]

PGA Tour got greedy. They could’ve avoided all of this if they just paid the players more from the start

[@tdftdf3569]

Bad business decisions for those that didn't take the $$$!! Rory, Tiger - haha

[@TOMVUTHEPIMP]

Ricky Fowler kicking himself right now.

[@pauljcross2289]

How's it go....'it was their decision, they knew what they were getting into'....ha ha

[@BondSask]

Sergio and DJ back in the Ryder Cup

[@pauljcross2289]

more than just them

[@Greenhead24]

Chamblee gets way to much hate,all we want are people in the media to speak there truth and be authentic. And he is one of those people,im a fan even if i dont agree with him on somethings.

[@BigDanT1221]

I feel for Brandel, he stood strong for the tour and got rugged just like the rest of the players who stayed strong

[@stefanomaniscalchi4983]

I dont think baby-Rory, Tiger, Jon Rahm,etc, etc that could have earned hundreds of millions by joining LIV are very happy of the merger ah,ah

[@Leroy-df3ee]

He lied on their behalf. He is a fraud.

[@bucstart]

@@Leroy-df3ee LIV is a fraud. So I guess you are thilled that the Saudi's now own the PGA. Did you feel the same when 15 of them were involved in 911? UFB!!!!!!!!!!

[@stuartstuart321]

He's a shill

[@chuckycheese84]

Chamblee is a cancer to professional golf

[@bigboots6114]

doesnt he know the PGA stole money from the players because they could not use their likeness

[@kentsnider3644]

2 things for all you experts on what this means: Where is Greg Norman? The details of this merger aren't known because they haven't been worked out.

[@jonathankerner2094]

The PGA tour spent a year plus saying LIV money was dirty. Saying LIV and its funders were DIRTY. They were right! So now, what is the PGA Tour? I'm glad we have ethical professionals like Brandel, Damen and others who are regulars. Where else is anyone keeping the name Jamal Kushoggi in the public consciousness?

[@russelllowry1061]

Chamblee makes it all worth while. Some one, anyone, tell me how he became a spokesman for Golf , I am waiting. Tiger has always stood on principle, lol.

[@pauljcross2289]

Maybe the Saudis can buy GC and shut it down

[@rexgould7727]

What about the hundreds of thousands,millions even if fans who supported the Tours and were anti LIV? A public apology should be made to them too!

[@hosoiarchives4858]

Lol never going to happen

[@jacobr4558]

They never cared about the fans before that's why their product was antiquated.

[@ZisWile]

If Brandel had any integrity he would not cover any Golf tournament funded by PIF.... I wont hold my Breath.

[@61JZ]

Honest question: who has exacted more death and destruction around the world, the United States, or Saudi Arabia?

[@DanielSong39]

US probably by a factor of 100

[@P_Sandhu]

As long as I don't have to hear Arlo white commentate golf, I'll be ok 😉

[@davidsutton6616]

The US and EU maintain full diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia. Never understood what the problem was with LiV.

[@pauljcross2289]

Saudi is one of the US' biggest allies

[@gregorcochrane4190]

What a mess - would love to have heard what Payne Stewart would have thought and said - god rest his soul. Still love the game, history and beauty of the game - but the last 18 months has really rocked my interest in the professional game.

[@stevefazekas9800]

Didn`t this moralist leave his wife and family to take up with a much younger colleague? It`s always the same....Do as I say. not as I do.

[@genemcaward2533]

18:53 - “this isnt about me” ….what would these massive organizations have to do to make Brandel satisfied ?😂😂😂😂😂😂. And he actually follows up with terms they need to meet. Quite the ego on this one.

[@joeystewart4487]

But Phil is not interested in the integrity or future of the game?

[@ginnyboetel2891]

I feel for the players who didn't know what hit them. I wonder what they'll do about it, if anything? I think they may loose a lot of viewers now.

[@silverranger3532]

Any day listening to Chamblee is one of the saddest days in my listening to anyone discuss golf.

[@markbryant5090]

This decision by the PGA has forever tainted the legacy of the tour. This is a sad day. It reminds me of when the Olympics turned professional. The product became less pure. It makes me feel filthy. Can’t support it. If the charitable aspect of the tour is harmed. I will stop supporting the tour in any way.

[@brendanschriber3242]

Makes YOU feel filthy??? 😂 you still have to wake up tomorrow morning and go to your job. It’s not like this has any effect on your life to make you feel filth lol

[@bg-ch1sw]

@@brendanschriber3242 Drama queens looking for attention.

[@Canon1DMkII]

The PIF has a $600B sledgehammer and they decided to own golf. Who could stop them?

[@blujay9191]

I have to smile when I think of all the talk about the PGA tour being a monopoly. A merger of PGATour, LIV and DP? Now, THIS is a monopoly.

[@renejean2523]

Don't know why Brandel has so many haters. He talks a lot of sense and makes some great points.

[@andrewphilips2457]

I'm not a fan because his stance was always hypocritical due to the PGA already allowing tournaments in S.A., LPGA plays there regularly, the PGA China investment..the fact Saudis already had massive ownership of many PGA sponsors etc. etc. It was cherry picking human rights issues for a political stance to deny competition of it's right to exist.

[@johnnypenso9574]

This entire interview is sportswashing 101. The fact that you can't see that is very telling.

[@jamesanthony5681]

His haters go back well before LIV.

[@renejean2523]

@@johnnypenso9574 - lol Trump has taught you that deflection tactic well, I see. Accuse the other side of doing exactly what *you* are doing. Bit transparent this time though, JonnyBoy.

[@johnnypenso9574]

@@renejean2523 You've got TDS bro. Get help. 45 isn't a part of this conversation.

[@petercameron8832]

I hope that the coverage of golf trends more to the DP style , it is so much better to watch than official PGA coverage in the US. Hope the wizards on the cameras find a way to show us in real time the slopes and angles on fairways and greens. The cameras used now flatten the hitting area,despite the best efforts of the commentators to tell us of the difficulties.

[@pdizzle995]

I hope they don’t have LIV type coverage of “showing more shots” which led to literally showing shots from players who were 15-20 shots off the lead all day long just for the sake of the boring team aspect.

[@blakerh]

LMFAO. I watch the DP tour on Sunday mornings and it is so damn boring. And nobody is at tournaments. The PGA Tour is a million times better.

[@dream-_weaver4769]

All these announcers on the PGA's side are back peddling so fast that they will have the biggest hamstrings on the planet.

[@Greenhead24]

The commissioner needs to step down,as a person who doesn’t spend any time thinking about this i dont know how he looks the pga players in eye with any credibility

[@bamano198]

I suspect all the while Jay was planning his billion dollar payday

[@dae1973]

Ask the Saudis to change but not China🤔? Ya, they don’t do“bad things”😂

[@craigclark6922]

Nor does China's military try to intimidate our military with unsafe flybys or crossing our navy ships bows dangerously.

[@davewold107]

Exactly. PGA hypocritical through this entire mess that they caused.

[@bh5606]

First time I have agreed with BC.

[@pauljcross2289]

"golfers play for themselves" so thats why they were banned? insane

[@lorenmiller2540]

I think as someone who loves this game, this gave me the understanding that has slowly come to fruition for me. My enjoyment of watching pro-golf as well as pro-sports in general has dwindled to almost nothing. I will no longer give my time to pro-golf. It has become nothing but a power grab and a greedy entity. I love the game and the happiness it has brought my life at certain points, but I cannot support what the pga tour has become any more.

[@wgsmit02]

Yet you loved watching it while the pga awarded blood soaked petro dollars each week, you are a hypocrite

[@jacobr4558]

You think the PGA was just about the legacy and love of golf? You don't see that it was just a money grabbing monopoly for a very long time?

[@alann5003]

Chamblee is the only one at the golf channel with a backbone. I applaud him.

[@raybowles8587]

I am so sick of Brandel talking about the moral stance of the PGA when the PGA went woke last year and backed the Communist BLM movement. They lost their moral ground on that one. The NBA, NFL went woke, and I was telling everyone, "at least the PGA hasn't", then to my disappointment, they did. So enough of the holy moral high ground BS! Hopefully now we get back to golf and this will benefit the players.