Thorbjørn OleZyn
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🚨🚨🚨Ollie holes out from the hazard line after being denied tio relief🚨🚨🚨
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If you aren’t watching this then you just aren’t a golf fan
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Hey @PGATOUR is the the innovation you’re talking about? Glad yall spent $50m on that studio… Amateur tearing up the south course and you do a 3 minute Zach Johnson interview followed up by Aberg highlights while Koivun birdied 17 and hit his drive on 18. Smdh. Who is this for?
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Thank you Charles Barkley for saying what is just common freaking sense. The pga tour isn’t acting in the best interest of the game right now, and that has nothing to do with LIV.
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Making sure I understand this correctly; the US Open champ and the Senior US Open champ both play on the @livgolf_league full time, and LIV doesn’t receive world ranking points. And many Twitter folk and American golf fans say this is fine because it’s an “exhibition league”?.
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It’s wild that @GolfChannel calls itself the “golf” channel and has never even shown one LIV highlight. They talk about not having seen these guys play in so long… that’s your fault!.
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I wonder if @eamonlynch is gonna text Rory for a comment after he skipped the presser like he did to koepka.
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Wearing a golf team logo is "absurd and hilarious" but turning yourself into a human billboard for random corporations is completely normal, right?🙄
I'm honestly not sure we talk enough about how absurd and hilarious it is that one of the golfers in the final pairing on Saturday at a U.S. Open is wearing this logo on every single piece of attire on his body.
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Gonna go ahead and say it. I’m out on TGL. This is so lame. Shitty simulator, sanitized corporate bullshit product.
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“They knew the deal when they went to LIV that’s why they got the money”. No, they knew the risk. Their old tour wouldn’t even employ them. They’re contractors. They did nothing wrong taking a different contract. They deserve to be ranked, end of story.
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Truly incredible that LIV added this feature before the tour that had a 50 year monopoly. Main broadcast on the tv, any group on the laptop. All fans have ever wanted
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@flushingitgolf let's not forget that these guys are contractors who have always played on multiple tours, and that the only thing making LIV "the other side" is the PGT policy of suspending anyone affiliated w LIV.
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i wonder if fried egg is gonna pick on Olympian Wyndham Clark for shooting 78 or if they just reserve their armchair snobbery for LIV guys.
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The pga tour is borderline unwatchable after getting used to LIV. They just wasted 2 minutes on Zach Blair missing a 3 footer then making the 3 footer coming back. Who gives a shit?.
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Can we stop pretending the pga tour fields are stronger than LIV or are we still doing that bit?
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If a LIV leaderboard ever looked as red as the John Deere looks with a bunch of no names at the top, people would be bashing the setup as Mickey Mouse golf, just a fact.
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Hahahahahaha. Guy thinks his 2.5 index is something to behold 😂😂😂😂. Buddy, there’s about 50,000 better amateurs in the USA than you.
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it's funny to me how LIV offers people free streaming coverage of every single shot of their tournament, gives the fans cheap tickets and free parking when they attend, and Americans on twitter are upset that LIV isn't turning a profit. absolute brain rot.
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I can’t believe this has to be said…. Banning dozens of the best players in the world from a tour and limiting the sizes of the fields on that tour makes winning easier. Not harder. Scottie is having an amazing season but “datagolf” might wanna go back to data analysis school.
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It’s hard to phrase this in a way that doesn’t upset people. But the pga tour is literally unwatchable compared to LIV. 4 shots a minute and live coverage of any player on the course on one tour. One shot a minute and live coverage of 5% of the field on the other.
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This is why @livgolf_league is a superior product to the @PGATOUR …. Half the field is going to be finished by the time the fans get to see their first shot on TV. On LIV you see every shot.
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gonna be hilarious if Blandy wins another Senior major and the pga tour has to yet again explain that he doesn't get a champions tour exemption because he plays for big bad LIV.
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For all of you “none of the top 30 players in the world play LIV” idiots (@NoLayingUp): . At the end of 2021.DJ 3, Bryson 5, Louis 10, brooks 16, ancer 17, cam 22, Reed 25, Casey 28, Wolff 30, niemann 31, gooch 32, Phil 33, Leishman 36, Westwood 37.
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I guess Blandy wasn’t too fatigued to play 4 rounds of golf, as the clownish narrative against LIV goes. Final round 63 to win by 3! @Cleeks_GC.
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Nothing more obnoxious than the golf blogosphere. Can really tell these guys never played competitive golf. There are 10s of thousands of players who are just barely not good enough to be pros. No one wants to watch you shoot 78 from the blue tees. Jesus Christ.
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Niemann -6 thru 8. remember that time Michael Kim publicly ridiculed him for saying he deserves to be in the majors. MK hasn't made a cut since then🤣.
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Do people realize that the pga tour was initially offered money to own part of LIV? Now they’re selling equity in their own washed down product? Monahan cost the tour billions of dollars 🤣.
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NBC golf coverage just spent 5 minutes on Carson Young making a double bogey on 17 around the green. It's not the division in the game driving fans away, it's the shitty product.
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One of the main things LIV has going for it long term is viewer experience. For 4.5 hrs it’s nonstop golf with very few commercials, and you see the entire days action. If they stick to the F1 style as a revenue model (billboards rather than ads) their product is just better.
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Damn, kinda sad, gonna miss you king. Best foot soldier I’ve ever seen, game respect game. Keep fighting for the establishment bud
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Watching @Daniel_Rapaport glaze the TGL for the past two days has been such a treat. Seems super earnest and surely has nothing to do with promotion nor kickbacks.
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Aaron oberholser just said he wants to ring Jon rahms neck thru the screen for saying that he’s still a member of the tour and willing to support it once his suspension is revoked. The golf channel is disgusting.
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PGAT homers love saying TV ratings are evidence that LIV has no fans. We watch on the LIV+ app, which literally has no ads. LIV+ doesn't reflect in Nielson ratings. If u stop mouth breathing for a sec you'll realize that's why the ratings were low and they stopped releasing them.
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Love when golf journalists make shit up to defend their bias
@ThorbjornOleZyn I mean you can be the “defend LIV” guy all you want but I’ve been watching him for one hole of golf and they didn’t show his approach into the par-5. So very nice try but no.
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In 5 years, if nothing changes, every single major will need an asterisk. While i don't agree with what Gooch said about this year's masters, taking the quote narrowly to mean about this year and to be about himself is dishonest and douchey from @Daniel_Rapaport.
Think there are 12 LIV guys in the field at Augusta. Roughly 20% of LIV is in the Masters. So what Talor Gooch really means is there’d be an asterisk on Rory’s win because Talor Gooch isn’t in the field.
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The comments are so fucking toxic. Bizarre how those most upset by the disunity in the game of golf are the ones actively perpetuating it. Guys, there’s more golf to watch on TV now, fucking relax.
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I would add oosthuizen to the list of LIV guys Augusta should invite. Has produced several great performances in the masters including the memorable albatross.
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It’s crazy how they rigged the OWGR to punish small field events but somehow if it’s tiger’s invitational of 20 dudes in the Bahamas, the winner still gets more points than a full field event with a stronger field. Quite the calculus they’ve conceived! @OWGRltd @PGATOUR.
This week is a great example of just how quickly the professional golf landscape has changed. The International Series event on the Asian Tour has a higher field rating according to the OWGR than the PGA Tour and DP World Tour sanctioned events. The PIF Saudi International is
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Having Norman in the booth is awesome. Was one of the greatest players of all time, and designed both this course and several others - so knowledgable and fun to listen to #LIVGolf.
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LIV Golf season cannot get here soon enough. What is this shit?! 20mph wind is unplayable? .@livgolf_league please save us from watching trash golf tournaments.
Play suspended at 2:05 p.m. PT due to high winds during second round of Farmers Insurance Open.
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Am I the only person who doesn’t give a shit that Grace and Watson were resigned to LIV? Both world class players who stuck their necks out to join in the first place. Who gives a shit.
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Hey PGA Tour homers / LIV haters, it’s totally fine that Tyrell Hatton just shot -11 and we didn’t see any of it as fans, right?? @PGATOUR @peacock @NBCSports.
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Bryson’s YouTube channel is everything “the match” wishes it were.
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Matthieu Pavon 2024 earnings: $5.25m. Caleb Surratt 2024 earnings: $5.6m. Ludvig Aberg has made $12.8m in 35 events. Eugenio Lopez Chacarra has made $15.8m in 29 events. David Puig $12m in 26 events. Young guys get $ up front in every other sport, why not golf?.
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Tyrell Hatton shot -11 62 at kapalua and the only clips you can even find today from his round are his bogey on the featured hole (where they made fun of his temperament, how original), and his final putt. Can you really blame him for going somewhere he’s wanted? #LIVGolf.
Hey PGA Tour homers / LIV haters, it’s totally fine that Tyrell Hatton just shot -11 and we didn’t see any of it as fans, right?? @PGATOUR @peacock @NBCSports.
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Seems like all the anti-LIV golf fans who claim LIV sets the courses up easy for low scoring are really quiet today about the scoring on the pga tour. I guess it’s okay when a bunch of no names tear up the Byron Nelson, but a bunch of superstars shooting 65 on LIV is suspect 🤡
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This is gold. DJ: "We were on number one at Augusta, Bryson and Phil talking, . , i had to walk down the other side of the fairway, my head was hurting so bad".
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This is such a cuck attitude. If you’ve been watching golf religiously on tv for the past 15 years like me, you must be sick of the ads. They aren’t the only way. F1 and soccer feature very few ad breaks, more billboards. The pgat got lazy and forcefed the fans too many ads.
@ThorbjornOleZyn Commercial free isn’t a realistic long term strategy. Given the purses and salaries LIV will ultimately need even more ads than the PGAT.
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I guess these guys aren’t washed up.
Tyrrell Hatton made 9 birdies and an eagle, including a birdie on The Road Hole, to shoot a course record equalling, 11 under 61 at The Old Course in St Andrews, to take the solo lead of the Dunhill Links Championship. He’s also playing with his Dad today. He must be proud 🙌🏴
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Cam smith is grinding on the range post round right now. I guess these guys do still care, huh?.
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Valhalla looks really nice. don't understand the golf bloggers shitting on this course.
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wait, didn't these guys say that LIV viewer numbers are bad and that views on the app don't matter? the obsession with viewer numbers is so inane. assess the products for their quality. i prefer commercial free golf with the better players personally.
@RyanBallengee Wonder if the platform matters? I cut the cord long ago but watched on Peacock. @SportsTVRatings.
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"I went last week to see butch harmon for a golf lesson" .-Rory McIlroy, on Monday's episode of @icanflypod podcast. 1:03:45 mark. Dan just trying to make other journalists that have real scoops look bad or what? @MattVincenziPGA.
Not true, per Butch Harmon.
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Are these people addicted to embarrassing themselves? I think I’ll take xanders word over yours sorry
@UsedGolfFacts LIV is 5 good players and a bunch of washed up old men and kids who have never been pros before lol therefore it’s easy for those 5 players to continually win.
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Am I the only person who thinks pro golf tours trying to co-opt amateur golf content creators is mega cringe?. I simply have no interest in what a 2 handicap has to offer when I’m trying to watch world class golfers.
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Bryson has always been likable in his own way. Imagine being a rookie on the pga tour and deciding to invent a new way to putt, only for the usga to ban it 6 months later. Years later his power changed the game forever. He’s always been on the cutting edge,moving the game forward
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I don't mind that LIV broadcast updates the score in real time whether theyve shown the shot yet or not. I kinda like it. but, when they show the replay, i think there needs to be a signifier that lets us know that this shot's result is already reflected in the score. #LIVGolf.
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@OWGRltd @clutchprotour y'all are an embarassment to the game of golf. you probably can't name one person on that tour meanwhile there's dozens of hall of famers on LIV. you're a joke.
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This shit is unwatchable. I haven’t seen a golf shot in 10 minutes. So many ads, summaries, highlights…. Can we show the highlights tonight and just show the golf now?! wtf @espn.
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Joaquin Niemann just won his 15th professional golf tournament. He just turned 26 years old. Unbelievable talent. Shoutout to 20 year old Caleb Surratt for coming so close to his first pro win in a stacked field.
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@EricNasher17 @Daniel_Rapaport But did he set up with the club in his left hand like fitzy taught him? They’re boys, you know.
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WE NEED MORE INTERVIEWS🤣.
🚨📉📺 RATINGS COLLAPSE — Sepp Straka’s win at The AMEX on Sunday saw final round viewership plunge by 56% over last year, resulting in just 232K viewers on Golf Channel compared to 534K for Dunlap’s win last year. (Via @JoshACarpenter). Is pro golf in massive trouble?
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If Rahm goes on to win tomorrow, this up and down he made on the 7th hole in round 1 (to save bogey after driving one OB) will go under the radar as one of the most important moments of his tournament. Absolutely filthy golf shot here.
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@flushingitgolf @SpoiledGoodWalk Nothing against Åberg, great player, but people act like he’s a young savant, while @joaconiemann is only 9 months older and now has 15 worldwide wins 😂.
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Niemann hitting it 186mph off the tee is going under the radar right now. That would be #2 avg on the pga tour last year. Sergio hit it 174 for comparison - that’s above average.
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@ByYourLogic We can’t even do journalism anymore. All the articles about it are like “baseball’s new uniforms get mixed reviews”.
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This guy is doing God’s work. Such a damning analysis of the @GolfChannel broadcast of the @PGATOUR . Til I’m blue in the face;. PLEASE, fewer commercials, more golf shots, and choose-your-own featured group. Subscriptions, billboards, and ad reads during play can make up the $.
I recorded Golf Channel's 3 hr 47 min broadcast yesterday and noted to the second of everything they showed in hopes to provide data for debates on the timeline recently about the quality of the golf broadcasts. Here's a thread of what I found, love to hear your thoughts. 1/.
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Wow, devastating news for @TGL ‘s @commongolf fans, gotta feel for the entire city of Boston right now.
City AM, London’s most read financial paper, is reporting Rory McIlroy could be close to joining LIV Golf for $850 million plus an ownership stake in the league. This report comes on the back of strong rumours among media members at the Masters. More:.
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Anyone heard anything from Viktor Hovland recently? Miss that guy.
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Something has to give. The KFT only gave 45 players their cards back (top 75 minus top 30 to pgat)… fewer cards, no Mondays, this effectively is a 30% furlough. KFT needs to keep 500 guys if this is gonna work. Too much young talent, too few people making a living wage.
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING. In an email just sent to players confirms the changes from my article a few weeks ago. Although not voted on yet it seems like a foregone conclusion. And they are proposing getting rid of Mondays for a good amount of events. Including the WM. This is so sad
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We’re due for a bombshell @livgolf_league announcement. They have to know how bizarre it is that rahms team isn’t on the website with 10 days left. Whatever they’re working on, they think is worth that negligence. Surratt, Dunlap, Cam Young is my prediction.
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A golf club without the grip on it always makes me giggle. Put some pants on dude!
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@shanebacon Yea they did. He was in the left rough off the tee, hit 4 iron to 125, then hit a wedge long right to 40 feet. You can be a “hate LIV” guy all you want but you can’t make shit up.
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Hey @PGATOUR , you realize I would pay $1000/year to be able to watch your tournament going on right now? Give us a subscription ad-free option where we can watch any player any shot. Liv has it for FREE in year 3. How is your tournament not watchable at all right now😂 pathetic.
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@_54Golf @miketirico He also called it “unintended consequences”, though, which is just false. Very intentional to ice the LIV guys out of rankings and Olympics and Ryder.
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Any day now PIF is gonna run out of money for LIV, right Jay?🙄.
SAUDI ARABIA PLANS A $40 BILLION PUSH INTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, REPORTS THE NEW YORK TIMES.
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I’ll say it. YouTube golf is bullshit. Nearly as overhyped as “AI”. No chance it has any monetary value long term. I’ll watch Bryson and Phil on YouTube do a better version of shells wide world of golf if it’s free. Would never pay for it. Zero interest in an amateur golfer.
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@LarrySe67214446 I love when PGAT homers try to use the member guest line the week of the AT&T at pebble, which is literally a member guest.
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I hope these guys are getting paid for this sycophancy otherwise this is so pathetic. Clapping like a seal at a golfer wearing a basketball team’s socks. What is going on.
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@NUCLRGOLF All the people trying to dunk on this are just moving the goalposts, they called it doomed and it clearly isn’t. I for one will be tuning into the team championship.
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Down 12% from last year.Down 36% from 2 years ago.Down 56% from 10 years ago.Down 66% from 12 years ago. Maybe the interviews aren't working @PGATOUR
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fun fact: Dustin Johnson has at least 1 professional win every year since 2008.
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@PGATOUR Jay, don’t thank me, the only support I lent to your tour was to your players and to the product that was there before you arrived. You have destroyed a tour many of us have loved our whole lives. Please take a permanent personal health break.
Do people realize that the pga tour was initially offered money to own part of LIV? Now they’re selling equity in their own washed down product? Monahan cost the tour billions of dollars 🤣.
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It's amazing how much less annoying these european announcers are at the BMW compared to the typical PGAT broadcast. theyre a pleasure to listen to, they don't talk to much and they compliment the great shots. its not hard!.
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@KylePorterCBS Nice to see you writing positively about the best player since tiger, finally.
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@RichLernerGC what about the charges? are we going to have a reckoning with the fact that this is how the police handle innocuous situations or are we just gonna sweep this under the rug? can someone in the media condemn the police?.
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@ThePoliticalHQ @kenklippenstein it's called journalism. choosing a narrative to promote is called punditry. he's a journalist.
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