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"DO IT FOR THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY!" a heckler yelled as Phil Mickelson prepared to hit his first sho (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2022 OP
Hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣 lisa58 Jul 2022 #1
Bag of shit Traildogbob Jul 2022 #12
I liked Mickelson years back when Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2022 #42
'Phil, do it for BONESAWS' empedocles Jul 2022 #28
Good. Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #2
. dalton99a Jul 2022 #3
Murdering POS. n/t iluvtennis Jul 2022 #25
*snort* tanyev Jul 2022 #4
Although I play golf a little TNNurse Jul 2022 #5
Years ago, debating the 'decorum' of golf....... MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #18
Hmm to be fair in golf its just one player with a limited time and ability to correct any mistakes cstanleytech Jul 2022 #38
It's been done many times zipplewrath Jul 2022 #39
Ah! Great story..... MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #45
Twitter replies: Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #6
Wearing his Make America Great Again hat while he hangs out with oil oligarchs. jalan48 Jul 2022 #15
It really shows how many are simply OK with murder, torture and dismemberment. Fuck them all. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #7
And these pro golfer asswipes are already multi-millionaires. Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #10
I don't think they care at all about anything but $ and owning the libs (Cult 45) Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #14
One I Find Most Annoying... ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #34
Methinks Mickelson has the morals of a gnat rurallib Jul 2022 #8
Mickelson blew his money gambling, gab13by13 Jul 2022 #20
Blood money TNNurse Jul 2022 #9
Change the address of the golf course from Lamington Road to Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi Parkway Marcuse Jul 2022 #11
An excellent idea! I was just informed what the outrage was all about from RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2022 #19
How many stokes with the golf club vs strokes of the bone saw? keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #13
They could care less. Probably view that as a "hoax" like Orange Man tells them. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #16
Yeah... Or - How many 9-11 victims per hole is par? keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #17
Great point. 15 of those 19 murdering 9/11 hijackers Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2022 #43
Sorry Phil. I used to root for you. SouthernDem4ever Jul 2022 #21
I saw Charles Barkley talk about the tournament yesterday and he was going on applegrove Jul 2022 #22
My husband just said that phylny Jul 2022 #24
This from Reliable Sources: applegrove Jul 2022 #27
I thought I read that he played there the other day? BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #31
hilarious ZonkerHarris Jul 2022 #23
I heard on NPR an interview talking about this and said that Tiger was given several offers flying_wahini Jul 2022 #26
They used to behead children. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #29
Good! BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #30
Is this tournament being shown on any of the major networks? Tennessee Hillbilly Jul 2022 #32
No zipplewrath Jul 2022 #40
Jeez Phil, are you that hard up for money? gratuitous Jul 2022 #33
The Answer Is Yes ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #35
The Bone Saw Boys moondust Jul 2022 #36
Rules of Golf limit the number of clubs in the bag to 14. Ball retriever doesn't count. Neither .. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2022 #37
Only as a "training aid" zipplewrath Jul 2022 #41
Those professional golfers would never saw up a journalist during a round of golf. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2022 #46
Ha! zipplewrath Jul 2022 #47
Good EnergizedLib Jul 2022 #44

Traildogbob

(9,835 posts)
12. Bag of shit
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 08:42 PM
Jul 2022

Phil was on a news show after Obama’s first win. He said he was going to have to quit golf because Obama’s taxes would bankrupt him. Yet here he still is. Probably never paid taxes. Never missed a stroke. I hate that prick.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,250 posts)
42. I liked Mickelson years back when
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 05:16 PM
Jul 2022

he finally won a Masters and his wife was undergoing cancer treatments. He was hugely popular among the fans at Bethpage, NY when they had the U.S. Open there.

He has been a total dick ever since and I'm like you now- I can't stand him.

TNNurse

(7,085 posts)
5. Although I play golf a little
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 08:21 PM
Jul 2022

and respect the rules and decorum, I totally support this.

Yell, holler, mess up their play....give them hell.

MyOwnPeace

(17,261 posts)
18. Years ago, debating the 'decorum' of golf.......
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 09:14 PM
Jul 2022

the guys on TV whisper as a golfer approaches the ball to tee off or to putt. The ball is SITTING THERE - STILL - NOT MOVING - waiting to be hit.

A major league batter from 'out-of-town' steps into the batter's box, 30,000, 40,000, 50,000 thousand HOMETOWN fans cheering for the pitcher to THROW a hard ball at the batter, sometimes approaching 100 MILES PER HOUR!!!!!

So, tell me - who is 'under' more pressure?

What a joke.......

cstanleytech

(26,913 posts)
38. Hmm to be fair in golf its just one player with a limited time and ability to correct any mistakes
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 03:38 PM
Jul 2022

assuming they even have the wiggle room to do so.
Baseball though has a large team supporting each other along with time to try and correct mistakes.
Of course I detest all sports so I don't care who wins and I would happily cheer if all the networks decided to stop airing all sporting events

zipplewrath

(16,682 posts)
39. It's been done many times
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 03:49 PM
Jul 2022

Golfers don't care if there is a general level of noise in the background. The problem is silence interrupted by one sharp noise during the swing. You'll see in Phoenix on the 16th pro's encourage the crowd to cheer while they hit.

And there is a legend of a conversation between Ted Williams and Sam Snead where Ted mentioned that he had to hit fast balls with a cheering crowd and Snead pointed out that "he had to play his foul balls".

Evolve Dammit

(18,346 posts)
7. It really shows how many are simply OK with murder, torture and dismemberment. Fuck them all.
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 08:25 PM
Jul 2022

And fuck any of these PGA pros who are good with it. May you end on the quadruple bogey of after-life; aka Satan's back nine.

ProfessorGAC

(69,459 posts)
34. One I Find Most Annoying...
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 12:54 PM
Jul 2022

...is Dustin Johnson.
He took $125 million for a 3 year commitment.
With his tournament winnings, and FedEx Cuo money, he made $31 & 45 million the last 2 years.
He was making $38 million per year, but signed onto the slimeball sponsored tour for an extra 3.67 million per year. Not even 10%.
But, off course sponsorship & appearance money went down!
He was already very wealthy, and took up with murderous dictators over what may turn out to be extra pennies.
Very disappointing..

gab13by13

(24,588 posts)
20. Mickelson blew his money gambling,
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 09:25 PM
Jul 2022

the Saudis are bailing him out. The Saudis did the same for Trump Tower leasing floor space to bail trump out.

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,456 posts)
19. An excellent idea! I was just informed what the outrage was all about from
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 09:17 PM
Jul 2022

..DUer since do not follow golf..didn't get it..now I understand the outrage. #$#@!

Thing is can I see ffg hosting, playing bc he's a fucking culero [asshole] but American golfers? Porque? Why? For the dinero?

Haven't seen entire roster..pero, my god couldn't they sit this series out. They do know that they [American golfers] participating sold their soul to the diablo..and it's just evil, vile of them not caring about those who died on 9/11, those who survived the aftermath. Hope they have a fucking good time!

keithbvadu2

(39,778 posts)
13. How many stokes with the golf club vs strokes of the bone saw?
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 08:45 PM
Jul 2022

How many stokes with the golf club vs strokes of the bone saw?

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,250 posts)
43. Great point. 15 of those 19 murdering 9/11 hijackers
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 05:22 PM
Jul 2022

were Saudi Arabians.

Yet because Saudi Arabia is parked on top of the world's largest oil reserves, the U.S. looks the other way and considers them our "friends".

applegrove

(122,672 posts)
22. I saw Charles Barkley talk about the tournament yesterday and he was going on
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 09:29 PM
Jul 2022

about forcing morality on the golfers. Morality optional now for sports organizations. It's an annoyance. Score one for the corrupt in the world.

phylny

(8,543 posts)
24. My husband just said that
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 09:53 PM
Jul 2022

they wanted Barkley to do commentary, and he said they’d have to give him $60 million a year.

applegrove

(122,672 posts)
27. This from Reliable Sources:
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 11:25 PM
Jul 2022

Barkley abandons LIV Golf talks

"SNIP......

Basketball legend Charles Barkley won't join LIV Golf as a broadcaster after all. After publicly expressing a significant amount of interest over the idea of cashing in and jumping to the Saudi-backed company, Barkley said that he has decided to remain at TNT (full disclosure: TNT and CNN are both owned by Warner Bros. Discovery).

......SNIP"

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
31. I thought I read that he played there the other day?
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 12:11 PM
Jul 2022

Too lazy to look it up, so maybe I misread it.

I was disappointed when I read that.

flying_wahini

(7,939 posts)
26. I heard on NPR an interview talking about this and said that Tiger was given several offers
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 10:55 PM
Jul 2022

And even when offered a Billion dollar contract that he turned them down.

Can you imagine the burn that TFG got from that?! LOL!

32. Is this tournament being shown on any of the major networks?
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 12:26 PM
Jul 2022

I looked at my local TV listings and CBS is showing the PGA Rocket Mortage Classic. But I don't have cable.

zipplewrath

(16,682 posts)
40. No
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 03:52 PM
Jul 2022

right now they are "streaming only".

I was in a sports bar Thursday and some streaming channel (CV? EV? Chine?) was showing it. Crowds didn't look all that big really.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
33. Jeez Phil, are you that hard up for money?
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 12:39 PM
Jul 2022

I'll send you a sawbuck so you don't have to prostrate yourself for bonesaw. Have some dignity, man.

ProfessorGAC

(69,459 posts)
35. The Answer Is Yes
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 12:58 PM
Jul 2022

After he claimed to do all his own investment work, the guy who actually managed his money told him to get bent.
Then Phil DID do his own.
He made several dumb investments & took a few beatings.
Add that to his gambling problem, and ges, he is that hard up.
He's an idiot & a punk. I had the displeasure of being around him at a few Western Opens, and f9und he is a phony tool.

moondust

(20,371 posts)
36. The Bone Saw Boys
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 02:06 PM
Jul 2022

are a-whackin' and a-crackin' with the beaten cheatin' Dork in Chief!!!!

Yee-Haw!!! Sportswashin' gone wild!!!!!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,729 posts)
37. Rules of Golf limit the number of clubs in the bag to 14. Ball retriever doesn't count. Neither ..
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 02:10 PM
Jul 2022

... does an umbrella. Is there a ruling on bone saws?

zipplewrath

(16,682 posts)
41. Only as a "training aid"
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 04:00 PM
Jul 2022

You can't have training aids, well you can't USE them anyway. So as long as they don't saw any journalists up during the round, they're good. Er, uh, well, no penalty anyway.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,729 posts)
46. Those professional golfers would never saw up a journalist during a round of golf.
Sun Jul 31, 2022, 10:03 AM
Jul 2022

That's why they have caddies.

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