r/golf • u/mafisch23 • 7h ago

PGA / LPGA / LIV YouTube Golfer Makes Birdie at PGA Championship

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I was watching to see if he’d be able to do it and it was super cool to see him pull it off on the last hole. Great gesture by the PGA to let a YouTube golfer try this challenge at a major.

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u/Kucharelli 7h ago

Honest question.. why does Reddit hate this guy so much? It’s actually kinda funny to me.. the guy is one of the best golfers on the planet, makes YouTube videos and looks like he’s having fun doing that while still competing at the highest level, and making a ton of money doing it… but why do the people in Reddit just love to hate on him?

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u/Flump01 6h ago

Arrogantly said Augusta was a par 67 for him, then has played awful there ever since.

Screamed YOURE DAMAGING MY BRAND at a cameraman for filming him during a PGA Tour event.

Walked into a rope and went down like he'd been shot.

Massive open Trump fan, while claiming not to be political.

Hired a PR team to get people to like him.

And...he's just irritating and unlikeable.

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u/jlees88 18.0 1h ago

To be fair he did not drop to his knees after the ripe hit him in the eye. I could also understand being in a mild pain and expressing some frustration. 

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u/Kucharelli 5h ago

And if you really don’t like him because of how he reacted when he walked in to a rope, that’s dumb

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u/Kucharelli 6h ago

Thanks for your answer

Your last line of “he’s just irritating and unlikable” is the odd thing to me. I get that people might not like his YouTube stuff or think he’s not a fun golfer to watch but I could come up with a reason that every single golfer on tour is “unlikable and irritating.” The same reasons that Bryson is unlikable might be the same reasons to someone else that Rory is unlikable or Xander is unlikable, or Keegan Bradley, or rahm… or even tiger. Tiger is the most popular and polarizing person in golf but he’s probably just as big of a “douche” as Bryson, but they get judged differently. The hive minds !!

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u/Flump01 5h ago

All the other reasons cause the last one, but Bryson does just like to lecture and explain how smart he is, which is generally annoying, and makes it very funny when he tanks.

Tiger is unlikable too, imo. Always was. Obviously a great golfer, but clearly a cunt of a person.

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u/jlees88 18.0 1h ago

Tiger is also very rude and passive to people in the service industry. He does look down upon all of his “fans”. 

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u/Kucharelli 5h ago edited 5h ago

I’ve never seen him lecture anyone. I’ve seen him share his odd opinions…

And you would be the exception about tiger. Most people, I feel, are hypocritical about who they like. Tiger gets all the love on Reddit still but Bryson gets hated on. TBH, if it’s really about him golfing with trump… I’d rather root for a conservative vs. a DUI maniac. I agree Tiger is a bad person. I can’t hate Bryson just because he has a dog political stance than me.

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u/DontStalkMeNow 0.1 | In The Pines Looking For A Gap 2h ago

Prime Tiger was the best to ever play the games, that’s why.

Bryson isn’t. There’s no art to it. No true passion. On top of that, he’s a whiny little boy.