I used to be an avid golfer and even more avid golf watcher - then I started hearing a lot of pro-Republican comments from a lot of these guys right after Obama was elected, most of them woefully ignorant and obviously the product of people who watch too much FOX. Then in 2009, one of my favorite commentators, David Feherty, said this:
“From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this, though: despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Osama bin Laden, there’s a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death.”
Guys like him, Johnny Miller and Jack ruined golf for me as a spectator sport. I know it is probably immature of me, but when I look at a golf tournament now all I see are a bunch of spoiled country club conservatives who are probably the least qualified humans in the country to comment on political issues that may be life and death to people who have never been able to afford to play a round of golf in their entire lives.
If you haven’t read Commander in Cheat by Rick Reilly, it is a must for anyone who knows and understands golf. You don’t need to play golf to read and enjoy it, but if you do, it adds a layer of understanding. Because golf, like the government, is hugely based on the honor system, and the participation in either one by a serial lying sociopath like Trump results in complete disaster and a mockery of what is supposed to be happening.
Fuck Jack Nicklaus - he is a bigoted, pretentious piece of shit.