Brandel is brave to call out the Saudis like that. I've criticized them on Twitter and received scary threats. I can only imagine the exposure he has.

Brandel is the man….so right and so well spoken

Great insight and analysis by Chamblee on Phil. That story about the little kid turning up early to get Phils autograph says a lot. Interesting though how Phil is copping a lot of flack while Greg Norman is rarely mentioned

I think the real reason the US is more engaged in the Ryder Cup is that these young guys like each other, root for each other. They stick around when one of them wins, team mentality. Phil and Tigers era was every man for themselves. Can you imagine Tiger and Phil staying around to root for the other one in a tournament. Europeans do it all the time. Yes, the POD logic does help in making pairings, but you have to like and respect the guy you are paired with to be successful.

I was 16 in Houston playing pool at an AGG Junior event when Phil threw down $100 bill on the table to take it over…This was 1985 and he was an asshole then

Seems as though one of the big issues against the LIV tour is the Saudi’s human rights reputation, is that any different than what China’s human rights reputation is and that the PGA has been involved with China for years.

When we see actors who were once penniless and starving become demanding, when they are raised to the super star class, we pause and wonder. Don’t we consider them to be those who are ungrateful because they choose to conveniently forget where they have come from. And now Golf seems to be also producing its share of ingrates. Who instead of being quiet grateful types who ingratiate themselves by being gracious like Elvis types, they actually appear ungrateful and entitled. Even the golfers on the tour who struggle, have a better life than many who are just working stiffs. Golf at the highest level is a privilege and therefore it should be played with gracefulness and appropriate humility. Isn’t this the reason why Mr. Nicklaus is so beloved. Let’s not forget the wise saying of Solomon. Proverbs 18:12 King James Version 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

Brandel is the voice of reason and tells it like it is. Thank you sir. Love watching him on Golf Channel.

I really wish everyone that defends this new blood tour could hear this interview WELL SAID BRANDEL

Great interview. Brandel is best golf journalist in business.

Gentlemen, Thanks for an excellent broadcast. Brandel, I ALWAYS value & enjoy your comments/broadcasts and here again you are brilliant. I am 79 years of age, now living in New Zealand and have been playing golf for more than 40 years, but no longer play. I watch broadcasts and especially when you are part of the team during such. Take care & all the best. Dr Andries Maritz.

This was very informative to me. Thanks

Phil definitely overplayed his hand and it blew up in his face. Ooooops!! LOL

It's all about Phil. The arrogance.

What makes Brandel the best golf analyst in the business, is he is brutally honest and isn’t afraid to criticize and alienate a top player.

Phil is a master manipulator. The thumbs up glad handing is a distinct effort to get the fans on his side and whoop and holler for him. He gets favorable rulings on the course by intimidating the on course officials. With all the fame he has and the fans cheering for him it is hard for the officials to make a fair ruling. I remember watching Phil in a hedge planting that had bubbler risers, trying to get a ruling that a sprinkler riser was in his way. Which was obviously not. And he got the free drop. The inside trader stuff is no doubt a reflection of his habit of bending the rules.

Well said Brandel.

Wow, I’m impressed, the guy that’s in trouble once a week for something he said, called the kettle black. Lolol

Froggy and Brandy droppin' some TRUTH beats son!

Awesome interview! Brandel is just fantastic!

When we look at what the Saudis do to us as people of the world, I would not accept any amount of money to be aligned with evil only a fool would, I pray that they reconsider. I love you all!

Greg Norman has a 'Bull in a China Shop' mentality towards the PGA. With Saudi money we could be looking at a battle of many seasons. Like a good Netflix series.

No one should be killed for committing adultery. The men and women of those countries who practice these laws should have equal rights. Working through your problems is the right way, not just ending a woman’s life because she slept with another man. They should have court hearings and not resort to violence when adultery happens. Not only Saudi Arabia but all Middle East countries should not be allowed to kill innocent people without giving them a trial and counseling first.

Brandon is being brutally honest and people love it, it’s a shame people don’t also appreciate Phil being brutally honest

Great interview. I'll watch no others. A real time saver!

Miss ya Brandel. We need more folks to be honest no matter who were talking about.

The one point Phil made that none of these people that have their income tied to the PGA Tour address is the one concerning all the money the PGA Tour is sitting on while being a nonprofit. It’s like when colleges used to be about students and professors, but now their money goes to administrative bloat.

Great comments Brandel - on point. Most poignantly, it was a non-apology apology; his character is clear, and his actions say it all.

Brandel, thank you for your frankness. The examples of Phil's behavior are appreciated. Good reporting!

This is a must watch and listen. Riveting from beginning to end.

Brandel’s clarity of thought resulting in clear insights that he can skilfully teach us with his very nice articulation, is extremely helpful and entertaining. And with his obvious love of people and the richness of his voice it makes him an absolute pleasure to listen to. Notice how he refrains from going to the dogs by not using that crass language from the gutter.

Several years ago I was taking lessons with a local golf pro. We talked about players and we got to Phil the pro said there’s two sides to Phil. The public view vs how he really is behind the cameras

Brandel is the GOAT of insight and commentary

We mustn’t be too competitive. Yes we want to win but not at all costs. This isn’t war. It’s golf. Phil wearing his green jacket on the putting green at the Masters is a put down to the other players. How would he have liked that being done to him when he was struggling. When in doubt use the golden rule. Matthew 7:12 King James Version 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Brandel has a great pen & Thor’s hammer. Always interesting

Just give me a "big pay day" and TH with human rights! MAN, that sounds so indicative of the last 4 years of our so called leadership! Brandel's comment at the end of this interview are so poignant and right on!

People are always sorry when they get caught or things backfire. Then they issue some BS apology to try to make it better. The key to apologies is not to do something you need to apologize for, to begin with. The other choice is to have the balls to stick with your decisions or actions. Good judgement has not been one of Phil’s strongpoints.

When Nicklaus won the 1986 Masters I wrote him a letter that I recorded the final round on tape, and would send it to him. He was so gracious in answering my letter to thank me for the offer even though he already had recorded it. That's a class act. Wrote Hogan many years after he was off the tour, and he answered my letter too. Another time with Toski.

Surely the Saudi league whilst recruiting players, would want to get key media personalities on board too? Commentators, broadcasters, print media, digital folks. Who are those people?

Chamblee is finally speaking the truth> Got to agree with him....really eye opening stuff!!

The Saudis need to just go do their own thing, whatever that might be, instead of emulating what's already being done.

Bryson and DJ have changed their minds since this podcast, plus a huge number of other players have signed. LIV will be around in 5 years because Saudi Arabia will still have a lot of oil. That may not be true in 20 years as we are using it like there is no tomorrow. 1/2 of all petroleum has been consumed in just the last 30 years- 1/2 of our emissions have also ocurred in this period.

Well-voiced Brandel! A very forthright and honest opinion. Thank you.

It’s hard to quantify the value of having the support of the crowd behind you. But it’s worth having, if you can get it. When Matt Kutcher stiffed his caddie two things happened. Firstly the crowd concluded that he wasn’t what they thought he was. They saw him as greedy and mean spirited, ungenerous and became disappointed with him. But secondly, Matt knows that that’s how they are seeing him, and consequently it’s preventing him from being able to really believe. Greg Norman, a great player, was so blocked by the crowd, and the who’s who, because of his brashness, that he couldn’t win a major in the USA. Now Phil is facing a similar problem. He knows that he has been exposed and this will be effecting his ability to really believe. Belief is so powerful that a win can be followed by another win, simply because of high belief. If the people are not for you baby it’s going to be an uphill fight. But there will be such an undercurrent for Spieth, that’s yet to fully surface, from the who’s who of the golfing world and the crowd, that it will be like what Jack had. It will have the potential to turn him into a golfing legend. A hero. A great advocate for the game. A champion like Jack. He’s got all the talent in the world. He’s shown us that. He’s solid. Tiger came close but he blew it when he got caught with his fingers in the cookie jar. Eventually everyone is going to want this kid to win and win and keep on winning. He’s the full enchilada. And he’s young. But he’s got time on his side. And he’s tough. It will happen. Don’t worry about that. Don’t underestimate this kid. Be fair, he deserves it. And hey let’s face it, it couldn’t happen to a nicer fella. Right? Put your feet up and enjoy the ride when his victory roll kicks in. It’ll happen alright just like the sun coming up in the morning.And he will wear his crown well.

Great discussion, guys, just found your channel.

A fully rounded great player must also be very likeable. And as there are many of them, its almost unfair to single anyone out in particular. However it would be remiss of us to not mention Jordan. He has that quality of greatness, that Jack’s got. He has the same sensibilities. But we’ll all have our favourites, however if Mr Speith shows the way and becomes the face of golf, the game will be well served. Therefore let’s not be surprised if he surprises us all when he gets his second wind with faithful Michael on the bag.

My Dad loved him. Me, not so much. At the 1999 U S Open he made a big deal out carrying a pager so that if his Wife when into Labor with their 1st Child he would withdraw, regardless of where he stood on the Leaderboard. Admirable ? What he really did was to keep a Qualifier from taking his spot, as he would have withdrawn. I was in Myrtle Beach at the time and new several Club Pros that tried to qualify every year.

The pga could pay full health benefits for players and caddies.

Thanks guys - learned a lot...

Brandel the true golf journalist.

I agree Phil should not have bad mouth PGA tour for sure..Media rights been argue over my whole life even Tiger said things through years about this..Would he have made 800 million without PGA i would say no he prolly be a bag boy

As someone who has watched Mickelson from the collar up, college days to now , I have always enjoyed watching his antics. He always seems to play like us , play so good and then have such a brain fart like the US Open.. He will get over this and so will we, however this time he has really "screwed the pooch"! I guess I will watch the Feherty interview again and have a laugh.........

Many great players in golf. Gives additional players more tournaments to compete. It doesn't diminish our reverence for the PGA. Was his comment at all based w this thinking.

Many top players from the PGA tour already play tournaments in UAE, China and Mexico. Plenty of atrocities going on in those countries. Don't be hypocrites.

A lot of people criticize Brandel all the time, but you have to be crazy to not understand and agree with everything he said during this interview.

This is about Norman/Mickelson having the audacity to take on Tiger's management team - the PGA/Golf Channel. Rory even slipped the other day when he said... " they didn't even ask Tiger for his blessing"-- his words not mine. The hypocrisy by the players and the Golf Channel (Brandel Chamblee) pontificating about sportwashing is amazing to me. For years we have seen professional athletes and politicians shoot their mouths off about human rights here at home , yet they prostitute themselves to foreign governments that have despicable records and policies in place with regard to human rights and dignity. The players such as Tiger, Rory , Justin and Brooke have played in the Emirates for years for appearance fees . Nothing was ever said about that on the Golf Channel. In addition, Tiger , Rory and Brooke are sponsored by a company that uses child labor to manufacture the products these guys wear and promote. You haven' heard about that on the Golf Channel. So to me their open hypocrisy is astounding but in today's environment we should be used to it. Phil's comments were full of immaturity and coming from an ego (like Norman's and Tiger's) where he is no longer relevant on the PGA Tour; however, his points about the PGA Tour owning the players images and having the rights to those images is dead on but again you have not heard about that on the Golf Channel. I believe the final straw , after Phil and Tiger had to pay a portion of their TV stake to the PGA Tour for the use of their own images from the TV Match Play , was when the PGA Tour told Phil that he had to pay them for the NFT's that he is creating because of his image rights. YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THAT ON THE GOLF CHANNEL . I believe this is from where his comments are coming from but again you are not going to hear that on the Golf Channel. I guess my question to Rory , Justin , Brooke and Brandel Chamblee is that if Tiger had given his blessing to this tour what would their honest answer be. ?? Norman is correct in that this is not over , you have anti-trust issues and precedence of other foreign tours where they players that played were not banned for life by the PGA Tour. And just as a side note , if I was a golf professional in a meeting and say I did not want to leave the tour , I personally would have a problem with Jay Monahan's tone when he said ..."

Great interview. BTW Travis, are you a Seahawks fan?

Worked in Television for many years covering golf.......There are 2 Phils, the one when the camera is on, and one with the camera off. He is not a good human being!

Brandel is clearly undefeated champion at being wrong.

Brandel is so good at cutting through the crap.

Tiger cheats on his wife 200 times including the neighbor's 21 year old daughter and smashes a car going 80 in a 45 zone, almost cheating his kids out of a father, and he has better morals than Phil? Give me a break.

They are wrong about the right leg brace function. Because there are degrees that you can hold it at the same angle and still stretch it to get a proper turn. It's not a black and white thing with keeping it totally solid, it never was. The idea was based on amateurs mostly totally losing the angle/turn at the same time, affecting the shoulder/plane of club. If you move it too much like Kyle Berkshire does, you have a much harder time hitting it straight. So you have to find a compromise between keeping the angle, and fully stretching out the leg. And everybody does it very differently. Also most golf teachers in history have been saying that this should happen, it's only because of the long hitters are hitting it relatively straight now at a high level, that a lot of teachers are putting less focus on it.

People might not like it but this is the TRUTH, he is let us all know who he is now

Brandel is right on. Phil’s lack of honorable character makes me sick. It’s one thing to make mistakes in life and strive to be a better person…however to display such horrific insight between right and wrong and to embrace an attitude of casual regard toward human life is an obvious shining example of Phil’s personality disorder.

Players are afraid to lose there money because in all honesty no of them are truly stand out golfer's on a consistent basis but change maybe what the PGA tour needs and Chamblee is protecting his job first one through the door takes all the heat

Very insightful!

I heard of a possible big money event on Mars... and the Saudi’s want Phil to go & scout locations 😂

Phil is right, the media companies are making millions at ryder cup so why shouldn’t the players . It’s all business

Skip the whole first 42 minutes. Start at minute 42 and Brandel says it all in about a minute and a half.

If the pga was in financial trouble would they turn down money from other countries or organizations ? Brandel is a pga spokesperson and has no right to pass judgement on anyone else especially if you cannot guarantee where the money comes from. Just because you live in USA does that mean none of the money comes from chinese companies thru sponsors?

Phil lost me when he chased down that put. His real character came out. Sorry to see.

What's a brandel chamblee?

Mickelson was one of the guys I tuned into watch on tour .... one of the few. I am seeing an entire new side.

The golfers in the Saudi Golf league will be the equivalent caliber as Newcastle in the EPL. 😂

Chamblee is 100% right. Phil is a greedy golfer, period.

FIGJAM always showing everyone his true colors

I can't believe people are just figuring out that Phil is & has always been a duecebag away from the cameras. He is the David Simms of the PGA Tour!

If you want to say something off the record, dont even say it...

Phil, Phil the control freak, and I’m saying this with him being my favourite golfer! 🏌️Now that I said it, I now need a single malt.🥃

Three great guys.

biting the hand that feeds you has never been smart ! and when you have so much money you gamble like a fool that speaks volumes about your character ! Phil shame on you

Phil cannot avoid. The sponors will send letters if decided.

Remember what they said about the Fedex tournament before it started.

Hope Phil gets his head sorted and gets back playing soon.

Fantastic watch this 👍🏻

BC would be the first one out the door if they offered him $$$$

Ya..enjoy the game..... 😀

Phil is Half Italian.. Good business Man.

I really like what Brandel says here about younger players turning Ryder Cup around based on hating to lose coupled with a renewed relationship with the history of this event and what a cohesive team concept means to winning and being competitive. ⛳️ 👍

Can I ask a question why was his comments so bad?

Undoubtedly Brandel’s diversified interests contribute significantly to making him the preeminent golf analyst that he is. Mr. Nicklaus has a similar disposition. He too has a wide variety of interests. Probably much more than we realise. But for those who make their golf the end all and be all, of all things, it becomes an almost incestuous relationship. Yes it’s good and proper to love golf but it shouldn’t be our first love. That’s reserved for God and family. And a family man has our admiration.

As a fan I agree with Brandel and if anything were to change for us as fans of Golf give us a better camera angles give us more inside the ropes type of events what equipment players are using you know that type of stuff I love everything about it

When will they say the same thing about China?

don't forget using the square grooves after the ban...

Maybe Phil could play in the NBA??

This aged well lol. Brandel is a man who knows little but talks a lot. A "reprehensible regime" that both the USA and UK sell weapons to (and a LOT of weapons). So it's okay to sell them weapons but not take money to play golf? Sorry but that makes zero sense. If all these players are so washed up why did the PGA want several of them for their Netflix series? Who won the 2021 PGA Championship? (Phil Mickelson). Who were joint second? (Brooks and Oosthuizen). Even Casey finished joint 4th and Ancer in the top 10 or so. Patrick Reed, Bryson DeChambeau, Matt Jones, Brandon Grace and Ian Poulter did okay too. Hell, even Gooch, Horsfield and Kokrak finished in the top 50. The last LIV event certainly had a far stronger field than the PGA Tour events that Finau won back to back where most of the top players didn't show up.

I disagree with Brandel on two points. I will certainly watch it! Also saying Phil and Adam Scott are no names is hilarious!

Shammy is the man!

Good discussions.

Love Brandel👍