Brandel Chamblee is well known for not holding back when it comes to airing his opinions.
And that got Chamblee into trouble, by his own admission, when he made a claim about Tiger Woods while speaking to Brooks Koepka’s manager.
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The two American PGA Tour stars have been involved in numerous battles against each other throughout their careers, in spite of the fact that their prime years didn’t really cross over.
Brooks Koepka got the better of Tiger Woods at the 2018 PGA Championship, while the 15-time major champion returned the favor at The Masters in 2019.
Interestingly, Koepka has been compared with Woods in the past, due to his ability to get the job done when in contention in major championships.
However, it’s fair to say that the 50-year-old is streets ahead of the former LIV star when it comes to their golfing résumés.
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Brandel Chamblee made Tiger Woods statement which angered Brooks Koepka
The controversial golf analyst shared the story of when he riled up Koepka with one of his takes on Tiger Woods, when speaking on The Favorite Chamblee Podcast.
“I remember a few years ago, I’m not going to say it got me in trouble, but it pi–––d off Brooks Koepka.
“You know, Brooks Koepka and I used to have the same manager at Hambrick Sports.
“My manager was David Winkle, who manages Dustin Johnson, part of Hambrick Sports.
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“And Brooks’ manager turned to me on camera and said, ‘Brooks is, you know, mentally, he’s the most dominating player on Tour’.
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“I was like, ‘well, easy’. He said, ‘Brooks stared down Tiger at the PGA’.
“Yeah, I was like, ‘you know, that’s an ageing, injured, impoverished Tiger Woods’.
“And look, I’m not going to say that he’s not a hell of a force, but as long as Tiger’s in the game, there’s nobody that is going to dominate Tiger, or be better mentally than Tiger Woods.“
It’s hard to argue with Chamblee’s point there in all fairness and Koepka himself will surely admit that now.
What it means to win major championships has been diminished
That’s according to Chamblee, at least.
He explained how the modern trend in golf course architecture is damaging the prestige of majors.
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“If you look at the golf courses, Brooks had one at Erin Hills and one at Shinnecock,“ Chamblee said.
“Now, I won’t deny that those are fabulous designs, but they’re wide, wide, open.
“Almost no rough, huge corridors, no trees. So it becomes more about who can lift the most weight, rather than who can play the best game of chess.
“So to that degree, I think you’ve diminished what it means to win major championships. This is why I cannot stand the movement of wide corridors, no rough, and no trees for major championship golf.
“You know, it greatly minimizes what it means to win a major championship. Winning a major should be about what’s between your ears, not how much you can lift.
“But I didn’t say that on the set, I just said, ‘Easy, Tiger’s got the best mind in the game of golf’.
“So, you know, I guess as he inevitably hears it, you know, it pi–––d Brooks off.“
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