If there’s one thing golfers seem to universally hate, it’s golf announcers. There are not many who step into the booth to call the game of golf who we can tolerate. Joe Buck, Faldo, Chamblee, Zinger, Feherty. All legends …and yet all have topped golf fans’ hate lists for various reasons over the years. None, however, compare to the latest contender for Most Annoying Announcer on the Planet, TikTok-er @backyardcommentator. Sound up, haters.

 

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“Backyard Commentator” lives on Pheasant Ridge Golf Club in Pennsylvania and spends his summer Saturdays on the patio with a PA and microphone commenting on every passing group as they play through. Some find it funny and others really don’t, but that doesn’t stop him from calling all the action live as it happens.

As a general rule, golfers take themselves too seriously, but this could get pretty aggravating, especially if you’re coming off a triple bogey or chopping your way down the fairway 50 humiliating yards at a time. The right response is just to give the guy a courtesy laugh and a thumbs up and move on with your life, but given how hot tempers are running on the course these days, he may very well be cruising for a bruising.

Let’s hope that doesn’t happen, and everybody gets a couple of yucks out of it before the bit gets stale. If you have thin skin, a short fuse and an upcoming tee time at Pheasant Ridge, however, you might want to pack a pair of earplugs just in case.

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By Alex Myers
Normal driving ranges simply can’t contain Bryson DeChambeau anymore. Earlier this year, the RBC Heritage went as far as having two giant cranes holding a net above the existing one to keep the PGA Tour’s longest player from hitting dangerous drives toward a road and Harbour Town’s eighth green. It was all for nought because Bryson withdrew before the tournament, but you get the point. He’s becoming a bit of a menace.

So it should come as no surprise to learn that over the weekend a Topgolf couldn’t contain him either. DeChambeau posted video to TikTok of him launching a golf ball off the property and then telling Topgolf, “we might need to get taller nets.” Have a look:

@brysondechambeau @topgolf we might need to get taller nets? #fyp #golf ♬ original sound – PonderMusic

Either that, or maybe make Bryson use kids clubs.

DeChambeau hasn’t played since helping Team USA win the Ryder Cup in September. Unless you count reaching the quarterfinals in his long drive contest debut. He’s set to play Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match next week. And if there’s some sort of long drive element, well, good luck, Brooks.

Actually, this isn’t the first time a video of someone belting one over the netting at Topgolf has surfaced. Yankees outfielder/celebrity golfer Aaron Hicks, who recently got engaged to Tiger Woods’ niece, pulled off the trick earlier this year.

TopGolf might want to call the RBC Heritage to see if it can borrow those cranes.

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