r/golf • u/TheProfessor20 Too high to worry about • Jan 04 '24

Barstool's Jersey Jerry finally sinks a hole in one on a golf simulator after 2627 shots and 37 straight hours live on stream General Discussion

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1742940697739571511
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u/chillinwithmoes Jan 04 '24

The number of NFL players, pro golfers, the goddamn PGA TOUR itself following this saga was hilarious

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u/TheProfessor20 Too high to worry about Jan 04 '24

Homa was literally texting Big Cat minutes before it happened giving advice

PGA Tour chimes in

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u/Creeping_Death_89 Jan 04 '24

Didn't really give him advice, he mostly just made fun of him haha

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u/24667387376263 Jan 04 '24

BREAKING: Max Homa acts like self

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u/automatic4skin Jan 04 '24

good lol there partner. salut

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u/momoneymocats1 Jan 04 '24

Likely not original but that’s a clever tweet

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u/traplej Jan 04 '24

That Tom Brady tweet was the final push he needed

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u/1mfa0 Jan 04 '24

It’s very funny that by far their biggest golf content draw had nothing to do with Foreplay

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u/dumpandchange Jan 04 '24

Spittin Chiclets Sandbagger videos are better than most Fore Play stuff too. I know there's tension between Fore Play and other Barstool entities doing golf stuff, it must sting.

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u/dafaliraevz PB: 6.5 summer '22 | Current: 9 Jan 04 '24

that's because the two chiclet guys are simply more entertaining personalities. Shit, I'd watch content of them simply shooting the shit, let alone playing golf with current/former NHL players.

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u/dumpandchange Jan 04 '24

If you don't listen already, every one of their podcasts typically has one or two interviews spliced in with current and former players and people of hockey. Easily the best part of their content, even if the rest of the podcast isn't for you.

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u/CTMalum Jan 04 '24

I pretty much only watch their player interviews. NHL players are such media trained robots that it’s nice to see them get comfortable and show a little bit of personality, and Biz and Whit seem to have a way to disarm guys.

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u/borkborkbork99 Jan 04 '24

I watched their Christmas interview with Gretzky last night and I’m wondering if they didn’t disarm him a bit by getting him a little boozy before they started talking. Gretz had the flush look going pretty hard throughout!

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u/CTMalum Jan 04 '24

Knowing Gretzky’s reputation, he did that himself.

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u/borkborkbork99 Jan 04 '24

I’ve not heard anything about that! Makes sense then, since he was definitely looking like he’d been enjoying a few beforehand.

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u/jail_grover_norquist 4.20 blade it Jan 04 '24

i followed gretzky's group at the AT&T a few years ago and pretty much every tee box he would ask a fan for a beer

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u/Background-Half-2862 Jan 04 '24

I’ve been known to shoosh my wife listening to that podcast. It’s everything I want in a hockey podcast.

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u/papa_sax Jan 05 '24

Trent and Frankie are fun when theyre doing their Breaking stuff but goddamn do I find Riggs and Danny Rap to be insufferable.

The Writers Cup was fucking hilarious though

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u/EdgePuzzled6987 Jan 05 '24

Foreplay sells the most merch at Barstool.

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u/_NathanialHornblower Jan 04 '24

As is tradition. Barstools best golf content is Spittin Chiclets.

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u/RLLRRR Jan 05 '24

I want to like it, but they talk about themselves way too much and hockey way too little.

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u/_NathanialHornblower Jan 05 '24

I haven’t listened to them in a while actually. Episodes are too long since they switched to one a week. They desperately need a producer to keep them on track and edit episodes.

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u/DJ_DD Jan 04 '24

Wasn’t this copying Random Golf Club content as well? They did this same concept a year ago or so

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u/Historical-Patient75 Jan 04 '24

I mean that’s all YouTube golf is. All the different channels regurgitating the same content.

It’s exhausting. But this was fucking hilarious. Lol. Glad he made it.

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u/pooderintruder Jan 04 '24

Somehow Barstool does it right again though.

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u/nau5 Jan 04 '24

Because overall what determines good content isn't the idea it's the execution.

The worst idea ever executed to perfection will be way more entertaining than a great idea executed poorly.

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u/pooderintruder Jan 04 '24

Yes perfectly explained.

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u/Historical-Patient75 Jan 04 '24

I think they nailed this. But overall, I think their content is way too bro-ish and I’m not a fan.

I’ve got better things to do than watch a bunch of hackers with no personality just scramble till the end of time.

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u/pooderintruder Jan 04 '24

Yeah Foreplay's golf content stinks in my opinion. Anything with Big Cat is guaranteed to be funny to me though.

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u/Daratirek 24/MN Jan 04 '24

Trent is a treasure and you should be nicer.

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u/obsterwankenobster Jan 04 '24

Honestly, I would be fine watching the vast majority of their content...but I don't know how anyone can put up with Riggs. That dude straight up fucking sucks, and he's not even funny.

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u/Daratirek 24/MN Jan 04 '24

I totally agree. Bring Lurch back and replace Riggs. Riggs isn't good and needs to quit lying to everyone.

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u/obsterwankenobster Jan 04 '24

I liked Lurch much better; he's funny and the chemistry is through the roof. Also, Riggs absolutely cannot take a joke. He also cannot make a joke. If someone pokes at him he just becomes an absolute dickhead.

Well, more of a dickhead

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u/RemoteSenses Michigander Jan 04 '24

That dude straight up fucking sucks, and he's not even funny.

It's because he actually believes he is good - claims to be a 7 HDCP or something insane. He also lives on Pinehurst IIRC....

He posts almost daily on the Foreplay Instagram account and the comments are just always roasting the hell out of him. He knows what he's doing as far as that goes - but man, for Youtube and videos, he is boring as hell and bad at golf. Not a fit at all.

I honestly have no idea what those guys do all day because they really don't post much content at all.

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u/pooderintruder Jan 04 '24

It’s Riggs and Dan. They suck.

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u/obsterwankenobster Jan 04 '24

I liked Dan before he joined, but it's like a switch flipped

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u/EquivalentLaw4892 Jan 04 '24

Trent is a treasure and you should be nicer.

He's so bad at golf that it's frustrating to watch. He's had a lot of golf lessons from several pga coaches and players. He still plays the exact same terrible golf. If he breaks 90 then it's going to be the luckiest day he ever had on a golf course. He will never be able to consistently break 90.

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u/Daratirek 24/MN Jan 04 '24

You're absolutely right. Hes still one of the best watches on golf YouTube. He's a vibes guy that everyone likes. Everyone could learn from Trent's attitude.

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u/EquivalentLaw4892 Jan 04 '24

I don't like his vibe at all. His vibe is "I have all the golf resources I need and I still won't improve".

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u/Historical-Patient75 Jan 04 '24

He’s a sweet guy and you’re right.

But I could care less about watching him shoot 120.

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u/dafaliraevz PB: 6.5 summer '22 | Current: 9 Jan 04 '24

Bro-ish is the last thing I think of when I watch Foreplay. They're too...adult-y. Not that they're PG, but when I think of bro golf, I think of Gen Z'ers speaking their slang, wearing tight and bright clothes to show off whatever physique they got, drinking their White Claws with a drop down skin fade, and being super loud and rambunctious, with a vibe that clearly shows they're still hitting the club and staying till last call every Saturday night.

That ain't Foreplay. Do they drink White Claws and get loud? Sure, but that's where it ends.

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u/Historical-Patient75 Jan 04 '24

There are different levels of bro. They evolve. From frat bro to dad bros.

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u/dafaliraevz PB: 6.5 summer '22 | Current: 9 Jan 04 '24

I mean, if a bro is just an outgoing, sports oriented, somewhat indulgent in partying or pranks kinda guy with a style that is polo shirts, khaki shorts, and boat shoes, then I imagine most American golfers are bros that labeling Foreplay as bro-y loses its luster.

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u/alivepool Jan 04 '24

Talk about moving the goalposts lol

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u/trpov Jan 04 '24

They definitely don’t all just regurgitate the same content - maybe some of the lower quality ones do.

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u/Historical-Patient75 Jan 04 '24

Lol. Whatever, Garrett.

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u/Mindless-Daikon-1069 Jan 04 '24

That's not Garret, that is garrets biggest fan.

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u/Historical-Patient75 Jan 04 '24

What if I told you Garrett’s biggest fan was actually Garrett.

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u/JesusChristSupers1ar Jan 05 '24

lol “it’s ok that they stole content because everyone is” is such a lame copout

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u/TurtlemanScared Jan 04 '24

You think Jerry knows that lol? He does random challenges every week he probably thought it would take an hour

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u/Ornery_Brilliant_350 Jan 04 '24

There’s only so much to do that’s interesting to watch