We\u2019re back from a little U.S. Open \u201cbreak,\u201d but unfortunately we begin this week with some difficult news \u2026<\/p>\n
Dalke\u2019s Decision <\/p>\n
On Thursday, Brad Dalke shocked the golf world when he announced he was leaving Good Good Golf in an emotional video posted to his personal YouTube channel. In the video, Dalke explained that the split is due to his wife Abbie\u2019s ongoing health issues and his desire to travel less and be there for her as the couple navigate what comes next.<\/p>\n
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The good news\u2014the most important news\u2014is that it sounds like the worst is behind the Dalke family and Abbie is now on the road recovery. But for the time being, that means we won\u2019t be seeing Dalke on YouTube. What this means for Dalke\u2019s participation in the 2026 Internet Invitational, where he is the defending champion, and YGT, where he was set to serve as one of four team captains, remains to be seen. Due to the seriousness of Abbie\u2019s health issues, we don\u2019t want to speculate. At times like this golf should take a backseat and we want to let the couple control their own narrative. As we watched the video, however, one thing stuck out:<\/p>\n
Dalke asking his fans not to \u201cblame\u201d Abbie, telling them he was making this decision entirely of his own accord.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be the first to say this is not Abbie\u2019s fault. She is not asking me to be home more. She is not demanding me to be home more,\u201d Dalke explained. \u201cShe is so supportive of everything I do, she is not the one asking me to do this. She\u2019s not the one asking me to leave Good Good. This is my decision, not her\u2019s, so do not get mad at her for any of this.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s truly disheartening that Dalke even needed to even address this. If portions of the YouTube golf community are really blaming a player\u2019s sick wife for getting sick, they need to be purged off the platform and never welcomed back.<\/p>\n
Abbie has had two miscarriages, lost nearly half her vision in left eye and had heart surgery all in the last eight months. If you\u2019re one of the unfortunately vocal few who Dalke was addressing, please seek help. It\u2019s not only normal to love and care for another human being, it\u2019s healthy. So please, go touch grass, get some sun, eat some fruit and call your mother. Then, once you\u2019re feeling better, go apologize to Brad and Abbie, because they have WAY more important things to work about right now than your feelings.<\/p>\n
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Quick Hits <\/p>\n
Bob Does Sports<\/p>\n
It felt like we were overdue for a new format or some sort of larger shake up from Bob Does Sports. We got the former this week with a new challenge in which the boys try to break 85 \u2026 with only one player playing each hole. To raise the stakes a bit, if they fail to break 85, the top comment on the video gets to decide their next eating challenge. Good luck, fellas \u2026 and don\u2019t forget the Tums. <\/p>\n
Peter Finch<\/p>\n
We get a double dose of Peter Finch this week as he continues to his qualification journey for the 2026 Open Championship and attempts to break par at TPC River Highlands, the site of this week\u2019s Travelers Championship and the shortest course on the current PGA Tour schedule. If British accents and straight golf, no chaser are your thing, you know what to do.<\/p>\n
Ryan Ruffels<\/p>\n
Honestly, haters matches aren\u2019t my cup of bourbon. First of all, don\u2019t platform these idiots. You\u2019re just giving them the attention they\u2019re so clearly begging for. Second of all, they always seem staged in that bad-reality-TV sort of way. But this week Ryan Ruffels takes on the big tuna of YouTube golf haters, Alex Zurat, who has already been banned from YGT for talking so much trash and, surprise surprise, is now launching his own YouTube channel. If he can really do it better than everyone else like he says, then more power to him, but something tells us he\u2019s in for a reality check playing against one of the world\u2019s former top amateurs. Good luck, kid. You\u2019re gonna need it.<\/p>\n
Luke Kwon<\/p>\n
If a seven-man scramble at a par-3 course where the closest player to the pin gets to decide the punishment for the farthest player from the pin sounds like your idea of a good time \u2026 then you\u2019ve never been stuck behind a seven-man scramble at a par-3 course. Still though, this one is good fun as long you\u2019re sitting safe at home on your couch.<\/p>\n
Fore Play<\/p>\n
Finally, the Barstool boys continue their Irish odyssey this week with a stop at Doonbeg. Pot bunkers and too much Guinness are a deadly combination, but somehow the crew make it out alive \u2026 and with a lifetime of new stories to tell. If you\u2019re planning your own Irish golf trip\u2014or just want to live vicariously through those who have been there and done that\u2014this is must-see TV.<\/p>\n
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