{"id":909889,"date":"2026-09-29T14:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/909889\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:40:19","slug":"brandel-chamblee-claims-golf-has-a-dangerous-problem-caused-by-phil-mickelson-and-greg-norman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/909889\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandel Chamblee claims golf has a ‘dangerous’ problem caused by Phil Mickelson and Greg Norman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s common knowledge that Brandel Chamblee has a big problem with the roles that Phil Mickelson and Greg Norman played in getting LIV Golf off the ground back in 2022.<\/p>\n

However, Chamblee also believes that Mickelson and Norman had an even more detrimental effect on the game of golf as a whole than purely their involvement with LIV.<\/p>\n

The American and the Australian were complicit in LIV Golf\u2019s attempts to bring down the PGA Tour, in spite of what they may have you believe.<\/p>\n

In fairness to Phil Mickelson<\/a> and Greg Norman<\/a>, the roles they played in LIV Golf<\/a>\u2018s inception undoubtedly forced the PGA Tour<\/a> into raising their own game, both financially and from a business point of view.<\/p>\n

Brandel Chamblee<\/a> doesn\u2019t see it that way, though.<\/p>\n

In fact, Chamblee has reveled in LIV Golf\u2019s recent downfall<\/a>, highlighting how the league failed because golf fans would never accept the greed and the dishonor associated with it.<\/p>\n

Now the outspoken golf analyst has taken aim at Mickelson and Norman for creating what he believes is now golf\u2019s most concerning problem.<\/p>\n

Brandel Chamblee slams Phil Mickelson and Greg Norman for creating \u2018dangerous\u2019 problem<\/p>\n

While speaking on the We Need a Fourth Podcast, Chamblee responded when asked what he believes is the biggest problem in golf right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cGolf has a lot of problems, but right now, I think the biggest one is that they have to decide what they want to be,\u201c Chamblee said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDo they want to be what they\u2019ve been? Which to me is the greatest sport in terms of comportment. Or do they want to try to be one of the biggest sports? And in doing so, they\u2019re going to surrender what made golf unlike everything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn other words, the proximity to chaos of fans, they\u2019ve always been, there\u2019s this underlying agreement that they\u2019re going to be polite.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd to the degree that they want to make this game more popular, they\u2019re going to have to align it with gambling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they align it with gambling and predictive gambling, then \u2013\u2013\u2013 there\u2019s always been people, fans have always come to golf to appreciate the game and to see the best golf played. But to whatever degree they align it with gambling, that means that there\u2019s going to be an element of people that come to the game that want to see bad golf because they bet on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is going to change the very nature of the game of golf, and that is dangerous. I blame that on Phil, and I blame that on Greg Norman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI blame them because they\u2019ve irreparably tilted the game towards greed. And that\u2019s golf\u2019s biggest problem in my view.\u201c<\/p>\n

Chamblee\u2019s comments are correct, but he is missing one key point here.<\/p>\n

Betting in golf is not some new phenomenon \u2013 it has been around for more than five decades!<\/p>\n

However, the supposed problem of gambling in golf seems to have become a narrative since Jordan Spieth spoke out about it back in June.<\/p>\n

Jordan Spieth blames gambling for poor recent fan behavior <\/p>\n

When speaking about the abuse that Wyndham Clark received during the US Open at Shinnecock Hills, Spieth took aim at golf betting<\/a>, suggesting that it could be the reason why fan behavior has deteriorated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you had some unique circumstances there,\u201d the three-time major champion said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. I mean, I think the one thing that I\u2019ll point out is I do think that betting in golf is something that\u2019s going to have to be tackled here soon, because I don\u2019t know how much of, say, the Wyndham scenario was the fact that it was enticing to bet the field versus Wyndham on Sunday in a legalized betting state, and you could have had people out there that are essentially, you know, have $100 to $10,000, depending on who it is, on the field versus somebody else.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn golf it\u2019s tricky because you could actually impact the outcome if you wanted to. It may not last very long, but you could impact a shot if you wanted to. I don\u2019t know of another sport that you could impact as a fan like you can golf.\u201c<\/p>\n

Again, why has this all-of-a-sudden become a problem now when gambling has been part of the professional game since the prime years of Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer?<\/p>\n

Nobody seems able to answer that question.<\/p>\n

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