Look: Phil Mickelson, Brandel Chamblee Got Into Twitter Beef Last Night
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 09: Phil Mickelson of the United States reacts on the 18th green during the continuation of the weather delayed third round of the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 09, 2023 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Earlier this week, Claude Harmon III accused Brandel Chamblee of being a "paid actor" for Golf Channel and NBC. Harmon has worked with a few notable golfers, such as Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson.
On Wednesday night, Chamblee responded to Harmon's criticism with a lengthy tweet.
"The accusation that I am just a proxy for the opinion of my employer is a curious one to me, and while the natural back and forth with colleagues certainly informs my opinion, no one for whom I work with or for has ever tried to influence what I am going to say,” Chamblee wrote. “I’d like to think that they trust whatever opinion I have, whether it agrees with theirs or not, I’ve done the research to back it up. Which is more than I can say for those who suggest that because there is evil everywhere, all evil is relativized and unless all of it can be addressed at the same time and in the same way, it should all be ignored.
"Especially, as in the case of the person who called me a paid actor, if they can somehow profit from the evil. This is where the debate crashes headfirst into the nexus of politics, sports and narcissistic greed. Where those who want to escape it most often cloy at whataboutisms, to stop the discussion with a pejorative accusation because they don’t want their motives to be discovered."
If you thought this would end the ongoing beef between Chamblee and LIV Golf, you thought wrong.
On Thursday night, Phil Mickelson decided to call out Chamblee on Twitter.
"Poor Brandel," Mickelson tweeted. "He can rip apart me and countless others but as soon as someone shows his ignorance he can’t handle it. He’s softer now than he was as a player."
This tweet from Mickelson immediately went viral, receiving over 200,000 views in roughly 12 hours.
Chamblee didn't directly respond to Mickelson's tweet, but that's probably because the six-time major champion blocked him.
He did have this to say though: "Phil is welcome to come on the Live From set at the US Open to discuss the merits of playing for scary MFers, as he called them, and the Billy Walters book that comes out August 22… but my guess he’s too soft to come on and debate."
