Anthony Kim's row with Brandel Chamblee continues to make waves on social media.
In an interview with the Golf Channel, Chamblee revealed that he initially thought Kim's words on social media directed to him were just spam accounts looking to attract the attention of certain personalities associated with golf. However, once he realized the comments were coming from the man himself, Chamblee did not hold back on what he thought of the 35-year-old.
"At first, I thought it was a bot. But it's not, it was just somebody who's been bought," Chamblee said in an interview with the Golf Channel. "I thought it was juvenile. Social media is a perfect place for juveniles to go behave like children, like the ball pit at McDonalds without adult supervision."
READ MORE: Anthony Kim hits back at 'talentless fool' analyst after criticism of LIV Golf
READ MORE: Brandel Chamblee fires back at Anthony Kim as bizarre LIV Golf social media beef blows up
It did not take long for Kim to fire back on social media after hearing Chamblee's comments. Additionally, Kim's retort appeared to throw a jab at Chamblee's family history, as the 61-year-old was married to Bailey Mosier.
"Again an inaccurate statement by someone who would know about hanging around ball pits when he left his family and four kids for someone half his age @GolfChannel," Kim said in a retaliatory post. "Very unprofessional. also I'm not for sale I chose to play @livgolf_league [because] it was best for me and my family."
LIV Golf 2023 predictions including marquee signings and PGA Tour deadlock
Kim added more, stating that while he did not mean to offend Jimmy Dunne - who was caught in the crossfire - he meant every word aimed at Chamblee. "While we [are] at it i wanna be clear that i mean exactly what i said about ramble sham lee @chambleebrandel as he has spoken about my decision to return to golf @livgolf_league," Kim continued.
Anthony Kim returned to the links after taking years off rehabbing an Achilles injury (2024 Jason Butler)"Ramble is entitled to his opinion and i have no problem [with] it but i stand on every word i said as he has taken shots at multiple people [with] much higher accolades. He also spoke about how I'm raising my daughter & don't think he should be giving advice because i know being present is something he knows nothing about."
Kim and Chamblee's row was unexpected, with the two first trading barbs at one another as the latter is a vocal critic of LIV Golf while the former has returned to his golfing ways after signing with the Saudi Arabian-backed circuit. Kim's first attack on Chamblee appeared to be in response to the 61-year-old claiming the PGA Tour agreeing with the Public Investment Fund "is the better end of the bargain."
"ur such a ----- 4 beating on ur chest & basically saying never retreat & hypocritically retreat," Kim said on May 10. "It is well known this talentless fool is disliked by most people in the golf world. U still gonna cover golf if @livgolf_league is involved?"
Chamblee then responded with a lengthy post of his own, calling Kim's accusations "inaccurate" and claimed LIV's involvement is because it wants to cover up human rights abuses. "It’s the sad reality of you and your brethren on the LIV tour willingly dealing with a murderous dictator for profit so that he can hide his atrocities, that golf has had to try to figure out how to mitigate the influence of MBS, PIF and LIV in the otherwise philanthropical and merit based world of professional golf," Chamblee wrote in response.
"Now why don’t you get back to doing what you formerly did best, which is to wow the world with your talent. I don’t like LIV for a lot of reasons, but I certainly enjoyed your golf and would love to see you playing anything like the semblance of the golfer you used to be."
It remains to be seen how the two will resolve their row. Though it appears that cooler heads will not prevail in the near future.
Read more similar news:
Comments:
comments powered by Disqus
