Jason Dufner Has Fun After Being Blocked By Brandel Chamblee On Twitter
Twitter has turned into frequent venue for war-of-words tussles. And, the normally demur PGA Tour players are even getting into the act.
The latest scuffle involves GolfChannel analyst Brandel Chamblee and Tour fan fav Jason Dufner. Duf wasn’t too pleased with Chamblee’s assessment of longtime swing coach Chuck Cook (who’s taught Dufner for quite a while). GolfDigest.com’s Alex Myers provides the timeline.
Best part of my day.. when people aren’t educated in what they are saying, they run and hide from the truth. It’s to keep what they have going and not be exposed for being a fraud. pic.twitter.com/O97OHYrive
— Jason Dufner (@JasonDufner) November 28, 2017
Dufner came to the defense of his swing coach, Chuck Cook (No. 3 on Golf Digest’s most recent list of the 50 Best Teachers in America), after someone said Chamblee made some comments at a teaching seminar that upset the longtime instructor. Dufner then got into a back-and-forth with another person, but kept also replying to Chamblee, who asked him several times to take him off the thread. Anyway, here’s how Chamblee explained his decision to block Dufner and others:
Twitter often brings out the worst in people, but one should consider there is no age limit to be on this forum&profane language is generally uncalled for. I have no beef w/Duf,he can carry on doing his thing -and we should all pardon reciprocally frailty,as it exists in us all. https://t.co/a9zdarTI2O
— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) November 29, 2017
Dufner responded with…
When I started working with Chuck in 2007 I was ranked 723 in the world, he took me all the way to 6th in the world twice, including 5 wins on tour and a major championship. Sometimes when you don’t know what you are talking about it’s best to shut your f’cking mouth
— Jason Dufner (@JasonDufner) November 28, 2017
Dufner joins Billy Horschel and Patrick Rodgers as recent Twitter foes of Chamblee.
Earlier this year, Chamblee was quoted saying he’s blocked over 20,000 folks on Twitter.
“I have an informal approach to the interaction that I have on Twitter, in that I view it as a party at my house: Come on in, argue if you see fit, but if you start breaking dishes, you have to go. I can smell rudeness a par-5 away. Hence, I block on average about 10 people a day, which means I have blocked around 20,000 people in my six-plus years on Twitter.“
