Episode 246: The Good Good and Callaway Video Controversy

So for those who don't know, let me just read from an article that will give you a catch up.

This is on NBC News, and it reads, PGA Tour CEO blasts concerning a Good Good Golf ad that depicted co-founder shoving female golfer onto the ground.

This is by Marlene Lethang.

It says, Good Good Golf is facing the wrath of the golf industry after it posted a controversial ad that depicted one of its co-founders shoving a female golfer to the ground.

The commercial, which promoted Good Good Golf and Callaway Golf's Quantum Driver collaboration, and has since been taken down, sparked outrage online with viewers saying it appeared to promote domestic violence and violence against women.

PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolap condemned the commercial Tuesday, calling it concerning and clearly not aligned with PGA Tour values.

The commercial, it goes on to say, the commercial showed golfer Alexis Mistowski trying to grab a driver out of a bag, only to be shoved to the ground by Good Good Golf founder Garrett Clark.

After having pushed her, he stands over her and warns, do not touch my driver.

Good Good said in a statement Saturday that the ad ultimately depicted actions that were not aligned with our values as a brand.

We have since taken that content down and sincerely apologized.

They made other statements.

There's also a Good Good statement One of the good, good founders made a I think an eight minute video talking about this and making an apology for for making this video and on and on and on.

So so.

Let's just get into this thing a little bit, because I've seen the video and I've seen the apologies and I've read some of the things.

And by the way, you have stores like Dick's Sporting Goods and Costco who have removed all of their Callaway items from stock.

Let me repeat, all of their Callaway items are removed from stock because of this thing.

I guess my first question is, in a corporation that is as large And as influential as Callaway is in golf, And its founder, Eli Calloway.

I had a chance to meet Eli Calloway, one of the nicest people you ever meet.

That was my experience.

There may be other stories out there.

Please let me know.

He's one of the nicest, most thoughtful people you'd ever want to meet.

He was so kind to people like John Daly.

And I tell the story often where he gave John Daly $3 billion and said, look, all you have to do is quit drinking, buddy.

And just keep the money, you know, and play our stuff.