Chamblee breaks down Spieth and Scheffler's response to LIV news | Golf Channel

YOUR MOTHER CATHERINE RIGHT?

YEAH. YEAH. SHE IS NOT ALONE. A

LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING IT'S TIME FOR JORDAN SPIETH TO COME BACK AND BE THE JORDAN SPIETH. WE KNOW. I MEAN

SPIETH. WE KNOW. I MEAN

EVERYBODY LOVES HIM FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS NOT LEAST BECAUSE HE IS SO HONEST AND FORTHRIGHT WITH THE MEDIA. AND I

THOUGHT TO THAT POINT, THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN HIS ANSWER YESTERDAY AND SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER ABOUT THE IMPENDING DEMISE OF LIV WAS PRETTY INTERESTING.

WE'LL START WITH JORDAN SPIETH.

I THINK THERE'S A SYSTEM FOR BROOKS AND A SYSTEM FOR PATRICK REED. DOES THAT STAY THE SAME

REED. DOES THAT STAY THE SAME FOR GUYS IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS THOSE TWO COMING BACK, OR DOES IT DOES IT CHANGE NOW? DOES IT

CHANGE FOR GUYS WHO SUED AND DROPPED THEIR MEMBERSHIP? YOU

KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS FOR, UM, FOR THAT. SO IT'S JUST, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M KIND OF GLAD I'M NOT IN THAT ROOM. AND I

TRUST THE GUYS THAT ARE IN THAT ROOM TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

THE NEWS COMING FAST AND FURIOUS THIS WEEK ABOUT LIV GOLFERS AND LIVE IN GENERAL. AND

THIS WE'VE SEEN BROOKS WE'VE SEEN PATRICK REED'S ON HIS WAY BACK. WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ON

BACK. WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ON THESE PATHWAYS BACK? SOME SOME

BELIEVE JUST LET THEM IN. SOME

BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF PENALTY. WHERE DO YOU STAND?

I JUST GOT OFF THE GOLF COURSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU

COURSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME.

LOOK, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CRITICIZING SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND, YOU KNOW,

SOCIAL MEDIA. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE HE HE SAID, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT WAS A TERRIBLE QUESTION AT THE MASTERS. WHEN

ASKED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW HE PLAYED THAT PARTICULAR DAY.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SITUATION, BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT THIS ONE'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

WHILE I ENJOYED JORDAN SPIETH'S ANSWER, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER ANSWER. OUR

PRODUCER, MATT HAGERTY, WAS TALKING EARLIER TODAY. HE WAS

SAYING, LOOK, WHEN HE FIRST STARTED IN THE BUSINESS AND I'D BE INTERESTED TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THIS AS A JOURNALIST. MONDAY,

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. ANY QUESTION

WAS ON THE TABLE. BUT ONCE

THURSDAY BEGAN, IT SHOULD BE MORE ABOUT BOGEYS AND BIRDIES.

NOW, I'M NOT AT ALL CRITICIZING THE QUESTION HERE, BECAUSE I WOULD ARGUE LIV IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORIES, IF NOT THE BIGGEST STORY IN THE HISTORY OF GOLF AND ITS IMPENDING DEMISE IS

ANOTHER HUGE STORY. SO THE

QUESTION NEEDED TO BE ASKED. BUT

I UNDERSTAND HIM NOT ANSWERING IT BECAUSE IN ESSENCE, WHAT I TOOK FROM THAT WAS HIM SAYING, CAN I JUST THINK ABOUT GOLF? I

ONLY WANT TO THINK ABOUT GOLF AT THIS MOMENT, LIV. THERE'S PLENTY

OF PEOPLE CHIMING IN ON THAT, AND IT'S VERY EASY TO MISSTEP, SAY THE WRONG THING, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES HEADLINES AND YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO IT LATER ON. TIGER WAS VERY

LATER ON. TIGER WAS VERY STRATEGIC IN HIS ANSWERS. SURE,

YOU'RE A BIG SPORTS NUT. YOU

KNOW, DEREK JETER ALWAYS ANSWER TO THE MEDIA, RIGHT? YOU WERE

TELLING YOU WERE TELLING ME YOU ALWAYS ANSWER TO THE MEDIA, BUT NEVER REALLY SAID MUCH. YES.

RIGHT. DIDN'T HAVE TO REBOUND.

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON.

THE QUESTION? MY TAKE IS THAT SCOTTIE, WHO'S BEEN VERY ACCESSIBLE AND ACCOMMODATING AS THE WORLD NUMBER 1, IS WEARYING OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING HIS WAY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. IN

PARTICULAR, I THINK THAT HE IS, YOU KNOW, TIRED OF PEOPLE POKING AT HIS GAME AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU FIND ON THE RANGE? AND WHAT DID HE SAY TO

RANGE? AND WHAT DID HE SAY TO THE REPORTER THAT SAYS THAT I WAS LOST? I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING

WAS LOST? I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING ON THE RANGE. MARK CANIZARO,

LONGTIME NEW YORK POST GOLF WRITER, ASKED HIM ABOUT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. HE SAID,

PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WEEK TO WEEK. AND

SCOTTIE SAYS, YOU JUDGE ME WEEK TO WEEK. I JUDGE MYSELF SHOT FOR

TO WEEK. I JUDGE MYSELF SHOT FOR SHOT. I'VE BEEN IN AN ELEVATOR

SHOT. I'VE BEEN IN AN ELEVATOR WITH MARK MCGWIRE, A LEGENDARY BASEBALL PLAYER WHO'S. HE TOLD

ME ONE ON ONE. I'M TIRED OF THESE QUESTIONS. I GET THE SAME

THESE QUESTIONS. I GET THE SAME QUESTIONS AFTER EVERY SINGLE BASEBALL GAME. 162 ON A BASEBALL

BASEBALL GAME. 162 ON A BASEBALL CALENDAR. BUT THE JOB OF THE

CALENDAR. BUT THE JOB OF THE REPORTER BRANDEL, WHETHER IT'S MONDAY OR SUNDAY, IS TO ASK QUESTIONS. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN

QUESTIONS. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 15 DIFFERENT REPORTERS AROUND SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER YESTERDAY.

MAYBE TEN OF THEM WANTED TO ASK HIM ABOUT HIS ROUND. MAYBE TWO

OF THEM WANTED TO ASK HIM ABOUT CAMERON YOUNG. MAYBE TWO MORE

CAMERON YOUNG. MAYBE TWO MORE WANTED TO ASK ABOUT JORDAN SPIETH AND MAYBE A HANDFUL WANTED TO ASK ABOUT LIV GOLF, WHICH IS THE STORY OF THE QUESTION I AM NOT ABOUT CENSORING WHEN THE QUESTIONS ARE TO BE ASKED. THE JOB OF THE

REPORTER, WHETHER YOU'RE AT THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP OR THE WHITE HOUSE IS TO TELL THE TRUTH AND TO SPARE THAT TRUTH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, OR IN THIS CASE, THE GOLF FAN AND SPORTS FAN AT HOME.

I GET IT. THE CURT RESPONSES NOTWITHSTANDING HIS RESPONSE YESTERDAY, MAYBE YOU COULD CATEGORIZE IT AS CURT. I MIGHT

CATEGORIZE IT AS STRATEGIC.

OKAY.

IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ANDRE AGASSI OPEN. HAVE YOU READ IT?

AGASSI OPEN. HAVE YOU READ IT?

GREAT BOOK.

READ IT. I KNOW YOUR KIDS LOVE IT. GREAT BOOK. THERE'S A

LOVE IT. GREAT BOOK. THERE'S A

LINE IN THERE. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE LINES THAT I'VE EVER READ AS IT RELATES TO STARDOM, HE SAID. THERE'S A TAX ON

HE SAID. THERE'S A TAX ON SUPERSTARDOM. IT'S 15 SECONDS

SUPERSTARDOM. IT'S 15 SECONDS FOR EVERY FAN, AND I WOULD SAY, SIMILARLY, THERE IS A TAX ON SUPERSTARDOM THAT YOU HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT COMES WITH THE

SINGLE DAY. IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY. YOU DON'T GET TO

TERRITORY. YOU DON'T GET TO TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN. THERE'S

SOMETHING CALLED MEDIA RIGHTS.

NOW, SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER IS GOING TO PLAY 20 TIMES A YEAR. HE'S

GOING TO BE ASKED FIVE, FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. EVERY TIME HE

CONSECUTIVE DAYS. EVERY TIME HE PLAYS. THAT'S 125 TIMES HE'S

PLAYS. THAT'S 125 TIMES HE'S GOT TO FACE THE MEDIA. I

UNDERSTAND GETTING A LITTLE CHIPPY NOW AND THEN, DEPENDING UPON HOW YOU PLAY, BUT THE CURTNESS PREVIOUS TO THIS REMARK WAS A LITTLE BIT CHIPPY. DID

TIGER WOODS EVER GET THAT WAY?

AND ALL OF THE YEARS, I MEAN, YES, HERE AND THERE, BUT HE ALWAYS ANSWERED THE QUESTION, DID HE NOT?

HE DID. HE DID TIME AND TIME AGAIN, EVEN AFTER ROUNDS OF 78.

REMEMBER THE CHIPPING ISSUES THAT HE HAD IN PHOENIX WHEN HE MISSED THE CUT? HE STOOD THERE ON THAT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ANSWERED EVERY SINGLE QUESTION.

BRADLEY AND YOU CAN'T IMAGINE AN ATHLETE IN GREATER THROES OF DESPAIR THAN THAT. THE BACK

ISSUES POST SCANDAL COMING BACK, CHIPPING YIPS LOOKS NOTHING LIKE. YEAH, THE GOD THAT HE WAS

LIKE. YEAH, THE GOD THAT HE WAS IN GOLFING. AND YET HE ANSWERED

IN GOLFING. AND YET HE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS WITHOUT GETTING CHIPPY. UH, IT'S THE TAX ON

CHIPPY. UH, IT'S THE TAX ON SUPERSTARS.

IT IS. AND ATHLETES HAVE TO PROTECT THEIR CONFIDENCE AND PROTECT THEIR ENERGY ANY WAY THEY SEE FIT. AND AGAIN, I START WITH WHAT I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, SCOTTIE, THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HAS BEEN VERY ACCESSIBLE AND ACCOMMODATING FOR

THE MOST PART.

HE DID. HE HAS ABSOLUTELY.

BUT MOST RECENTLY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE SO CRITICAL ON THIS ONE, WAS THAT HE