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⛳️ Lebron is a golfer now

⛳️ Lebron is a golfer now

Bogey Bois
December 22, 2025

Happy Monday. Golf's silly season succeeds when it's actually silly, not "hit-n-giggles that look like regular golf with players getting paid handsomely." The Golf Channel Games relay race worked because watching Scottie Scheffler and Keegan Bradley sprint around fairways without their routines was stupid and terrific—Team Rory's 28-second birdie was pure chaos. You can't artificially insert stakes (LIV pays "900 trillionty dollars" and nobody watches), but taking players out of their comfort zones is watchable. Want 100-yard shots where misses mean dunking? Par-5s in sumo outfits? Get goofy, get weird, get silly. ⬇️

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🔍 Today’s highlights:

⛳️ Dave Portnoy wants to increase the Internet Invitational purse from $1 million to $10 million, meaning each winner would take home $3.3 million—more than Scottie Scheffler earned for his 2025 PGA Championship.
👀 LeBron James admitted he no longer watches NBA League Pass because he's watching YouTube golf instead, responding to a postgame basketball question about Jazz star Keyonte George with "I watch YouTube golf these days, I'm the wrong guy to ask about that."
🤔 Team Rory's 28-second birdie in the relay competition showed how insanely long pre-shot routines are, with Rory McIlroy running up and whacking his approach to 10 feet without thinking while Shane Lowry buried the putt without AimPoint, checking the other side, or practice strokes.

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⛳️ $10M golf creator tournament?

Dave Portnoy wants to increase the Internet Invitational purse from $1 million to $10 million, meaning each winner would take home $3.3 million—more than Scottie Scheffler earned for his 2025 PGA Championship. Bob Does Sports' Robby Berger said "if Dave says it's going to be $10 million, I think he'll pull it off." The concern? The event's charm was being just high-stakes enough to matter but low-stakes enough for yucking it up. Mo' money, mo' problems—this risks turning YouTube golf into the same money-obsessed monolith as pro golf. ⬇️

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👀 Lebron James loves YouTube golf

LeBron James admitted he no longer watches NBA League Pass because he's watching YouTube golf instead, responding to a postgame basketball question about Jazz star Keyonte George with "I watch YouTube golf these days, I'm the wrong guy to ask about that." The four-time NBA MVP has been bitten by the golf bug badly in Year 23—playing rounds with son Bronny, practicing his swing during timeouts, and responding to Golf Digest tweets. LeBron could give you a full scouting report on Grant Horvat's short game but nothing on rising NBA stars. ⬇️

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🤔 28 second birdie

Team Rory's 28-second birdie in the relay competition showed how insanely long pre-shot routines are, with Rory McIlroy running up and whacking his approach to 10 feet without thinking while Shane Lowry buried the putt without AimPoint, checking the other side, or practice strokes. The Golf Channel Games relay had all four team members—McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lowry, and Haotong Li—racing from shot to shot between tee, fairway, and green. The relay and 14-club challenge were excellent watches proving the Zurich Classic should incorporate both formats immediately. Pure cinema. ⬇️