{"id":15555877,"date":"2025-01-08T20:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T01:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golf.com\/?post_type=article&p=15555877"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:40:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T01:40:50","slug":"rickie-fowler-skibidi-member-critical-reviews-tgl","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/golf.com\/news\/rickie-fowler-skibidi-member-critical-reviews-tgl\/","title":{"rendered":"Rickie Fowler and skibidi: 1 member of a most critical group reviews TGL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the eve of TGL\u2019s beginning, our<\/em> start stuttered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me, via text: \u201cYou still good to help? Will be fun.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Him: \u201cYep what am i supposed to watch it on\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: \u201cESPN\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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What\u2019s a TGL match really like? We were there on opening night<\/a><\/blockquote>\n By:<\/span>\n \n \n Sean Zak <\/a>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

Him: \u201chow do i get that\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there were others Monday, when the star-fronted, star-backed, Star Wars-like golf-in-an-arena league teed off<\/a>. What would the play of Tiger and friends be like? Would it be crisp? What would the simulator be like? Would it be real? What would the rotating green be like? Would it be pure? What about the fans? And the vibe? And the broadcast<\/a>? On and on and on. And pundits far and wide, along with up and down your Twitter scroll, have opined, including on this website, and you can peruse our wonderfully written dispatches here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a>. They\u2019re excellent distillations of the action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But should you want to determine whether this thing will actually birdie or bogey, the source you should check is a member of the audience TGL is sincerely trying to lasso. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone young. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like a teen. Like a 20-something. Folks who consume golf content just as much as anyone else, but in a whole host of newfangled ways. This group might not watch 2 seconds of, say, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Golf Channel, but they might tune in for TGL for 2 hours on ESPN, if done well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, that\u2019s if they can find the channel, which, as I learned, was actually unsurprising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The back-and-forth at the top of this article was with my 16-year-old nephew, Mason. He\u2019s been in this space before<\/a>. I\u2019m naturally a fan of his. And he\u2019s a fan of golf. While seeing him over the holidays, we played in some manner nine (9) times \u2014 in frigid Wisconsin. He\u2019s exactly whom TGL craves, so he agreed to watch the broadcast and talk with me afterward, and that conversation is below. Notably, despite a lot of hype, he knew only the general concept about what he was going to view.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nor was he itching with anticipation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mason, via text, at 8:52 p.m. ET, 8 minutes before the start: \u201ci\u2019m not home right now i\u2019ll be home in a minute.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: \u201cIt starts in 5 minutes!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mason: \u201c8 and i\u2019ll be home\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: \u201cHurry!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two hours later, I called him. The parts where I speak are in italics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The immediate takeaways \u2014 \u2018Rickie was kind of weird\u2019 <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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TGL is different. But to thrive, it will need this 1 essential ingredient<\/a><\/blockquote>\n By:<\/span>\n \n \n Michael Bamberger <\/a>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

\u201cHello,\u201d Mason murmurs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for watching. You ready?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMmhmm.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All right, the first question is really, really basic. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOK.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And feel free to talk as long as you want. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMmhmm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what did you think?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUm, I don\u2019t know, I think you overhyped it a little bit. [More on this later.] I mean, well, I liked it. It was really fast at the beginning, and I guess a little bit more fun at the beginning and then it kind of slowed down. But I don\u2019t know, I guess I was \u2014 like, I liked it a lot, but I don\u2019t know. I think I was expecting a little more. And the mics were \u2014 they talked about the mics being a big part of it, and then they only talked about the hot mics and they only showed them a couple of times. But I still liked it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did you like best?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI liked that green. And that they could give each other putts and it would be like if you\u2019re out scrambling with your friends or something, like you just give them a putt. I like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did you like the least?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUm, I don\u2019t know. I guess how slow it went. But I don\u2019t know how to talk about that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am I right in saying that all the new stuff at first made it seem fast and then later, just because you got used to how it looked, it got down to just golf? Is that kinda right?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean, yeah. I think people got used to it and they would keep trying to put it in your face all the stuff that they were using, and it just kind of dulled out a little bit.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the funniest part?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUm, I don\u2019t know. I guess when Xander [Schauffele]<\/a> had to chip twice. He chipped from the green and he chunked it to the other side and then he like duffed it again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the weirdest part?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The TGL’s first broadcast gave us a genius innovation … AND a sugar high<\/a><\/blockquote>\n By:<\/span>\n \n \n James Colgan <\/a>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

\u201cUm, I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s not really a part, but I noticed that Rickie was kind of weird. I\u2019m not calling him weird, but the whole time he kind of seemed off. Everyone else was making jokes and stuff and then Rickie was kind of like in his own world, I guess. He talked a little bit, but every time someone would talk to him or something, he would just give a one-word response. But I don\u2019t really know what else was weird.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the most skibidi (fellow olds, please look this up)?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOK.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Had to do it. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat better not go on the website, I\u2019m serious.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The action \u2014 \u2018Of all the people they interviewed, I thought it was weird\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On a scale of 1-10, how did you like the golf part alone?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean, I don\u2019t know, I always like watching professionals play because every shot goes straight when they want it to. So like an 8 or 9.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a scale of 1-10, how did you like the whole simulator part of it?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat part was sick. I want to play it. Like a 10.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That actually goes into my next question. I\u2019m wondering when you were watching it, were you maybe more interested in wanting to play it one day, or were you more interested to see how the pros would do?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really care how they do. I just thought that this was sick. I mean, Xander\u2019s one of my favorites; I like him. I like Rickie. I mean, that was cool watching them, but, I don\u2019t know, I think the whole arena, that was pretty cool.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a scale of 1-10, how did you like the presentation, meaning the broadcast and the graphics and stuff like that?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. There was only one camera sort of at the start where the players looked bad, but other than that, I think it was really good. The intermissions were really slow and it kind of brought away from it. But I liked how they brought up Tiger and Rory [McIlroy]<\/a> and they interviewed them. DJ Khaled, which was unexpected. I thought it went pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did you think of DJ Khaled?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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In TGL\u2019s debut, this brilliant rules twist made the whole thing work<\/a><\/blockquote>\n By:<\/span>\n \n \n Alan Bastable <\/a>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

\u201cThat was kind of weird. I don\u2019t really know. Of all the people they interviewed, I thought it was weird.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a scale of 1-10, what did you think of the banter, the back and forth between the players?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUm, there wasn\u2019t as much as I expected. I thought there\u2019d be more. But it was pretty cool. Like the timeout that they took to ice Xander. I thought there would be a little more, but it was fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viewing habits \u2014 \u2018I don\u2019t watch just raw on cable\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What did you know about this going into today?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI knew that there were a bunch of pros divided up into teams that were going to play on a simulator and a big, rotating green.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was about it, right?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were any of your friends talking about this?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean, no. There was a little on TikTok and stuff about how there was like a bunker and you would hit into a big screen that\u2019s like 100 times the size as a regular one. But I didn\u2019t really know anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hate to know this answer, but did you read any of the GOLF Magazine stories about this?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hmm, that\u2019s OK. How does this compare to the golf that you normally watch, like the <\/em>Grant Horvat<\/em><\/a> stuff, the Good Good guys, the <\/em>Fore Play<\/em><\/a> guys? (He notably has a Fore Play headcover.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cObviously it\u2019s a little more professional and stuff. Obviously they\u2019re better. When you\u2019re watching a YouTube video, they\u2019re all friends and there isn\u2019t as much on the line. To me, the mics and the hot mics and some of the stuff seemed a little bit not forced, but I don\u2019t know if it was all natural. The YouTube stuff, I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s 100 percent raw, but it\u2019s a little more relaxed, I guess, and they\u2019re just out there filming and shooting. And this is broadcast on television and there\u2019s an arena and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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What does TGL stand for? A pointless investigation (with a surprising twist)<\/a><\/blockquote>\n By:<\/span>\n \n \n Dylan Dethier <\/a>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

Is that the biggest appeal to you for like the Good Good guys and the Fore Play guys and Grant Horvat?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think Good Good and Grant, they\u2019re all younger, and I don\u2019t know about the rest of the people that watch them that are my age, but when I\u2019m older, obviously I\u2019m not going to be a golf content creator, but I would like to be the same skill level as them. I think the appeal is they\u2019re young and doing what they want and they\u2019re good at what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you think after watching TGL tonight, you\u2019d want to watch more pro golf on NBC or CBS or Golf Channel?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUm, I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m not a fan of the commercials and stuff, but yeah, probably.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you watch any pro golf?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, a little bit, but not on like cable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, that\u2019s a good point. Where do you watch it then?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike clips or reruns. On YouTube, you can find all of Scottie Scheffler\u2019s<\/a> shots when he won the Masters, or you can find all of Hideki\u2019s shots. [Hideki Matsuyama<\/a>.] I like watching that. That\u2019s usually what I watch. I don\u2019t watch just raw on cable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would it take for you to watch traditional television golf, or is that just not possible? You just like watching multiple highlights like that?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean, no, there\u2019s nothing \u2014 it\u2019s just sitting in the living room versus sitting in my room. There\u2019s nothing stopping me from watching it; it just doesn\u2019t come into my mind like, let me go into live television and put on the Golf Channel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I hadn\u2019t asked you to watch this tonight, would you have watched it?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean, I knew that it was going on. I didn\u2019t know when. If I didn\u2019t watch it tonight, I probably would\u2019ve watched something about it another night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be completely honest, are you going to watch it again?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cUm, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You serious?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, I think I will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would you watch it two months from now?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe. Depends who\u2019s playing in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions for me<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What questions do you have for me?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid you like it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did. I thought it was different and fast-paced at the start. For me, there was a lot of trying to figure out what this all was very quickly and then the golf itself was very fast, so I thought that was very fun to watch. But then once it got into it, it was golf golf again. I think it\u2019s an addition to the landscape, but I don\u2019t know if it wholly differentiates itself. But it was golf in January. You mentioned you like to watch pro golf because you like to watch great shots. Like, I don\u2019t know if that plays out in simulators as much. They also say, if you look at other leagues that have just started, you won\u2019t really know for like 15, 20 years if this is going to work. It\u2019s a process. That said, attention spans are so low, does it last more than two years? To carve out a space when there are soooo many options will be the trick. And when kids your age are going elsewhere to get their content, I don\u2019t know. What else you got?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat did you think was the funniest part?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did I think was the funniest part? Hmm. I laughed when <\/em>Shane Lowry<\/em><\/a> said he wants to be the Scottie Scheffler of indoor golf.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was good. What else?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you ready to lose to me the next time you play me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, I see. [Editor\u2019s note: He\u2019s NEVER won, though the author is afraid the day is fast approaching.] I don\u2019t know if I can put that into a published story. Hard to say. I got a question for you: Have you listened to any of Nelly Korda\u2019s tips? [Editor\u2019s note: Last November, at the CME Group Tour Championship, <\/em>I asked Korda<\/em><\/a> for a tip for Mason to help him break 80 consistently.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUm, yeah, I use an alignment stick every time now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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All right, last question. After all that we talked about here, on a scale of 1-10, what\u2019s your number for what you saw tonight?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe a six and a half.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s decent. Tell me why. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think you overhyped it a little bit. [Editor\u2019s note: Thinking about this a day later, I realized I\u2019ve never asked him to watch golf like this before, so I understand what he\u2019s saying here.]\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know. The main point of this is, you\u2019re the audience they\u2019re trying to get. I mean, they sort of care about me, but I\u2019m going to watch golf regardless, because it\u2019s my job. I\u2019m really curious to know what you thought. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean, I liked it, but I think it got repetitive. OK, these guys are pros, and it\u2019s like, it\u2019s a par-5, they\u2019re going to hit the fairway, lay up, go to the green and two-putt, or they\u2019re going to get up and down, and they\u2019re going to be like, wow, nice shot. And then I don\u2019t know. It was that every hole. I\u2019m not asking for them to shank the ball or kill someone in the crowd or skull it over the green. Then it\u2019s like, OK, let\u2019s go to the big, rotating green, and, oh, by the way, there\u2019s 600 bolts or whatever under this green \u2014 they said that a lot, and I was like, OK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would it be more fun for you if each one of the teams had one of the Fore Play guys on it or something like that?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, yeah, I think if they had \u2014 especially in alternate shot \u2014 they had one guy who was bad. Not even from Fore Play. If they brought in some random guy from the crowd that\u2019s like an 8-handicap, I think that would be good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All right, this was fun. Thanks for doing it. A little nervous you weren\u2019t going to watch. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, I found it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When\u2019s the last time you used a channel guide and watched cable?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUm, when I was \u2014 like four years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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