Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee has “become the most prominent and polarizing voice” in the sport, “known for how he talks golf, and for how it makes people feel,” according to Andrew Gruttadaro of THE RINGER. The Golf Channel desk is a “platform for Chamblee’s thoughts and opinions, sure, but beyond that, it’s a vehicle to foster interest in the sport.” As the Ryder Cup approaches this weekend, Chamblee “finds himself in the middle of all of the drama.” Over the last four years, Chamblee has “gained renown as the face of the anti-LIV bloc in golf media.” He is the “only commentator taking on the gargantuan task of being golf’s moral compass — a mission he carries out with surprising skill, care, and fearlessness.” The reaction he generates raises a “question about not just what we want out of sports commentary but what we need.” Chamblee is “driven by two things — truth and entertainment — and he doesn’t fear what he might encounter to achieve those goals.” Most of the “reasons for disdain are also the reasons he’s one of the best commentators in sports.” The “confidence, the conviction, the conflict: These are all traits that make for good TV” (THE RINGER, 9/24).
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