Former PGA Tour member turned Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee has revealed the most arrogant thing he’s ever witnessed from a major champion.
Chamblee played on the PGA Tour between 1986 to 1998 – winning once – and brushed shoulders with some of the best players in the history of the men’s game.
His career overlapped with legendary hall of famers such as Nick Faldo, Nick Price, Fred Couples, Greg Norman, Seve Ballesteros, Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Payne Stewart, Raymond Floyd and even Tiger Woods.
Save for Norman given his ties to the PIF-backed LIV Golf, Chamblee has always spoken highly of those major champions and their contributions to the game.
But one interaction with Floyd stands out in his memory and he shared the anecdote on the most recent edition of his podcast.
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According to the 63-year-old, it was the most “awesomely arrogant” thing he’s ever witnessed on a golf course.
“I was playing with Mark Brooks at [the] Honda [Classic],” he said. “Brooks and I, we weren’t the fastest players in the world. We were talking, telling stories, I don’t know.
“We were walking off the tee box, maybe the 15th hole, and we were about 100 yards off the tee box, and we hear ‘whoosh’.
“Somebody had just zipped a ball over our heads without asking if they could play through. And it was Ray Floyd.
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“He was walking down, he walks up, his caddie gives him a number right beside us, he never acknowledged us, didn’t look in our direction nothing.
“He got his yardage, took his time, pulled a club out, hit it on the green, walked up to the green, caddie cleaned the ball, he took his time and putted out.”
Chamblee described the interaction as “surreal”, adding: “He didn’t look at us, didn’t say anything.
“He walked over the next tee and I thought that is the most awesomely arrogant thing I have ever seen in my life. Like, we did not exist in his world.
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“We were absolutely irrelevant to him. The Tour was a lot like that then.”
The anecdote offers a rare glimpse into the personality of one of golf’s greats.
Floyd’s career spanned more than three decades.
He won 22 PGA Tour title and four major championships.
Floyd, now 83, also had a distinguished Ryder Cup career, representing the stars and stripes on five occasions.
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He was captain of the United States in 1989 when they lost to Europe by one point at The Belfry.
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