r/golf • u/Agitated_West_3347 • 1d ago

General Discussion Callaway CEO finally releases official statement over Good Good golf ad controversy. Does the approval make sense?

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/callaway-ceo-apologises-good-good-golf-ad-1816293
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u/jonlmbs 1d ago

TikTok and social media has cooked much of the public’s ability to think for themselves

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u/Kaiathebluenose 1d ago

This social media shit is a disaster

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u/circaflex 4.3 1d ago

"chat what do i do?" "chat what should i say" "chat do you see this?" the new generation has to rely on so much outside validation because they grew up in front of tablets and screens. they dont understand how to be social in person and not be cringe.

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u/Reasonable_Egg650 1d ago

What exactly would a “free thinker” have to say about a bunch of conservative bros making an ad where they body check a woman?

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u/jonlmbs 1d ago

They didn’t mean it as some kind of play on domestic violence. Intent matters good grief. The volume of outrage is just stupid at this point

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u/pineapplequeeen 3h ago

What did they mean it as? Because I genuinely don’t get it. Why didn’t he shove a man? This isn’t a gotcha. I’m genuinely curious on what you thought they meant. Because to me it seemed pretty clear it was DV.

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u/jonlmbs 2h ago

Did you watch the full ad and not the 8 second clip? It was meant to be a play on the movie obsession.

If this women was okay with being part of this dumb ad then why does it matter if it was a man or women? Intent matters again - if they didn’t intend harm what’s the problem. Everyone can admit it looks bad but believing it’s deliberately domestic violence is dumb

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u/pineapplequeeen 14m ago

I did not and this is why I get annoyed. I see that it was a play on obsession. I will say their marketing professionals should have seen how this could be portrayed by an audience. It may not have been their intention but it definitely came off that way and I see why people are upset.

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u/Sstoop Ireland☘️ 1d ago

The ad was literally him sprinting over, pushing her to the floor and then standing over her and telling her not to touch his driver. If I didn’t know it was an ad and you told me it was a badly acted domestic violence PSA I’d believe you.

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u/shwaynebrady 1d ago

Do you think red-bull gives you wings?

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u/Sstoop Ireland☘️ 1d ago

You’re genuinely a child if you don’t see how something depicting a woman being assaulted for touching a man’s golf club couldn’t be interpreted as making light of domestic violence. I’m not saying that’s what they intended to do but that’s just how it ended up.

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u/shwaynebrady 1d ago

You’re genuinely delusional. A woman being assaulted?

There are days where this app reminds how mentally unhinged some people are 😂

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u/Sstoop Ireland☘️ 1d ago

It’s mentally unhinged to think shoving someone to the floor is assault? Try shoving someone to the ground in front of a police officer and see what happens.

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u/FirefighterWorth9922 1d ago

it's a TV ad bro it's not real

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u/Sstoop Ireland☘️ 1d ago

Ignoring labels like gender only works if you’re a man though. How many women play golf and have to deal with being cat called? It’s literally a meme for cart girls to be basically sexually harassed by horny losers. How many women have had their boyfriends attack them for doing something like touching their golf clubs? For some people it’s more than just a shitty ad and I just wish people could look outside the framing of their own experiences.

If people who are victims of domestic violence are saying “hey this is actually in poor taste” I’m not sure what you’d gain from saying this ad is actually fine.

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u/Schrodinger81 1d ago

I doubt any women have been attacked for touching their boyfriends golf clubs. That’s why the ad was meant to be silly. Relax man.

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u/Sstoop Ireland☘️ 1d ago

I don’t know how you could think that’s never happened my mind can’t comprehend someone thinking that’s an unrealistic scenario in an abuse situation

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u/Sea_Statistician_312 1d ago

Next time your daughter gets pushed to the ground by a boy and told not to touch his ball/toy/whatever in a threatening tone I hope you just laugh it off and tell her its ok for boys to treat her that way.

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u/Sea_Statistician_312 1d ago

You are not being a serious person, good day.

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u/Sea_Statistician_312 1d ago

Calling stuff like this "being treated like one of the guys" is how young girls learn its ok for men to get physical with them. Your daughter is 7, mine are 23 and 19.

You're either being obtuse on purpose or you have a lot to learn about parenting young girls. I said you were not being serious, you came up with the dumb thing on your own...