Until Monday morning, most golf fans were likely blissfully unaware — and probably could not have cared less — that Jordan Spieth was in the running to become chair of the PGA Tour’s Player Advisory Council.
Jordan Spieth was the target of a mock political attack ad before PGA Tour election
Jordan Spieth endorses Billy Hurley III for Player Advisory Council chair after the ‘Golden Man’ posts a hysterical attack ad against golf’s ‘disgusting golden child.’
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That is until Spieth’s primary opponent, Billy Hurley III, released this attack ad on the former world No. 1, jokingly and brilliantly charging the “golden child” with being — among other things — a thief and a demanding dictator.
Hurley’s video is chock full of outstanding sound bites and moments, like when he mocks his own military service and compares his driving a destroyer with Spieth kayaking.
But don’t take our word for it; watch and listen to the “golden man for the common man” making an 11th-hour case for his heroic self and against his “disgusting” and “pathetic” adversary:
The object of Hurley’s feigned hostility even got in on the act, when Spieth threw his support to his opponent:
For the wonks among us, both candidates sit on the 16-member PAC and the winner will also take over Davis Love III’s position as player director on the policy board starting next year. Voting ends on Tuesday.
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