Titleist blocks customers from personalizing
golf balls with 'Let's Go Brandon'
Fox News,
by
Andrew Mark Miller
Original Article
Posted By: Hazymac,
12/11/2021 7:41:52 AM
Customers attempting to print the popular anti-Biden chant "Let’s Go Brandon" on Titleist golf balls were given an error message and told their orders could not be completed.
"So @Titleist has now banned the phrase ‘Let's Go Brandon!’ on their golf balls," social media strategist Caleb Hull tweeted Thursday, adding that he had been able to print the phrase on golf balls in the past. A report from PJ Media also stated that "Lets Go Brandon" was not allowed on the golf balls. [Tweet] When Fox News Digital attempted to personalize a Titleist Pro V1 ball on the company’s website with the phrase "Let’s Go Brandon", an error message said, "Sorry,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
FJB 12/11/2021 7:52:29 AM (No. 1003334)
An unsound business decision if ever there was one.
45 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
minuteman 12/11/2021 7:53:21 AM (No. 1003335)
Let’s go Titleist!
40 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 12/11/2021 7:54:38 AM (No. 1003337)
Must be pitching their stuff to golfers who hook their shots a lot.
24 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
polkaboy 12/11/2021 7:55:20 AM (No. 1003338)
Overpriced golf balls. Go online and buy Vice balls, well constructed balls, they will certainly print "Lets go Brandon"
32 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Troutgreen 12/11/2021 7:58:27 AM (No. 1003339)
Shooting yourself in the foot carries a 2 stroke penalty.
41 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 12/11/2021 8:02:56 AM (No. 1003340)
This is an opportunity for competitors to increase their market share.
34 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Hazymac 12/11/2021 8:34:30 AM (No. 1003357)
Titleist is the most played ball on Tour because it has been the most consistent ball for well over a half century. In recent years large competitors like Bridgestone, Callaway, Dunlop, etc., have put large amounts of money into ball technology, and whatever differences there were in consistency are probably gone by now.
During the long prime period of his career, Jack Nicklaus was under contract to MacGregor, and played a MacGregor ball. Some experienced observers like fellow Tour player Dave Hill believed that Nicklaus would have won more if he had played a better ball. (If he had, he'd have won everything. Absolutely everything. He won most everything, anyway.) Back then, the differences between Titleist and its competitors was more noticeable.
I was an exception, playing a balata covered Hogan ball my senior year in high school while everyone else played Titleist. If it was good enough for Mr. Hogan, it was good enough for me. As a pro, I played Titleist, exclusively. So did most of the other guys. On the first tee when the players were indentifying their ball, you'd hear, "I'm playing a 3," then "I'm hitting a 1," then "Okay, I'll play a 4." They were all playing Titleist, which came in several trajectories during the 'Eighties. Because I hit the ball very high, I played a Titleist Low Trajectory 100 compression.
But as I said before, nowadays the differences between the approved balls on the USGA list are minor. Play whatever you want. And if you want to put in a word to Brandon, the manufacturer shouldn't get all huffy. But Acushnet (Titleist) is from eastern Massachusetts, near Buzzards Bay. Lotsa Democrats there. Scroom if they like FJB.
43 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 12/11/2021 8:50:07 AM (No. 1003371)
So Titleist is woke, huh? FT.
22 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
bad-hair 12/11/2021 9:22:08 AM (No. 1003402)
No Big Deal. Just going in the lake anyway.
7 people like this.
Wonder if FJB would pass?
9 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 12/11/2021 9:28:33 AM (No. 1003412)
They just did a 'Mulligan'. Let's go Titleist
7 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Dino Sayer 12/11/2021 9:29:34 AM (No. 1003415)
So let’s go br*ndon, or whatever. Titlest should immediately fire the mid or low level goon who just cost them millions of dollars, or the Titlest board should fire the CEO immediately to make the point and save their stock value and their business.
16 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 12/11/2021 9:30:09 AM (No. 1003416)
Another company run by obnoxious leftists. Not a golfer, but I hope that they lose business over this.
14 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
red1066 12/11/2021 9:40:33 AM (No. 1003432)
If Titleist felt the need to stop this, imagine the number of requests they must have received to have done this.
22 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Lucky5 12/11/2021 9:52:00 AM (No. 1003444)
You know if it said anything crude, rude or nasty about Trump, it would be fine. Did anyone test that out?
12 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
hershey 12/11/2021 10:05:18 AM (No. 1003463)
Aw gee, can we still use FJB???? Asking for a friend...
8 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 12/11/2021 10:11:49 AM (No. 1003471)
Since I don't golf, the allure of writing something on my balls escapes me.
11 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
bassman 12/11/2021 10:32:00 AM (No. 1003484)
Someone who is actually named Brandon should try to get their balls with Let's Go Brandon and when denied should sue them!!
6 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
MickTurn 12/11/2021 10:33:48 AM (No. 1003485)
No problem, I'm sure there are ways to do it...I searched the Internet and there are many ways to do this!
Hmmm, I think I'll take my 'WHITE' golf balls and make them 90% 'Black' by putting FJB in bold font all over the balls, Black Balls Matter, Right?...Let's GO BRANDON!
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
jalo1951 12/11/2021 10:58:09 AM (No. 1003511)
FJB is short, sweet, simple and to the point. And it uses less ink which will help with "global climate change" (don't know how but I am sure they will tell us it is true) so that should make them happy.
3 people like this.
I went to the Titleist site and found that LET'S GO, BRANDON is okay. LETS GO BRANDON is not OK. Grammatical punctuation matters, apparently!
8 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
justavoter 12/11/2021 11:30:21 AM (No. 1003550)
Just go online and tell them you are gifting your friend Frank John Boyd and ask to have his initials imprinted.
2 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
rytwng 12/11/2021 12:41:48 PM (No. 1003623)
No more Titleist balls for me. Just like no more Polo because they cancelled Justin Thomas.
1 person likes this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 12/11/2021 1:04:29 PM (No. 1003654)
Betcha' won't get that from Top Flite.
1 person likes this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
NYbob 12/11/2021 1:11:36 PM (No. 1003664)
They can do what they want, but once you offer to print anything the public wants, you better be ready to print ANYTHING. I hope they supported the bakery who refused to bake a cake for sham wedding customers.
1 person likes this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
Hazymac 12/11/2021 2:02:00 PM (No. 1003740)
#25 might well be correct, although Spalding is from Chicopee, Massachusetts, Blue State Central. And besides, no self-respecting player would play a Rock Flite (aka Top Rock), wouldn't even hit them while warming up on the range. There are some things that just aren't done.
0 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 12/11/2021 3:03:38 PM (No. 1003773)
Will they do 'Let's go Titleist'?
2 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
RUReadyY3K 12/12/2021 2:38:36 PM (No. 1004775)
Golf ball ink stamps are inexpensive and available from Amazon. You can imprint any message on any golf ball.
1 person likes this.
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