
Matt Ginella
@MattGinella
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Storyteller. Fire Pit Productions. Journeys with Matt Ginella. The Fire Pit Podcast.🔥 IG: @Matt_Ginella
Joined June 2009
I don’t see @collin_morikawa ever becoming a petulant prick blaming his equipment, caddie or the course. He’s poised, polite and clearly has perspective. Which is refreshing. 🏆
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Ireland is infectious. The boys went from Tralee to Aunty Lena’s and brought home the Limerick win. They posed for countless pics, the wives poured pints, this is the good life.🇮🇪
Halftime of semi-final hurling championship. Limerick 0-16 four better than Galway 0-12. Aunty Lena’s for the scene.
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I can only speak for myself: Apology accepted. Not that he owed me an apology, but if you don’t accept that apology, what do you accept?. And I think @RalphLauren missed an opportunity to grow with @JustinThomas34 as opposed to grow apart. And we could’ve all benefitted from it.
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Flight from San Jose to LAX. Before the flight, the pilot warned of high winds and turbulence. He suspended all food and drink service before we took off. As we approached LAX, we could see the smoke from the #palisadesfire moving across the sky. This is what we saw as we flew
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Let’s start with: We’re all forever chasing 10 more yards. Remember the decades of building the longest, hardest, next best test for a US Open?. USGA was in on the Chambers Bay and Erin Hills developments, dangling the carrot of a major all along. There was an actual ranking.
It's not only about TOUR players. Based on early projections, a Universal Rollback will cause golfers like you and me to lose 8-11 yards on every shot. Not just off the tee.
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@RiggsBarstool John epitomizes the bitterness and negative attitude that gives the game a bad name. He has used and abused his platform to air his own regrets and failures as a player and professional. Thankfully guys like you have come along to provide fresh air and alternative perspectives.
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I say it all the time: The problem with golf is not a $500 green fee, the problem with golf is a place that charges $500 and delivers a $50 experience. Even worse and more common is a place that charges $150 and delivers a $5 experience.
@MattGinella Just seems stupidly priced for an average guy like me. Played Torrey Pines for $150 last June.
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This is so on brand for golf. After trying for years/decades to “grow the game,” at the peak of that growth, in the midst of the dumpster fire that is professional golf, the governing bodies decide now…NOW?!…would be a good time to throw the amateur game into a cold plunge.
The USGA and R&A are expected to announce early next week that they will be changing the rules to roll back distance in golf. See further details:
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Can you imagine being the guy who loses but wins a million dollars, snaps at a guy who calls you the wrong name and then gets coddled and enabled on the back end? We’re raising kids and if my wife and I practiced this parenting strategy, we’d be raising ass holes. No ass holes!.
Yelling or saying, "Brooksie" to Bryson DeChambeau will now be considered disrespectful from now on can result in expulsion from a tournament. This directly from Commissioner Jay Monahan. It's become an issue of being disrespectful to the players and the game.
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Worth noting, the reasons why this worked, in addition to @RiggsBarstool’s 99 days of creative energy for the golf, is @PinehurstResort made smart moves to accommodate the next generation. Upgrades to 2, 3, 4, Cradle, putting course, Pine Cone, brewery, Dornoch Cottage, etc. 👊🏼.
Just left @PinehurstResort after 99 days. My friend @TomPashleyNC surprised me with this. I had no chance out there 😢
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In 2013, while covering the Turkish Open, I got quality time with @WestwoodLee. He wasn’t in a good place in life or on the course. He was tired, contemplating retirement. So good to see the putts drop and all of the smiles. Would even be better to see him win @THEPLAYERSChamp.
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So heavy and heartbreaking. Incredible that Peter had the courage to do the interview, and credit to Amanda for not interrupting him and his emotions.
Peter Malnati played with Grayson Murray during the first two rounds this week. Visibly shaken, this is heartbreaking to watch as Amanda Balionis is emotional, too. @flushingitgolf
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There are issues in golf. An attractive woman, who not only owns her beauty, but also her flaws & imperfections, her path & progress as a person, isn’t one of ‘em. Like, don’t like. Listen, don’t listen. But targeting & demeaning @PaigeSpiranac’s efforts to influence are sad.✌🏼.
Bitter #PaigeSpirinac needs to decide whether she's a golfer or just another titty insta babe, craving attention. Here's a suggestion, Paige. Stick with instagram; golf can evolve & progress without you. #DriveOn
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It’s 5:10am. They’re prepping the dance floor at @TheHomeofGolf. Cheers to a tireless team, led by Gordon McKie, only the ninth Course Manager since Old Tom Morris.
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Of course we’re ending the episodic adventure to Ireland by bumping into @ShaneLowryGolf in the airport.✌🏼
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Don’t invite a girl to Pebble unless you’re prepared to marry her and have a baby. Happy Valentine’s Day to @KatieGinella. 😍
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In 2017, at the US Open at Erin Hills, @RickyElliott (@BKoepka’s caddie), who’s from Northern Ireland, pulled me aside and told me that the next time I’m at @PortstewartGC I should track down Des Griffin. “He’s the local schoolteacher who designed that front-nine in exchange for
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This is like saying: . “A car. A rich person’s mode of transportation.” . “Restaurant. A rich person’s way of eating.”. Golf, like cars and restaurants, has a variety of entry points. Now more than ever. Do your research. @yocgolf @goathillpark . Dr Liz Allen. Ignorant hot takes.
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Rewatching @WMPhoenixOpen . Feherty proposes Ryder Cup at @tpcscottsdale. Would be tremendous. Full tilt. And so good for golf. Four finishing holes, all stadiums. Beyond Beman’s wildest imagination. The game is ready.
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I don’t shoot 69 very often. Yesterday, I shot 69. Mind you, it was at @goathillpark, which is a par 65, but it’s still a 69. And I doubled the first hole. No skin, but I did win some cash. Thanks for listening.
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As we start @GameOfThrones for the third time. Wife: “Do you KNOW when Season 8 starts?”. Me: “April.”. Wife: “Sunday night of the 85th Masters! It’s going to be the best Sunday ever.” . Best wife ever?.
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It seems to me, @JustinThomas34 should edit his tweet. Something along the lines of “Thank you @AlanShipnuck for dedicating your life to relentlessly covering the game at all levels. As the most decorated golf journalist and author of nine books, you’re one of the few remaining.
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