AUGUSTA, Ga. — If you think Brandel Chamblee justs shows up on the “Live From” set to engage in unsubstantiated hot-take artistry, you are sorely, sorely mistaken.
Chamblee is a dedicated researcher. A copious note-taker. It’s why he’s able to have such conviction in all of his arguments. Whether you believe they are wrong or right, you cannot contend that they are not well-thought out and always sharply explained.
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Case in point, Chamblee’s utterly chaotic notepad from Friday of the 2024 Masters. Golfweek’s Eamon Lynch snapped a photo of the Golf Channel analyst’s second-round scribbling, much of which can be made out with some good ol’ fashioned zooming in:
Chamblee’s notes for Live From the Masters tonight. The manifesto of a madman. pic.twitter.com/xio8kE8wXn
— Eamon Lynch (@eamonlynch) April 12, 2024
These are the notes of a person who is very sick in the head, and we mean that as a compliment. We’re talking about golf sickness. This is the sicko-ist golf sicko maybe of our time. This man somehow found a way to weave in a Shakespeare reference:
I always have Shakespeare notes too pic.twitter.com/K6em5hEnbb
— Andy Johnson (@AndyTFE) April 12, 2024
Or how about this in between his notes of Bryson DeChambeau’s (“BDC”) first and second nines – “Avoda. Hebrew word – precision.” Buddy, what?!?!
Have to wonder if Brandel was experiencing a little bit of what he likes to call “Sensory Blitkreig” on Friday.
These didn’t make the notepad, but Chamblee provided a number of other gems during the “Live From” broadcast in the evening:
Brandel just referred to Bryson as an "intellectual earthquake."
Add it to the lexicon
— Fried Egg Golf (@fried_egg_golf) April 13, 2024
“It’s not bomb and gouge. It’s laser-guided missiles.” —Brandel on Bryson. Live From during majors remains undefeated.
— Alex Myers (@AlexMyers3) April 13, 2024
Just give this man the ball, clear out and let him cook.
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