The halls are decked, the Tofu turkey is congealing and you’re sitting in a graveyard of brake lights bracing for your annual shouting match with your most cherished family and friends. This year, with war brewing, recession looming and primaries upon us, things are bound to be more fraught than ever, but we here at Golf Digest have a simple solution:
Every time politics comes up, whether at the dinner table or huddled around the crackling 4K Yule Log, turn the conversation to golf instead.
With one of the most controversial years in golf history to unpack, you’ll still get to express your pent-up angst with each other, only about something that doesn’t actually matter. Now when tempers die down, everyone will be able to enjoy ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ in peace … provided you turn it up loud enough to drown out the ticking of the doomsday clock.
Tired: Voter suppression
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Wired: Limited-field events
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Tired: The second amendment
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Wired: Brian Harman hunting
Tired: The ceasefire
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Wired: PGA Tour-PIF
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Tired: Biden
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Wired: Block
Jonathan Bachman
Tired: Musk
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Wired: Monahan
Michael Reaves
Tired: Senator fights
Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin @SenMullin just stood up and tried to fight labor leader Sean O'Brien @TeamsterSOB at a Senate Help Committee hearing after reading his tweet where O'Brien says he'd take him "any time, any place." pic.twitter.com/8oiPSNZJV8
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 14, 2023
Wired: McIlroy fights
Rory McIlroy is FIRED UP pic.twitter.com/zPurVi4RbV
— Rory Tracker (@RoryTrackr) September 30, 2023
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Tired: UFOs
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Wired: TGL
Tired: Crypto
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Wired: OWGR points
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Tired: Conspiracy theories
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Wired: Hatgate
Patrick Smith
Tired: Trump indictments
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Wired: Patrick Reed lawsuits
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