Standing No. 25 in the FedExCup standings – just inside the top-30 bubble, you’d think Cameron Champ would be laser focused on his golf game.
Apparently that’s not the case. Instead, fresh off a missed-cut in Boston, the world No. 72, has decided to push his far-left politics during the BMW Championship.
The two-time PGA Tour winner, who’s posted a single top-10 in 2020, showed up at Olympia Fields wearing mismatched Nike golf shoes – one black, one white.
To promote social injustice… At a tournament with a $10 million purse. Sponsored by BMW. At the ultra-exclusive Olympia Fields Country Club. And so forth.
In a video release via the PGA Tour on Twitter, Champ says, “It’s just spreading awareness and sticking by what I believe in and what I believe needs to be changed. And so I’m going to do as much as I can.
“I’ve seen a lot of other athletes speak out about it. It’s a situation where people don’t want to talk about it, which I get, but at the same time it’s reality. It’s what we live in.
“People ignore it for so long. And then it gets to a point where it just blows up.
“This is just the tipping [sic] of the iceberg. Change needs to happen. I feel like it’s going in the right direction. But again with all the stuff that’s going on it has to end.”
“It has to end.”
@Cameron__Champ is making a statement against racial injustice this week at the BMW Championship. pic.twitter.com/D53U1fQWcN— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 27, 2020
What Champ fails to understand is that Americans are inundated by politics, 24/7. We watch sports for an escape – where we can cheer on players or teams, regardless of their politics. Sports is the one thing that brings Americans together – of all races, genders, backgrounds and ideologies.
For the 25-year old star to believe that unless he walks around with mismatching shoes, we as a society will “ignore” racial and cultural issues.
The hubris is mind-boggling.
A statement from the PGA TOUR: https://t.co/ZFd5raYG92
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 27, 2020
Everything. Everyone. Is racist. What else is new.
Low energy criticism.
-PD
FWIW: This guy kissed my ass for years when I published GolfBoston.com, sending me press releases on behalf of his clients at Phillips Golf Media. What a fraud. -PD
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