LIV pro apologizes for drunken tweet that led to ‘haymaker’ response from Eddie Pepperell
We’ve all made a drunken mistake or two, but when you’ve had a few too many it’s best to stay away from Twitter so it’s not captured for the rest of eternity.
Just ask LIV Golf pro Richard Bland, who made a similar blunder this weekend in a thread about Chase Koepka’s beer-soaked hole-in-one at the Party Hole at The Grange Golf Club in Australia. The back-and-forth began with Eddie Pepperell replying to a tweet from a podcast host on whether or not LIV Golf is really “changing” anything with its stadium-like par-3 12th hole at the LIV Golf Adelaide event.
Well well well. Isn’t sport changing rather a lot? What a surprise.
“You can’t buck the market”.
We’re gonna have @PepperellEddie on @EntertainedAre next. He is an intellect I really admire but I suspect we won’t be agreeing. Which is fine. @gilesmorgan71 @ttmygh https://t.co/Sd7kNZsb9u
— R Mitchell (@RPMComo) April 23, 2023
As you can see, it’s a pretty innocuous tweet, in which Pepperell alludes to the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale and the party atmosphere one can find there as well.
This is where things get a bit heated as Bland decided to weigh in. He didn’t just ask where there are holes like this on the DP World Tour but got a dig in as well. Never a good move when inebriated.
Ed.. tell me where on DP World there’s been a hole like this? Because in 22yrs of playing the tour I can’t think of any. But maybe your 15 minutes on tour you know different 🤷🏻♂️
— Richard Bland (@blandy73) April 23, 2023
Where to start…
Suppose it’s simple; in my 15 minutes I won more events than you did in 22 years.
What the Tour has done (just to name a few);
GolfSixes
Heineken hole at Himmerland
Beat the Pro in HollandThe Tour, which you spent 22 years on did ok for you mate.
— Eddie Pepperell (@PepperellEddie) April 23, 2023
The “15 minutes on tour” attack seemingly came out of nowhere from Bland, and Pepperell pounced on it like a puma stalking its prey. “In my 15 minutes I won more events than you did in 22 years” pretty much says it all.
Luckily, it seems like everything’s on the up and up as Bland apologized for the drunken comment, and Pepperell looks to have let the spat end in a relatively friendly fashion.
Unfortunately I did have to many last Ed.. & I apologise for what I said.. I should know better not to tweet under the influence 🤦🏻♂️
— Richard Bland (@blandy73) April 23, 2023
You just left yourself so open. The haymaker had no choice but to land.
— Eddie Pepperell (@PepperellEddie) April 24, 2023
The lessons here are simple. 1. Don’t tweet while under the influence. 2. Don’t challenge Eddie Pepperell. If you follow both of those directions, you’ll be just fine.
Article originally appeared on: GolfDigest.com
