The fallout to Good Good’s ‘tone deaf’ Callaway advert is constant at tempo, with The Golf Channel now official canning their upcoming reality TV present.
Each Good Good and Callaway have issued groveling apologies for the now-deleted social media clip which confirmed Garrett Clark shoving a feminine golfer to the bottom, earlier than standing over her and shouting in her face.
The backlash was swift and has resulted in a sequence of blows for Good Good, who’ve misplaced their sponsorship take care of Callaway and had their identify faraway from an upcoming PGA Tour event.
Now, The Golf Channel has continued the pile-on by saying that the upcoming ‘Good Good x Massive Break’ has been canceled, simply 24 hours after initially saying that it was solely pushing again the discharge by per week.
The choice to delay the discharge got here after an unnamed sponsor – believed to be Golf Magic – requested for its branding to be faraway from the present, however The Golf Channel has now made the choice to scrap the present altogether.
In a press release, a spokesperson for The Golf Channel mentioned: ‘Following current developments involving Good Good, and together with the truth that the supposed end result of this sequence can not be fulfilled, Golf Channel won’t be able to finish this season of Massive Break as deliberate.
Good Good’s controversial Callaway advert has brought about an almighty mess for the model
The Golf Channel has now fully scrapped its upcoming Good Good actuality TV present
‘Whereas we’re disenchanted for the 12 opponents, our manufacturing crew that labored tirelessly on the season, and the present’s passionate followers, we look ahead to Massive Break’s return to Golf Channel in 2027’.
Massive Break is golf’s model of a actuality TV present, pitting 12 aspiring golfers towards one another in a sequence of surprising challenges, with gamers eradicated every week till just one winner stays.
It ran for 23 seasons from 2003 to 2015 earlier than being canceled, however was set to make its huge return this 12 months in a partnership with Good Good. The present was because of be hosted by skilled golfer and mannequin Blair O’Neal and TV host Wells Adam.
The winner of the 2026 reboot was because of obtain an exemption into the PGA Tour’s Good Good Championship in November – however the Good Good branding has now been pulled from that occasion.
On the PGA Tour’s web site, the occasion is now titled the Austin Championship, with no signal of Good Good because the tour evaluates its ongoing partnership with the YouTubers.
On social media, many followers rushed to the protection of Good Good within the wake of Massive Break’s cancelation, arguing that the punishment is just too robust.
‘It is attending to the purpose the place we would should rally round Good Good and cancel Callaway,’ one wrote. ‘The fallout is ridiculous.’
One other added, ‘That is simply the dumbest response I’ve seen to one thing so benign,’ whereas a 3rd mentioned: ‘Overreaction bringing cancel tradition again. Ridiculous.’
Massive Break x Good Good was because of see 12 aspiring golfers competing towards one another
Garrett Clark posted his personal apology video after the disastrous Callaway advert was pulled
The complete-60 second advert – for the Good Good-branded Callaway Quantum driver – was imagined to be a spoof of the favored horror film ‘Obsession.’
However the opening of the commercial exhibits Clark dashing over and body-checking Good Good member Alexis Miestowski as she reached for the golf club.
As Miestowski lay flat on her again on the bottom, Clark is seen standing over earlier than angrily saying: ‘Don’t contact my new driver.’
The remainder of the advert exhibits different members of the content material crew in some way changing into possessed by the golf membership earlier than the video ends.
In a video launched following the backlash, Clark apologized and even called the commercial the ‘worst ad known to man’ – regardless of being the individual on the middle of the controversy.
‘I needed to first begin by saying, I personally need to apologize for taking part in the function on this skit, on this advert, on the magnitude that I did, after which on Good Good’s behalf and Good Good advertising crew’s behalf, I needed to say an apology as effectively as a result of this isn’t in any respect what we stand for,’ he started.
The favored golf social media model has seen backlash from followers and sponsors over the advert
The advert exhibits Clark standing over Alexis Miestowski and telling her to not contact his membership
‘As soon as once more, I would like everybody to know that I don’t assist DV [domestic violence] abuse or any of that, of any sort. In order that’s the very first thing I need to say, and I additionally needed to give you guys some readability on the state of affairs, should you guys are prepared to listen to.’
Clark added that the advert was supposed to attract inspiration from the favored horror film however clearly missed the mark.
‘Trying again, tremendous dumb advert idea,’ he admitted. ‘Horrible advert typically, not the best thought.’
He was additionally eager to drive dwelling the purpose that it was a ‘full skit’ and ‘I did not truly deal with a girl’, including: ‘I by no means would, and I did not.’
