“Eke out a living.” This is Graeme McDowell’s reason to Bunkered.com for joining the LIV as the first few players. Needless to say, the quote did not sit right with the golf world. And if history has served as any reminder to the Northern Irishman, he should have thought at least once before speaking his mind. But now the words are out, the storm is massive (it’s like deja vu) — as was seen in the latest episode of the Shotgun Start.

Hosts Andy Johnson and Brendon Porath went all in on McDowell’s comment, calling them nothing but “tone-deaf.”

“It’s a terrible, terrible quote. He looks like a clown, an idiot, all that stuff. I would actually like to extend him some grace. I think he just chose the wrong word,” says Porath.

Porath might be right here. For a player who has reportedl

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