Golf Channel Turns 26 And Viewers Share Less-Than-Happy Birthday Wishes

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Twenty six years after Joe Gibbs and Arnold Palmer announced Golf Channel’s launch, an innocent and well-meaning social media staffer posted video from that great day on both Twitter and Instagram .

What ensued was an onslaught of negativity about the channel’s direction. Click on the Tweet and you can read the replies, though the above embed gives you a pretty good idea of the direction the remarks took.

Adding to the toxicity—besides the obvious bare bones start to 2021 following mass layoffs at the Orlando operation—the cancellation of Feherty.

David Feherty took to Twitter regarding the outpouring of support he’s received and viewers expressed almost unanimous displeasure at the cost-cutting move. (Click on the Tweet and you can read the replies).