A Controversial ad for a Driver Is the Latest Clash Between Golf’s Old Guard and New World

Golf world in shock over controversial advertisement where woman was shoved

The company acknowledged the ad was inappropriate and confirmed it has been pulled from circulation.

A controversial ad for a driver is the latest clash between golf’s old guard and new world

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The normally buttoned-up world of golf is dealing with its latest collision between traditional sensibilities and new age internet culture – and this time it’s putting into question how and whether those two worlds merge. The golf-focused media company Good Good and equipment maker Callaway are both under fire this week after the release of an advertisement for a new co-branded driver featuring personalitie…

Popular golf brand Callaway under fire after controversial ad

Classic golf brand, Callaway, is facing backlash after releasing an ad depicting a man shoulder-checking a woman to the ground, over a golf club.

They Apologized for a Golf Ad, Not for Payton McNabb

A golf company posted a thirty-second ad this month showing a man shoving a woman to the ground over a driver, and within days, two corporate apologies and a boycott campaign were already dominating the sports news cycle. Meanwhile, a North Carolina woman still lives with a brain injury and a paralyzed side of her body from a volleyball spike thrown by a male athlete competing as a woman, and the same cultural institutions that moved at internet…