Peter Kessler is a name — and voice —very familiar to golf fans. The former host of Golf Channel’s “Golf Talk Live,” among a cavalcade of other credits in and around the game, boasts a golf media résumé that rivals anyone in the last 30 years.
Appearing on Sirius XM’s PGA Tour Radio and Golf.com earlier this decade, Kessler has resurfaced in the most modern way possible in recent: on social media. Once dubbed “The Voice of Golf,” Kessler is not one to shy away from confrontation online, responding to and debating against any and all comers.
Perhaps his most notable exchange — and most contentious — has come in the last 72 hours following a critique of new-age golf media juggernauts No Laying Up. NLU released a promo video for their since-released second season of “Tourist Sauce,” a venture that documents the five-man company traveling to golf destinations around the world.
Season 2 of Tourist Sauce (driven by @BMWUSA and @CallawayGolf) kicks off today at 10 a.m. ET.
Watch it here (and join our live chat): https://t.co/IpMmafB7Ua pic.twitter.com/cqBHBBBwwh
— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) October 30, 2018
The preview, which largely mixes drone footage with highlights of the courses and golfers, received a poor review from Kessler who called the clip “one of the worst things ever presented.”
That was certainly one of the worst things ever presented. 5th graders could do considerably better. It isn’t anything…at all.
— Peter Kessler (@peterkessler) October 30, 2018
From there, the floodgates opened. NLU, whose main account boasts over 141,000 followers, saw many of its fans come to their defense and Kessler decided to fend off nearly each and every one of them in a barrage of tweets beginning on the evening of October 30th and, as of this writing, still continues into November 1st.
Kessler’s responses, most of which referenced his own body of work as the barometer by which he was judging, devolved into insults and namecalling.
The following are certainly not all of Kessler’s responses, but a representative sample of the hundreds of Tweets the former Golf Channel host has sent in the past 72 hours.
You’re a moron. There is always an audience for great content. Stuff from early 1900’s stands up today. I bet you were with the caterer staff. You’re incredibly ignorant and uninformed. Garbage is always garbage.
— Peter Kessler (@peterkessler) October 31, 2018
How’s the Mr Clean thing playing out for you? Stupid and dopey content is always stupid and dopey. Like you, and all the days that brought you to the abyss, that you stare into without comprehension. You could be less informed. Just not sure how.
— Peter Kessler (@peterkessler) October 31, 2018
Very original, CTB. Parents went with initials only, huh? And they had 9 months to think about it? Smart folks.
— Peter Kessler (@peterkessler) October 31, 2018
Not what I said, you illiterate worm. I criticized a 90 second video. Must be interesting to watch you get through a day. Like a Mr Magoo thing, right?
— Peter Kessler (@peterkessler) October 31, 2018
Let me know if you want to compare conquests. I should have known you were going as you to trick or treat. That’s some nasty face. Folks will think you’re a treat.
— Peter Kessler (@peterkessler) October 31, 2018
That’s simply not so. We’ve never discussed golf. I pointed out, as the guy with the most successful record of making golf shows, that a promo was weak. I wrote prior and offered to be their best guest. They declined to reply. Today they were offensive. I replied to their fans.
— Peter Kessler (@peterkessler) November 1, 2018
