Blink twice if you need help, Xander.
It’s a quiet time for the starts of the PGA Tour, especially those who aren’t participating in the Ryder Cup later this month in Rome. Although certain stars like Max Homa and Justin Thomas will tee it up next week at the Fortinet Championship in Napa, California, for the first event of the fall, many will take time off until the season kicks off in Hawaii come January.
That doesn’t mean we won’t see any of them. Schauffele, fresh off his runner-up finish at the 2023 Tour Championship, posted a promo video for Draft Kings to X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday night.
Let’s just say, Schauffele is way better at golf than he is at promo videos. Although the latter isn’t easy, this one is cringeworthy.
Thanks to my partners at @draftkings there are no shortage of ways to get in on the action! Enter a no-fee @DKReignmakers PGA TOUR contest and compete for huge prizes!
Head over to @DK_Marketplace to build your collection and get in the game! https://t.co/Yrc3VOcBwA #DKPartner pic.twitter.com/GmEISugBsJ
— Xander Schauffele (@XSchauffele) September 7, 2023
Golf Twitter went to town roasting Schauffele for his performance. And how could you blame them?
Let’s just hope he brings his A-game to Marco Simone for the Ryder Cup.
AI is taking over
AI is fantastic
— Bros and Birdies (@BirdiesBro) September 8, 2023
New top golf video?
I believe the Xander-DraftKings insta video has eclipsed this one as the best golf video of all time pic.twitter.com/YEoY8gcQig
— Shane Bacon (@shanebacon) September 7, 2023
Museum piece
put this in a museum
— Matt Gannon (@matt_gannon_) September 8, 2023
Where's the teleprompter?
All the freaking money @DraftKings makes and they couldn’t hire a crew that owns a teleprompter? Good Grief
— keith hirshland (@khhauthor) September 8, 2023
Natural
What a natural!
— Bogey (@Bogeyfit) September 8, 2023
Speed it up
X let’s take a deep breath and slow down, no one’s on the clock here
— Morgan Young (@YoungMorgy) September 8, 2023
Take 2
Draft Kings: Xander, we absolutely love it. Basically perfect, no notes. Just wondering if you can do one more read for us, just to give us a second option for the suits, where you go way, way faster. https://t.co/Gse61virjz
— Shane Ryan (Trustworthy) (@ShaneRyanHere) September 8, 2023
Where are you looking?
How is it possible for him to have his eyes open and still be looking absolutely nowhere https://t.co/UC8cgmEfxt
— Luke O’Grady (@LukeOGrady) September 8, 2023
Stage fright
Me reciting “To be, or not to be” in front of my entire English class as quickly as humanly possible while trying not to have a panic attack my senior year of high school
pic.twitter.com/04O7OUvsev— claire rogers (@kclairerogers) September 8, 2023