A video has gone viral online showing a man giving unsolicited advice to a woman practicing at a golfing range. The funny (or infuriating) part is that she’s a professional golfer, and he isn’t.
The woman, Georgia Ball, posted the footage to her nearly 200k followers on Instagram, where she shares advice on swing techniques to help others perfect their golf game. She’s a PGA professional golfer and coach.
As she was filming a video of herself hitting some golf balls, the man interrupted her by saying “excuse me”, and proceeded to give her “swing advice”.
“What you’re doing there. You shouldn’t be doing that,” the man says. “You should be right through. Swing and follow through.”
“You’re doing too slow on the way up and the way back,” he adds.
Ball was clearly stunned by his audacity but handled the awkward interaction gracefully, by saying “Okay, I’m going through a swing change at the minute, so…”.
Interrupting her again, the man feels compelled to give her his credentials, telling her: “I’ve been playing golf for 20 years, what you need to do is follow through a lot quicker than what you’re doing there right now.”
Laughing off his cringeworthy advice, Ball simply turns to hit a strikingly well-executed shot, proving, without a doubt, that she already knows what she’s doing.
He can’t seem to handle her talent, as he decides to take credit for the swing, saying, “See how much better that was?”
Shocked, Ball laughs and tries one final time to explain to the man that he’s wrong.
“Yeah, thank you. No, I’m actually going through a swing change at the minute, so everything’s slow…” she says. “In order to get… I don’t whether you see or watch golf – the best players in the world, when they are making a practice swing or going through a change… “
The man interrupts yet again: “No, I know what you’re saying, but what I’m saying is that I’ve been playing golf for 20 years. So you just need to follow through. See how much better that one was then? Keep doing that anyway, okay.”
“Thanks for your advice,” Ball says.
Correctile dysfunction syndrome
Others on the internet were floored by his arrogant mansplaining, with comments of support for Ball’s handling of the situation flooding in.
One person said: “He obviously suffers from Correctile Dysfunction Syndrome.”
Another pointed out that he didn’t get a chance to demonstrate his 20 years of golf playing experience, commenting, “I wanna see him hit it now… and it better be very good.”