The fallout has continued for Good Good Golf following a controversial ad that has put the golf content brand on its heels and is now threatening its planned sponsorship of a PGA Tour event in November.
Good Good is set to sponsor a new event in November at Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas, as part of the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Fall series, but the controversy surrounding the brand has now put that in jeopardy, according to The Telegraph.
The outlet reported that the PGA Tour has several sponsors ready to take Good Good’s place if the the tour cuts ties and on Tuesday, CEO Brian Rolapp was noncommittal about sticking with the brand for the event and admonished their initial response to the controversy.
Good Good Golf and Callaway posted a video to promote a new collaboration on a driver between the two parties, which depicted Good Good co-founder Garrett Clark pushing down fellow brand creator Alexis Miestowski as part of an attempted spoof of the horror film “Obsession.”
The backlash was swift and both brands pulled the clip from their social channels and later released statements attempting to apologize for the ad.
It hasn’t done much to tamp down the outrage, with retailers now appearing to be pulling Good Goodmerchandise from their stores.
Golf Galaxy and Dick’s Sporting Goods have taken down products from the brand on their online stores and are pulling them from retail stores as well, according to Front Office Sports.
The outlet reported that it contacted locations across the country and were told that the brand was taken off the shelves and Good Good products were not being sold. Front Office Sports also reported that several PGA Tour Superstore locations pulled Good Good products from their shelves.
Target, which has found itself in the middle of its own controversy after selling an offensive Halloween costume that it removed from its website, also has appeared to pull Good Good products from its online store.
Requests for comment from The Post to Dicks Sporting Goods, which serves as the parent company of Golf Galaxy, and Target were not immediately responded to on Wednesday.
On Tuesday night, Golf Channel announced it postponed the premiere of a reality show it filmed with Good Good called “Big Break x Good Good” by one week after one of the sponsors of the show wanted out following the ad debacle.
