The Beef has, er, beef.
Andrew Johnston has made the weekend at The Open Championship this weekend, although is not in contention to lift the Claret Jug: he is tied in eighteenth place, at even par. He shot a solid 67 at Royal Birkdale yesterday on a day of record low-scoring, the highlight being Brandon Grace's 62. The low scoring was partly due to the very benign conditions at Birkdale, with the sun shining and the course still.
As is usual on a calm day in Liverpool, the greatest bluster across the city came from the mouth of TalkSport presenter Mike Parry, and it blew in the face of Andrew Johnston yesterday.
Following a discussion on the show he co-hosts, called The Two Mikes, the show's account tweeted out a poll to gauge the response among listeners to the question posed by Parry, asking whether Johnston is an inspiration to young golfers, or a "clown".
Is @BeefGolf an inspiration to young golfers or a clown as @mikeparry8 claims #TheOpen
— The Thought Police (@ThoughtPoliceXX) July 22, 2017
This didn't escape the attention of Johnston:
If I'm a clown for enjoying my work then so be it. Ur a sad person and couldn't care less wat u think.
— Andrew 'Beef' Johnston (@BeefGolf) July 22, 2017
Never been bout money. @mikeparry8 look at wat I'm doing trying to get into sports ur a dick head
— Andrew 'Beef' Johnston (@BeefGolf) July 22, 2017
These people can do one sad sad people shit show @TheTwoMikes
— Andrew 'Beef' Johnston (@BeefGolf) July 22, 2017
Johnston retweeted a number of fans offering him support, and he returned to the topic when the stream of nonsense coming from the Two Mikes continued:
I have been called a bushy big teeth clown by u. U think I'm not gonna defend myself https://t.co/bUdEPJJaiV
— Andrew 'Beef' Johnston (@BeefGolf) July 22, 2017
I give my absolute best on course and to people to make them have a great day and u call me that. I'm no clown it's out of order https://t.co/TTmpiXVO89
— Andrew 'Beef' Johnston (@BeefGolf) July 22, 2017
Now is a good time to remind ourselves of Parry's Cinnamon Challenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLWWx2FEzuE
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