Video: Golfer attacks NHL fighter, learns valuable lesson: 'You're not a tough guy!'



It's not often civilians get an up-close and personal look at a professional athlete's skills, but one golfer made sure not to pass up his opportunity when he met one on the golf course.

The Alberta Springs Golf Course in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, was at the center of controversy over the Fourth of July weekend when it produced an unexpected viral video featuring two groups of male golfers.

A man and his friend — the friend allegedly too drunk to put his ball on the golf tee — were apparently holding up another group of golfers behind them for over 20 minutes before an altercation broke out, the video shows.

'You're gonna get booted the f**k out of here!'

The second group finally had enough and told the first group to either move out of the way or simply drop back behind them so there was no delay.

"Drive the f**k up there or you're gonna get booted the f**k out of here!" one man yelled.

After the man filming suggested calling the police to remedy the situation, one of the golfers holding up the second group pleaded with him and stated that his friend was indeed going to play on.

As the second group continued to complain about the delay, the seemingly intoxicated golfer — still struggling to place his ball — exploded in rage after he was told that if he did not speed up he would be thrown in the lake. He soon found out he should have heeded that warning.

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"F**king cry about it!" the man yelled back from the tee box.

Instead of simply hitting his ball, the man threw his hat to the ground and started slapping his legs while screaming, "You're a f**king pussy!"

"Let's f**king go, man!" he continued, before barreling at one of the men in the second group, who was wearing a light blue golf shirt.

As promised, the large man easily handled the golfer and tossed him into the nearby lake. Soaking wet, the man emerged from the lagoon to continue the brawl. The man in blue grabbed then him by the collar and punched him in the face several times.

"Bang! Bang!" the man in blue yelled as he punched the drenched golfer. Unfortunately, the possibly drunk man continued this cycle another two times before being thrown to the ground.

The fight was overwhelmingly one-sided, likely due in part to the fact that the man in blue turned out to be former NHL tough guy Nick Tarnasky, as noted by Barstool Sports and the Toronto Sun.

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Listed at 6'2", 230 pounds, Tarnasky played five years in the NHL, averaging almost 100 penalty minutes per season. He was known as a tough player during his time with the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers, and his stats certainly back that up.

At just 40 years old, it is not hard to see why Tarnasky was easily able to handle the golfer. He played for the San Diego Gulls as recently as 2017 in the AHL, the NHL's minor league, so it has only been eight years since he laced up his skates professionally.

As it turns out, he is still in fighting shape.

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I played against the best, but never a man. Here’s why.



It is hard to believe we have been forced into this fight.

For 28 years, I played competitively on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour, and even though it took me seven long and frustrating seasons to win my first tournament — a time when I questioned myself more times than I can count — I went on to capture 34 titles, including six major championships. That career earned me a place in the World Golf Hall of Fame and the LPGA Hall of Fame, which is the most difficult hall in all of sports to enter.

Never in my wildest dreams did I believe I could compete against elite male athletes.

The LPGA has been around for 75 years, and we only have 35 members in our Hall of Fame due to the rigid entry criteria. In 2024, we added our most recent inductee, Lydia Ko. For context, Lydia has won 23 LPGA titles, three major championships, and three Olympic medals — and she just got in. It goes to show that the LPGA Hall of Fame is an elite club. I am humbled to be a part of it.

But I can promise you this: Even with the career I had, I would never have won a PGA Tour event — ever. It’s comical to think in those terms.

Women’s sports are for women

A few LPGA players have tried the Professional Golf Association Tour. Babe Didrikson Zaharias, an Olympic medalist in track and field and the original founder of the LPGA, played in one men’s event. So did Annika Sorenstam, who is one of the greatest players of all time with 72 LPGA Tour wins and 10 majors.

Michelle Wie West, who was a teenage phenom, played in the PGA Tour event near her home in Hawaii. And Brittany Lincicome and Lexi Thompson, both long hitters in the women’s game, accepted sponsor exemptions to play with the men. Not one of them made the 36-hole cut to play the weekend. The best in the history of women’s golf never made the top half of the field in a PGA Tour tournament.

On the flip side, if a struggling PGA Tour player had decided to declare himself a woman and play the LPGA Tour, that person would have shattered our record book.

Thankfully, late last year, professional golf did the right thing and instituted a gender policy that secures women’s golf for women.

Woke delusions

The fight is far from over. While President Trump signed an executive order to pull federal funding from any school or state that allows men — no matter how they identify — from competing in women’s sports, women are still being bullied, harassed, and cheated out of trophies they have worked their whole lives to attain.

Within the last few weeks, men identifying as women have won track and field and swimming championships, and a female fencer was sanctioned after she took a knee and conceded rather than compete against a biological male.

Whether it’s a transgender college volleyball player or the absurdity of two Olympic boxers who are biological men, it’s up to those of us with long, successful careers to stand up and say, “Enough!”

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I was so disheartened by my home state of Pennsylvania. During a floor debate on the Save Women’s Sports Act — a bill that would do nothing more than infuse common sense back onto the playing fields — Pennsylvania state Senator Lindsey Williams said, “I want all girls to know that there are elected officials like me who believe female bodies are just as strong and fast and capable as male bodies.”

That statement was so ridiculous, I spent half a day confirming that it wasn’t a parody.

But Williams wasn’t finished. She went on:

I want all girls to know there are elected officials like me who would never underestimate your ability to beat a boy at their own sport, because that’s what the premise of this bill assumes, that female bodies are less than male bodies, that girls are at an automatic disadvantage, and can't possibly compete against boys. Even though girls do it every day.

Biological reality

I attended Furman University in the mid-1970s, where I was a three-sport athlete. In the fall, I played field hockey. In the winter, I played basketball. In the spring, I played golf. During my senior year, I focused solely on golf. But never in my wildest dreams did I believe I could compete against male athletes in any of those disciplines.

Sure, I could beat most of the random guys on campus at golf. But at the elite college level, female bodies are obviously at a disadvantage over our trained male counterparts. It’s simple biology.

I have been inspired by the courage and leadership that women like Riley Gaines and former gymnast Jennifer Sey have shown on this issue. And the number of women speaking out is growing. From disc golf and cycling to weightlifting, women are finally ignoring the insincere calls for empathy. They are saying, “No, this is not right. This is not fair. Women’s sports must remain for women.”

It is my honor to place my name among those taking that stand. Many of us fought for places to compete when none existed. We cannot surrender our sports or our spaces. This moment and this mission are too important to sit on the sidelines.

‘Stop Dunking on Defenseless Girls’: Billboards Outside Masters, Braves Game Blast Jon Ossoff Over Trans Sports Vote

Mobile billboards spotted outside the Masters Tournament and a Braves game this week called on onlookers to tell Sen. Jon Ossoff (D., Ga.) to "STOP DUNKING on Defenseless Girls."

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Tiger Woods plays brutal April Fools' prank on fans: 'I can't believe I am saying this'



Tiger Woods shocked his fans with rumors of a comeback before pulling the rug with a devastating April Fools' Day reveal.

Woods has not played in a tournament since July 2024 and underwent his sixth back surgery that September. This March, ESPN reported that Woods had surgery for a ruptured Achilles, keeping him out for even longer.

Despite saying "the fire still burns to compete," Woods has said his body just is not recovering like it used to from his injuries.

This made Woods' April 1 social media post all that more shocking when he revealed to fans that he would be returning just weeks after his surgery.

"I can't believe I am saying this, but a few weeks after rupturing my left Achilles, the sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber plus the explosive lifts my doctors and trainers have me ready to play the Masters next week! Can't wait! See y'all on the course," Woods wrote on X.

While some immediately recognized the date on the calendar, other fans were flying by the seat of their pants and were ready for Woods' latest comeback.

"This better not be some cruel April Fools joke," a sports reporter replied.

"Great to see people bounce back after dark moments in their lives... go for it," another fan wrote.

Some fans even got angry with Woods for potentially jumping back into such a big competition so quickly:

"Pitching up to play majors when you have not played any competitive golf is nonsense. You either going to play competitive golf before majors or you must skip majors altogether. It's painful to watch."

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Woods took pity on his fans and waited just six minutes to reveal he was indeed pulling a prank.

"P.S. April Fools my Achilles is still a mess," Woods wrote with a smiley face.

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Woods was last seen on the course with cameras when he played with his son in a tournament at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando in December. During the event, 15-year-old Charlie hit his first-ever hole in one on the par-3 fourth hole with his father by his side and his sister as their caddie.

Woods then taught his son that after getting a hole in one it is incumbent upon him to buy his competitors a round of drinks.

Woods' last event was the Open Championship in July 2024, which marked the fourth tournament he failed to make the cut in. That April, he placed 60th at the Masters Tournament, the only time he advanced past the cut in the five tournaments he played in that season.

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Ivanka Trump appears in promo video for martial arts gym, revealing she has a blue belt in Brazilian jujitsu



Ivanka Trump appeared in a promotional video for Valente Brothers jujitsu and demonstrated a series of martial arts and self-defense techniques.

The video showed the president's daughter performing chokes, armbars, throws, and even defense against a knife-wielding attacker.

Appearing in the video were instructors Joaquim, Pedro, and Gui Valente, operators of the North Miami Beach gym that Trump has talked about for at least a year.

"Jiu-Jitsu is more than a martial art. Rooted in tradition and guided by the 753 Code, it builds physical confidence, mental clarity, and emotional balance," the business wrote with the accompanied video.

The 753 Code is a philosophy promoted by the gym owners that reflects their own Samurai-like code, which they believe promotes a balanced life, "physically, emotionally and mentally."

The 14-point philosophy is as follows: rectitude, courage, benevolence, awareness, respect, balance, honesty, exercise, flow, honor, nutrition, loyalty, rest, hygiene, and positivity.

  Ivanka Trump with her children outside their jujitsu class in 2024. Photo by MEGA/GC Images

Trump has discussed the philosophy publicly before, particularly on the "Lex Fridman Podcast" in a video promoted by the jujitsu gym.

"It's the mind, body, and soul, effectively," Trump said about the code. "The kids can only advance and get their stripes if they internalize this."

The 43-year-old said her children have memorized the code and often position their life events against it in terms of whether or not their actions have adhered to the philosophy.

"It's a framework, much like religion is, in our house ... it's a framework to discuss things that happen in their life, large and small. It has been beautiful."

Athletics have been in the spotlight under the Trump administration in addition to the president's connection with the UFC through its CEO Dana White.

In fact, it was widely reported that FBI Director Kash Patel suggested cross training with UFC entities to promote physical fitness and self-defense among FBI agents. UFC fan favorite Justin Gaethje actually took the director up on his offer and put his name in the hat to be one of the fighters who could help train agents.

As well, the president's granddaughter Kai Trump has become popular in the golf world and has committed to the University of Miami this year on an athletic scholarship. Kai Trump has been seen on the golf course with top-ranked golfers like Scottie Scheffler, while President Trump has continued his ongoing relationship with golf legend Tiger Woods.

Woods recently went public with the information that he is dating Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr.'s ex-wife.

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Love Is Getting Tired of Winning: Two American Dynasties, United by Passion

President Donald Trump, arguably the greatest president in history, wasn't kidding when he promised to deliver an American "golden age." In addition to everything else he has managed to achieve since taking office in January, we learned this week that the mother of Trump's grandchildren has been dating Tiger Woods since November 2024. Two great American families who excel at winning, united by love.

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Civil Rights Office declares Maine is violating Title IX by letting males play in female sports



The Department of Health and Human Service's Civil Rights Office says Maine's department of education cannot hide behind its principals' association in order to continue to authorize males to play in female sports.

In a surprising announcement Monday, the Office of Civil Rights said the Maine Department of Education, the Maine Principals’ Association, and Greely High School are each in violation of Title IX.

As Blaze News previously reported, a male athlete from Greely High School in Cumberland, Maine, took first place in a girls' pole vault competition at the Maine Indoor Track Meet.

Just a week later, a second travesty occurred when a male athlete took a podium spot from a female athlete in Maine's state championship for girls' high school Nordic skiing.

In both scenarios, the Maine Principals' Association took responsibility for governing high school sports in the state and declared it would defy President Trump's executive order to prevent women's sports from being infiltrated by men.

'The Maine Department of Education may not shirk its obligations under Federal law ...'

The HHS Civil Rights Office said in its press release, however, that all three of the state's aforementioned offices had violated Title IX and must begin to comply.

"The Maine Department of Education may not shirk its obligations under Federal law by ceding control of its extracurricular activities, programs, and services to the Maine Principals’ Association," said Anthony Archeval, acting director of the Office for Civil Rights. "We hope the Maine Department of Education, the Maine Principals’ Association, and Greely High School will work with us to come to an agreement that restores fairness in women's sports."

The Civil Rights Office further cited the president's executive order and emphasized the protection of female student athletes. The office said there was a necessity to shield women from having to "to compete with or against or having to appear unclothed before males."

Noting a federal mandate to rescind funding from programs that fail to comply with the executive order, the Office of Civil Rights called protecting women a "matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth" and championed the "larger initiative" to defend women and "restore biological truth" to federal government.

President Trump had already slashed Maine's public university funding over the ordeal, which consists of seven universities and a law school. The University of Maine System lost access to a reported $56.1 million in active USDA grants.

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Trump wins another golf tournament, signals it may be his last, as his courses are continually vandalized



President Donald Trump boasted about winning his club's golf championship while hinting that he would not compete in tournaments in the future.

The president announced that he won the golf club championship at his club in Palm Beach County, Florida, thanking his "wonderful Golf Staff" and the many "fantastic golfers" that participated in the event.

At the same time, however, Trump said the tournament could be his last.

"I just won the Golf Club Championship, probably my last, at Trump International Golf Club, in Palm Beach County, Florida," he wrote on Truth Social. "Such a great honor," Trump added.

The hint came as two of his European golf clubs were vandalized in the span of just one week, first in Scotland and then Ireland.

At Trump’s Turnberry golf course and hotel in southwest Scotland, activists reportedly painted "Gaza Is Not For Sale" in giant red letters.

According to the Associated Press, the crime was claimed by activist group Palestine Action, which said it "rejects Donald Trump’s treatment of Gaza as though it were his property to dispose of as he likes."

"To make that clear, we have shown him that his own property is not safe from acts of resistance," the group reportedly added in a statement.

Then, Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland was infiltrated by pro-Palestine activists who caused damage to that course as well.

The Doonbeg, Ireland, property suffered "criminal damage," according to Irish police, per the BBC, including pro-Palestine graffiti.

Trump played golf at least 142 times in his first term, Newsweek reported, with at least 18 golf tournament wins to his name.

The Guardian published an article in 2018 that called Trump the "commander in cheat" over his wins and said the president had no credibility with golfers. The outlet went on to claim that Trump is only capable of winning at clubs he owns and cited an anecdote that he kicks out anyone who could beat him.

In 2024, Trump touted winning two tournaments in the same week at Trump International, including the senior championship.

"A great honor to have won both the Club Championship and the Senior Club Championship this week at Trump International," Trump wrote on Instagram.

Newsweek reported at the time that Trump owned 17 golf courses worldwide before he became president. According to a Wikipedia page on the topic, he now owns 20.

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Pro golfer Adam Scott reveals his favorite part about meeting President Trump: 'It was obvious to me'



Professional golfer Adam Scott said he realized at the White House that his golf-related issues were not the highest priority in terms of political problems.

Scott, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, and the legendary Tiger Woods have met with President Trump to discuss operations between the PGA Tour and the LIV Tour. Yasir Al-Rumayyan from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (LIV's backers) had also reportedly attended the meetings in attempt to mend relationships between the rival companies.

At a recent press conference for the Players Championship, reporter Claire Rogers asked Scott what he felt was the "coolest or most surprising thing" about being at the White House.

'The president had far more important things to focus on.'

Scott immediately revealed that it became rather obvious at the White House that his issues were smaller in comparison to the geopolitics the president was dealing with.

"It was obvious to me, very quickly, when they were setting up for the Israeli delegation right after our meeting and putting the Israeli flag and the U.S. flag and getting that room ready that our conversation was pretty low in importance of what was happening that day," Scott said, per Fox News.

"And really, the president had far more important things to focus on," Scott continued. "I encouraged him to go and do that well for everyone's sake after our meeting."

As the PGA and LIV attempt to repair a fracture in the golfing world, many athletes in the sport have praised Trump for holding meetings at the White House in order to find a solution.

World No. 7-ranked golfer Rory McIlroy said he had learned from his discussion with Trump the tremendous amount of respect the president garners in the Middle East, and in particular with the Saudi officials who govern golf operations.

"It was really good. I thought we had a good discussion. I learned that he's not a fan of the LIV format, which was I was like, 'But you've hosted their events.' He's like, 'Yeah, but it doesn't mean that I like it,'" McIlroy said in February.

In addition to saying he believed Trump is on the PGA Tour's side, the Northern Irishman said the president has the opportunity to be "influential."

"He can be influential. He loves the game of golf; I saw it when I was playing with him ... the respect he has in the Middle East is — I don't think people appreciate how much respect he has there."

Scott, an Australian who is currently ranked No. 77 in the world, had previously described Trump's involvement as "a positive thing," because he "understands some of the challenges facing the professional game at the moment."

"He's a lover of the game," Scott said after the meeting, according to OutKick. "Hopefully [he] will be very helpful for the professional game and help everybody move forward."

The PGA Tour has certainly garnered fascinating and groundbreaking headlines over the past year, from Tiger Woods and his son joining forces on the links to the release of bodycam footage from the arrest of star Scottie Scheffler.

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'Is Tiger as good as they say?' Bodycam footage from Scottie Scheffler arrest shows police asking about drinking, Tiger Woods



Footage from the arrest of PGA Tour star Scottie Scheffler revealed strange conversations between the golfer and police, including an officer asking how good Tiger Woods really is.

Scheffler, the world's No.1-ranked golfer, was arrested in May 2024 and charged with felony assault after refusing to stop at the scene of an accident near the entrance of the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Scheffler was trying to get into the PGA Championship tournament, but police said at the time that he was trying to drive around the crash scene despite an officer telling him to stop.

Scheffler apparently kept driving until a cop attached himself to the side of Scheffler's car, an ESPN report stated.

The charges were dropped nearly two weeks later.

'Nothing to drink this morning at all?'

Bodycam footage from the Louisville Metro Police Department has since been released by "Full Swing," a golf docuseries on Netflix.

The previously unseen footage starts with commentary from No. 26 golfer Tom Kim, who says, "I'm warming up, and all I see is my friend handcuffed, walking to a police car."

The video then cuts to Scheffler being handcuffed by police as he provides his own recollection of the events.

"First of all, I was freaking out because I somehow went from driving into the golf course to a jail cell, and I still don't really know how that happened exactly," Scheffler explains. "I don't think it ever really felt real."

Speaking to an officer from the back of a police car, Scheffler is shown telling an officer, "I'll be honest. I didn't think this was ever a position I'd be in."

The officer replied, "Usually, people never do."

Other contentious points in the footage showed presumably the same arresting officer having an exchange with Scheffler about whether or not he had been drinking.

"Nothing to drink this morning at all?" the officer asked.

"Mouthwash," Scheffler bluntly replied. "I try not to drink too much before I go play golf at 8:00 a.m."

With the officer seemingly having no idea who the golfer was — despite being just feet from the entrance to the tournament — he noted that Scheffler must be "pretty good" if he plays in the PGA.

"I'm all right, yeah," Scheffler answered.

The officer then asked, "Is Tiger [Woods] as good as they say he is? Or is that ..."

Scheffler cut him off: "He's pretty dang good."

Aside from the untimely arrest, Scheffler had an outstanding 2024, winning the PGA Tour championship and even a gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Paris.

In 2025, he remains the world No. 1 golfer but sits 13th on the money list with $1.8 million. Sweden's Ludvig Aberg tops that list with $4.8 million.

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