Keith Mitchell Hilariously Reposted Club Slam Video That PGA Tour Had Deleted

On Friday at the Players Championship, the weather horn blew at an extremely untimely moment for Keith Mitchell, and cameras caught quite the animated reaction from him.

In a hilarious series of events, Mitchell sprayed a drive miles offline and slammed his club into the ground with some serious force. His ball then made a dramatic splash in the water and just seconds later, the air horn blew due to inclement weather. Naturally, a member of the media captured a screengrab of the moment and posted it to Twitter, and the clip immediately went viral.

Just 24 hours later, however, fans noticed that the video had been taken down from social media. The notice on the post read, “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner.” The PGA Tour, which owns the rights to the golf TV broadcast, technically has the authority to remove any clips of tournaments that they do not share themselves.

But on Sunday, Mitchell came to the rescue. Despite the club slam being a low moment for him, Mitchell recognized the value of the laugh-out-loud clip and brought it back himself.

“Personal foul, *roughing the media rights* (apparently that’s why it was taken down, I was just informed) 250 yard penalty, repeat 3rd shot from point in which ball last crossed planet earth,” Keith wrote.

Personal Foul, *roughing the media rights* (apparently that’s why it was taken down, I was just informed) 250 yard penalty, repeat 3rd shot from point in which ball last crossed planet earth! https://t.co/Sz4UwcNLSe pic.twitter.com/SNKEOdon11
— Keith Mitchell (@K_m_Mitchell) March 12, 2023

Golf Twitter collectively thanks you, Keith.