Golfer Guy Freakout / Raging Golf Man

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About

Golfer Guy Freakout or Raging Golf Man is a viral video of a man on a golf course who snatched another person's golf ball and wouldn't let them continue their game. As the public freakout video continues, the man angrily takes his green polo shirt off and screams at the people to leave the golf course. The moment was widely shared on social media in mid-September 2023, igniting debates online with many labeling the man as a "male Karen."

Origin

On September 20th, 2023, TikToker^[1] @kennethdavis8680 posted a video of a man withholding a golf ball while discussing with other golf players, demanding them to leave the course, which quickly escalates into him ripping off his shirt and challenging two carts full of other golf players to a fight. The video (shown below) amassed over 513,000 plays and 37,000 likes in two days.

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The public rage video was widely shared on TikTok, Twitter (X) and YouTube over the following days. For instance, on September 21st, 2023, YouTuber^[2] hesaidus posted a video reacting to the fight (shown below, left), which amassed more than 43,000 views and 4,400 likes in a day. On the same day, YouTuber^[3] iamdannyflores also posted his reaction to the public fight (shown below, right), garnering roughly 518 views and 32 likes in a day.

A still image of the shirtless man also became an image macro meme on X as the clip went viral. For example, on September 21st, X^[4] user @chainxbt posted the picture (shown below) paired with the overlay text "You wanna test God? Come get it, shit stack." The post amassed over 3,300 likes and 208 retweets in a day.