{"id":347977,"date":"2025-11-01T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/347977\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:37:25","slug":"luke-kwon-slammed-as-old-2019-article-resurfaces-after-barstool-sports-golfer-misses-tee-time-again-international-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/347977\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Kwon slammed as old 2019 article resurfaces after Barstool Sports golfer misses tee time again | International Sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LukeLuke Kwon slammed as old 2019 article resurfaces after Barstool Sports golfer misses tee time again (Image via Getty) YouTuber and golf influencer Luke Kwon faced major online backlash after he missed his tee time at Barstool Sports\u2019 Internet Invitational at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Kwon was supposed to start his round at 9:30 a.m., but arrived late. While Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, allowed him to play with a penalty, fans criticized Kwon for being unprofessional. Soon after, a 2019 NBC Sports article about his college golf days at the University of Oklahoma resurfaced online, revealing that Kwon had struggled with lateness and discipline issues in the past. The story, shared by Tee Times (@TeeTimesPub), showed that Kwon almost got kicked off the Oklahoma Sooners golf team because he often missed workouts and classes.<\/p>\n

Luke Kwon\u2019s old NBC Sports story shows past struggles with being on time<\/b><\/p>\n

After Kwon missed his tee time at the Internet Invitational, golf fans on social media began sharing a 2019 NBC Sports article about his college career. The story, written by NBC Sports\u2019 Carson Williams, talked about Kwon\u2019s early struggles after joining the Oklahoma Sooners golf program.According to the report, Kwon \u201coften wouldn\u2019t wake up in time for workouts, practice, or class.\u201d His coach, Ryan Hybl, almost removed him from the team for his lack of discipline but decided to keep him because he was the \u201cglue guy\u201d for the Sooners.The post from @TeeTimesPub gained attention on X, with fans calling out how Kwon\u2019s college habits seemed to show up again at the recent tournament. One user wrote, \u201cHe\u2019s a Sooner. Makes total sense now,\u201d while another joked, \u201cIronically, he was a\u2026 sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke Kwon responds to backlash after Internet Invitational mix-up<\/p>\n

After the backlash, Luke Kwon posted a message on his Instagram Stories, saying it was an honest mistake. He wrote:\u201cJust woke up what\u2019d I miss. Obviously, nobody sleeps through their alarm wanting to sleep through their alarm. S*** happened and I am genuinely sorry, honest mistake. I\u2019ve already apologized to Portnoy, Bob and the boys off camera at the event. Good for content tho.\u201dAlso Read: Andrew Tate Becomes New Misfits Boxing CEO After Old KSI Tweet Leads To Explosive Company Takeover<\/a>Despite the jokes and trolling, many fans appreciated his honest apology. Others still pointed out how the 2019 article showed a pattern of lateness.Luke Kwon, born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Oklahoma, is part of the Good Good Golf YouTube group, which has more than 1.98 million subscribers. His own channel has over 392,000 subscribers, where he regularly posts golf content and collaborations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Kwon slammed as old 2019 article resurfaces after Barstool Sports golfer misses tee time again (Image via…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":347978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[50703,3891,1430,168724,170735,170734,170733,170736,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-347977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-barstool-sports","9":"tag-college-golf","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-golf-fans","12":"tag-golf-influencer","13":"tag-internet-invitational","14":"tag-luke-kwon","15":"tag-oklahoma-sooners-golf-team","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115474481095089500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}