Golf coach and PGA professional Georgia Ball, who goes by @georgiagolfcoach on social media, was recording a video of herself at the driving range when she was given unsolicited advice.
The clip has since gone viral, with the uncomfortable encounter highlighting just how important it is to mind your own business.
Georgia, who has 173,000 followers on Instagram, was recording herself working on her game and striking the ball down the range when an unseen man to her left felt the need to try and fix her swing.
Georgia calmly turned to the man after he said “excuse me”, and showed incredible patience after he told her what she was doing was completely wrong.
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Excuse me what you’re doing there you shouldn’t be doing okay I’m I’m going through um I’m going through a swing change at the minute so everything to yeah so I mean I’m going through a swing change the minut so with that I’m just making everything okay that
Was yeah thank you I don’t think that was yeah no I’m actually going do a S change the Min slow um in order to get I don’t know whether you see you watch golf the best players in the world when they are making a a practice swing or they’re going through a
Change thank for your advice
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Embarrassing for him and she dealt with it like the true professional she is.
Douche of the bag! Nobody needs your advice!
She handled that very very well well done ma'am
I try and help people and I’ve been helped at the golf range and honestly never thought anything negative about it. Am I missing something he didn’t seem aggressive or intimidating or anything.
I'm curious if there are any videos on TikTok that aren't of attention seeking women making it "totally not" all about their arse?
I love leggings. Nice UU toe for sure.. Women make it so hard , literally 😀
I guess we're all going through a swing change in some way
I think the absolute best part of this entire encounter is the amount of comments it's elicited about her leggings. Talk about a textbook example of what women have been dealing with since the dawn of humanity.
'Here's a video of a man being super patronizing to me about my golf swing'
'YEAH BUT WHAT'S WITH THOSE LEGGINGS YOU'RE SOME KIND OF SLATTERN OR HUSSY AND YOU SHOULD APPRECIATE MEN MORE BUT YOU CAN'T DRESS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT CONFUSES MY FEELIES AND MAKES ME HORNY BUT MAD AND ARGH BLARGGHHHH!!!!'
Ok, she’s clearly way too patient and nice, and good for her. So cringeworthy. By the way, beautiful swing!
Why do girls / women wear that sort of 'nude' style gear ,it leaves little to the imagination and most of the time looks awful.P.s Nice last shot Georgia ,but only thanks to Mr know it all !
THE KEY takeaway and/or lesson here is the man has "been playing golf for 20 years".
😂 another know it all !
Nobody gets more free, unsolicited advice than a woman at a driving range.
This seems staged, but even if it isnt, what is she trying to accomplish by posting the video. Will her male pro golfer counterparts think she is a victim and should be treated with kid gloves? She didn't do herself any favors with this one.
Just his way of saying” nice butt”
This dude is exactly the kind of man women should avoid in every aspect of life. I’m sure he would never have interrupted a man’s practice like this. Total mysogynist!
Thats a riot! You are way too patient.
She needs to be less worried about the mansplaining and dress more modestly – she has some kind of yoga pants on with nothing on underneath – very embarrassing video to me
That's all well and good but there's a far wider issue at play here that goes beyond someone offering unsolicited advice.
The fact is, there's some poor bloke, at home, starving no less, waiting for his tea whilst she's arsing about pretending she can play a man's game. How she had the nerve to post this video is beyond me.
Have people no shame these days?
At least now that she has sent out a viral video deriding mansplaining and men, she might be well known, and hopefully nobody ever tries to help in such a way again.
We are happy, this has nothing to do with golf, aren't we?
I think this is the same fella that taught George Best how to do keepie uppies. Then he had a word with Federer about his backhand swing.
People are crazy with their narratives. 30 yrs ago he would have been viewed as a very sweet man just giving friendly advice.
Not today in our wacky narcissistic societies
Geepers i like to think this type of thing doesn't happen anymore.
At least before you give the advice ask, asking for permission to give the advice makes you look like like a bellend.
Start off "Do you mind if i give you a little tip"in your best scouse accent.
Reality is that he was correct, but she did not ask for advice.
When he's right he's right. He should caddy for her. She'd win more.
I remember a bloke in the gym trying to tell me where to put my feet on the exercise bike. I ignored him and then I could see he was looking over at my screen, and trying to out-ride me. I was fresh from Lands End to John O Groats so I casually put the hills on, sped up a bit, and proceeded to make him almost have a self-induced heart attack.
Golfers, especially professional golfers are so polite.
What an idiot he is. Not even bothered to enquire about her history and just assumes she knows nothing
Women: To clarify, mansplaining means a 'Man Explaining'
Ha ha, so funny, how has he looked at that swing I thought, I can improve this with my knowledge. The swing looked a million dollars anyway and her striking was fantastic…what a berk
What a body…who cares about her golf game! 😮
“No, I’m sorry, I’m a man and I won’t be told by a woman” 20 years of being ignorant- way to go!
Bit presumptuous to say its a man it could be a trans women giving advice to a fellow sister. Can't believe the Independent would show something so transphobic.
I hate the term mansplaining – puts us all under one generic umbrella like this is something all men do… it isn’t. This guy is just a dick. You can tell because he plays golf.
I love two things about this – first, she doesn't hit him with the club and second, her look at the camera that has, condensed into a millisecond, an eye roll and 'wanker'. Also my first time of experiencing mansplaining so thank you for posting.
Considering he didn't listen to a word SHE was saying Georgia was enviably cool. Respect to her. Though to his credit he has been playing for 20 years so definitely knows best and she should flipping well listen! Immediate improvement. 😊
I hope he sees this video. He automatically assumed he was better than her for whatever reason.
She’s a total star and he’s a total … well, I’ll leave it at that😂
Following his advice did you see how much better she was at hitting the ball? He should charge for his advise 🤓
Lol!!!! She was most gracious. If the man knew she was a professional he was just being an asshole.
Cue all the comments from men saying he was only trying to help. If only I had a quid for every time I'd been mansplained. Best one was the man at the petrol station who kindly took the time to walk over to me to explain how to put petrol in the car.
I'm a humble person and wouldn't think of interrupting my YouTube/Twitter/news outlets glory. Hopefully, I have shamed, embarrassed, and hurt this well-meaning man. I let it go on and on because my camera was recording! I'm so proud!
Next time IF he ever sees her again, He should be asking her for advice… not giving 20 years of bad advice!
Reminds me of when everybody laughed at me when I used a 3-iron on a dog leg right hole-one and nailed it. Silence.
Why is it at pro golf tournaments these people need total absolute silence to concentrate, but professional quarterbacks have to make a split second decision with absolute accuracy with what sounds like WW3 going on in the background just before 1,000 to 2,000 lbs. of weight comes crashing down on top of them.