r/sportsgossips • u/matrix_2905 • Jul 16 '26
Video Erling Haaland Crushing golf balls into the ocean listening to Ella Langley. America has rubbed off.
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u/OccasionalEspresso Jul 16 '26
I stared at this image too long expecting the next story.
Time to get off my phone.
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u/Alternative_Case9666 Jul 16 '26
Is tht actually real or just a joke.
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u/197328645 Jul 16 '26
They do make those specifically for this purpose. Not sure about fish food but they dissolve pretty quick. I would assume he used them yeah
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u/DanNeider Jul 17 '26
These videos have always pissed me off, so you've made me a happier person with this, thanks
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u/plastuit Jul 17 '26
Could be made of polyvinyl alcohol, usually used in such products. And guess what, it's a microplastic!
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u/Particular_Can_9688 Jul 17 '26
No mind to the seeping petrol products leaking directly from boat engines.
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u/HealthyCheesecake643 Jul 16 '26
I saw a mini golf course once where the final hole led to the sea and there were schools of fish hanging about to eat the golf balls, it's definitely a thing.
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u/Inevitable-Ad6647 Jul 17 '26
I don't know about fish food but cruise ships do this with balls made of chalk, pva glue and gliceryn. All pretty harmless things that either biodegrade or are just a natural mineral.
You'd have a tough time upsetting at ecosystem with them without a literal truck load.
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u/Apk07 Jul 16 '26
They do make biodegradable golf balls meant to end up in the ocean. Some are even made of compressed fish food or crushed shells. Whether these are truly that type, who knows.
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u/7thpostman Jul 16 '26
"The sea was angry that day, my friends..."
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u/Sufficient_Prompt888 Jul 16 '26
Like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli
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u/7thpostman Jul 16 '26
Not for nothing, I just saw a clip of Jason Alexander being interviewed. They handed him that speech cold. He memorized it and what we're looking at on the show is a rehearsal.
Just in case you thought Jason Alexander wasn't insanely talented.
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u/patricksaurus Jul 16 '26
Jerry has said in interviews that the awed face he makes in that scene is because of how floored he was by Jason’s perfect delivery.
It makes one of the most iconic scenes from an iconic show that much better.
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u/sureshotxxx Jul 16 '26
i got about 50 feet out and suddenly, the great beast appear before me
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u/rammer-jammer71 Jul 17 '26
“I could see right into the eyes of the great fish”
“Mammal”
“Whatever”
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u/Dire_Hulk Jul 16 '26
I don't know if it was divine intervention or the kinship of all living things but I tell you Jerry at that moment I was a marine biologist.
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u/El-Grande- Jul 16 '26
Unfortunately isn’t that from the episode where he proposed to Susan and Jerry left him hanging and didn’t ask his girlfriend… yes I’m a Seinfeld nerd
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u/JohnCenaJunior Jul 16 '26
Aquaman shed a tear as another ball has fallen into the depth of his home
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u/xSir- Jul 16 '26
Im hoping they are the biodegradable ones designed for exactly this. Some of them are even made with fish food in them ive heard.
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u/taskkill-IM Jul 16 '26
They are... someone asked him on Snapchat and he replied saying it was fish food golf balls.
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u/innerdork Jul 16 '26
If I didn’t see a Seinfeld reference as the top comment I was going to rage. Thank you.
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u/PhilLesh311 Jul 16 '26
I’ll be sad when there’s a generation that don’t get that reference. I hope that time never comes. Seinfeld is hands down the best television show ever made and it’s not even close. I love the sopranos and breaking bad but Seinfeld is #1 in my book.
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u/teacher_59 Jul 16 '26
Idiot. He's standing on the wrong side of the ball.
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u/pfamsd00 Jul 16 '26
Luckily he bought a faulty driver with the flat bit on the wrong side
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u/mechabeast Jul 16 '26
Man i thought these guys made money that they didnt have to buy these discount mistake equipment
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u/fatbob42 Jul 16 '26
I forgot he was left-footed and thought he was going to whack the cammer.
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u/TheNomadRP Jul 17 '26
You mean you can't stand on the right side of the ball and the wrong side and hit a good shot? Noob
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u/FigWeak5127 Jul 16 '26
lol that was my first thought, like uhh does the camera man not realize how easy it is to hit an errant ball.
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u/AnxiousMagoo Jul 16 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/2ViZJi3RLXAZ22PG08
The fish in the ocean:
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u/BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo Jul 16 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/3Z1ePk6idWGFvxAXhm
More like this. A lot of these golf balls are designed to be biodegradable with fish food in the center28
u/Dr0110111001101111 Jul 16 '26
That’s super cool
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u/Adept-Address3551 Jul 16 '26
More likely regular golf balls, but we can hope.
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u/d0ngl0rd69 Jul 16 '26
He went on social media after the fact and specified that they were the biodegradable ones
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u/Adept-Address3551 Jul 16 '26
If he has said it then I beleive. He seems a nice chap. But most golfers would never even think about lost balls impact on environment.
Good investigating 🔎
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u/TheBigC87 Jul 16 '26
Yeah, but he's Norwegian. Their culture frowns on people who litter and are not enviromentally conscious. We should have more of that in America.
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u/No-Ad1522 Jul 16 '26
In America that makes you a communist apparently.
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u/Deputy_Beagle76 Jul 17 '26
Isn’t this likely a commercial use thing he’s doing? Wouldn’t shock me if a boat rental that has clubs and a driving mat also has bio balls for use
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u/atherton-loyola Jul 16 '26
Video was on bleacher report IG, caption mentioned Haaland say these were biodegradable golf balls.
If they are the Ecobioballs (biodegradable outer layer with fish food at the core), not too expensive. Roughly $200 for a 100 balls.
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u/Legitimate_Ad_7822 Jul 16 '26
I believe this is just a specific golf ball made with this specific purpose.
Performance golf balls absolutely do not have fish food in the middle and they are not biodegradable. These are the most common golf balls you’ll find.
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u/ATLSlutPounder Jul 16 '26
The type of missing the context only Reddit users repeatedly feel proud of. Congrats.
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u/IntenseCedar Jul 16 '26
Wait a second…You’re telling me all those guys playing The Open this week AREN’T using balls filled with fish food??? I watched the coverage all day and never heard a single mention of this!
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u/Sad-Seaworthiness946 Jul 16 '26
Those are special golfballs that’s actually made of fish food
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u/Necrome9 Jul 16 '26
Professional redditor moment
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u/vitaminz1990 Jul 16 '26
Their avatar is exactly what I expect a professional redditor to look like.
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u/m4teri4lgirl Jul 16 '26
I'm autistic and bad with money upvotes please
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u/byebybuy Jul 16 '26
Do you also hate cars and lawns?
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u/Free-Fall643 Jul 16 '26
I feel like that's more Saudi Arabian. Plenty of broke rednecks around where I live that have way more fun than me.
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u/whiskeytrace Jul 16 '26
Watch out pretty sure you aren’t allowed to have this particular opinion on Reddit lol
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u/Logical-Boss8158 Jul 16 '26
What a crazy thing to say. Almost bot-like.
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u/Dr_Ironfist1987 Jul 16 '26
The scarier part is I don’t think it’s just bots upvoting this.. bunch of miserable fucks
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u/50mm-f2 Jul 16 '26
it’s also really fun if you’ve immigrated from a politically and socially oppressive regime or a third-world country and you’re grateful for what you have in the states even if you don’t have lots of money
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u/plug-and-pause Jul 17 '26
It's possible to be born here and still have a grateful perspective. Admittedly it's less common.
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u/Free-Fall643 Jul 16 '26
Don't let the propaganda fool you into thinking the US isn't one of the most culturally accepting places to live. Just come here legally lol
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u/Adamantium10 Jul 16 '26
I've worked with a lot of African dudes who will absolutely tell you how much nicer people are here than most other places in the world. We suck for a lot of reasons, but it always cracks me up that people act like we're any more racist than any of the rest of the world. I work with a lot of Canadians who don't get the same rep and are 100% just as racist.
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u/BigMikeXxxxX Jul 16 '26
You don't need lots of money to have fun. You must be miserable if you genuinely think that way.
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u/Necrome9 Jul 16 '26
He’s American too so he basically just admitted his life sucks whilst attempting to speak for 300 million people 😭 😭
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u/Guilty_Jackfruit4484 Jul 17 '26
They actually are! He said they dissolve and become food for fish.
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u/jrstriker12 Jul 16 '26
America..... looks like yatching off the coast of Monaco
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u/Creepy_Assist_7957 Jul 16 '26
You know they have golf in other countries?
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u/Prestigious_Lock1659 Jul 16 '26
Golf has been around a lot longer than the USA too.
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u/AndiLivia Jul 16 '26
Littering isn't cool.
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u/NoMorning6265 Jul 16 '26
They are biodegradable and likely filled with fish food depending on the kind. He's not hitting Pro V1s into the ocean.
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u/LilyLol8 Jul 16 '26
Fair then ig, didnt know those kinds of golf balls existed
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u/MesaGeek Jul 16 '26
They do, but are $$$
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u/qwouw Jul 16 '26
If you in the position of smacking the golf balls off your yacht, id say you can afford it
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u/PeakWattage Jul 16 '26
They're 149 euros for 100 balls. Not cheap by any means, but it's cheaper than shooting guns or going to Top Golf, which plenty of middle class Americans do. As far as a yacht trip goes, just tell the owner, "You got a boat, I got a throat."
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u/bbqnj Jul 16 '26
That’s noticeably cheaper then REAL golf balls and people are acting like that would be worse for some reason
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u/makes_nosense Jul 17 '26
After seeing what messi and company has been doing at inter miami i bet some of these guys come to america for big paychecks to just beat the shit out of the american players and have fun with little to no pressure.
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u/knobs0513 Jul 17 '26
That's a 10k fine in Monaco waters..bro thinks he's in Florida
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u/DrFanhattan Jul 17 '26
Dissolving golf balls
I know using our brains on Reddit isn’t mandatory but do better people
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u/Otherwise-Ask7900 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
Don't tell reddit that the Europeans loved it here. That would go against the rhetoric
**EDIT**
THANKYOU KIND STRANGER!!!!
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u/twizx3 Jul 16 '26
How are yall always shadowboxing lmao America is based the government is not
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u/RumJackson Jul 16 '26
I had a grand time at the World Cup, 3.5 weeks of top class fun.
Would I move to America? Would I fuck.
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u/TitanicSwimTeam18 Jul 16 '26
Sooo would you move to America…? It’s a little unclear.
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u/RumJackson Jul 16 '26
I would not. “Would I fuck” is a very common expression meaning no.
Example:
Would I slap my bollocks down on a burning stove? Would I fuck.
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u/Delicious-Guitar-849 Jul 16 '26
I feel like there’s some super concerted marketing campaign to get this guys name out there, because I’ve seen like twenty different mentions of this guy in the last few days when before I knew nothing about him.
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u/Caponomolestes Jul 16 '26
Guess this would be bad if a bad rich do it but since reddit loves that dude, is amazing
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u/tehcheez Jul 16 '26
They make biodegradable golf balls specifically for hitting into water. Some of them are actually made of fish food. They're by a brand called EcoBioBall.
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u/whiskeynise Jul 16 '26
They make golf balls specifically to be hit into bodies of water. They decompose and become fish food
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u/Chicca77 Jul 16 '26
Perché buttare plastica in mare?!?!
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u/Platos-ghosts Jul 16 '26
That’s a big yacht he’s chartering, they know the rules. Those are biodegradable balls.
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u/stlcardfan715 Jul 16 '26
I think they make balls that are ocean friendly, or so I've heard. Hope it's true and he's using it
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u/PaleSurprise1204 Jul 16 '26
If I know anything about golf it's that you never hit what you're aiming at. He probably sliced that all the way to the shore
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u/whiskeynise Jul 16 '26
They make golf balls specifically to be hit into bodies of water for fun. Guarantee you that’s what this is
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u/LegitimatePapaya9829 Jul 16 '26
I saw this guy selling air conditioners on a tv commercial a few months ago and now he's everywhere.
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u/BrittanyBrie Jul 16 '26
The world is not ready for their rich to come back and demand more from their everyday expectations.
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u/FlyingConcreteChair Jul 16 '26
In a different timeline he is rocking a Dale hat, ripping cowboy killers sayin Hell Yeah, far too often, at a Figure 8 Bus Demo Derby in the Deep South.
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u/sometimeserin Jul 16 '26
I always have a hard time analyzing lefty swings but that didn’t look great lol. Barefoot probably doesn’t help though
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u/Can-i-Pet-Dat-Daaawg Jul 16 '26
I know he was already a big deal, but this World Cup has made him one of the most famous people on the planet
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u/Historical_Sherbet54 Jul 16 '26
Nah...if american culture rubbed off on him
He'd be swinging at the other boats
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u/NoEnvironment8432 Jul 16 '26
Now he needs to throw a football to a buddy running routes while listening to George Strait
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