{"id":1373,"date":"2011-08-06T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspiringathletes\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2011-08-05T02:53:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T06:53:08","slug":"ben-crane-rickie-fowler-hunter-mahan-and-bubba-watson-are-golf-boys-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspiringathletes\/2011\/08\/ben-crane-rickie-fowler-hunter-mahan-and-bubba-watson-are-golf-boys-video.html","title":{"rendered":"Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson are &#8220;Golf Boys&#8221; (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Click &#8220;Like&#8221; to share this with your friends!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Golf is a serious game. Well, most of the time.<\/p>\n<p>I interviewed Rickie Fowler at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in May and he was pretty serious. I interviewed Ben Crane this week and he was pretty serious too.<\/p>\n<p>This, is not serious. It&#8217;s a music video featuring &#8220;Golf Boys,&#8221; a so-called pop band made up of PGA golfers Fowler, Crane, Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson sporting outfits that have promptly been banned on golf courses worldwide.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Golf Boys - Oh Oh Oh (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PM2NocuEihw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Farmers Insurance is donating $1,000 for every 100,000 views to support both Farmers and Ben Crane charitable initiatives. It&#8217;s already up to over 2.3 million views in less than two months. Got to say, it&#8217;s great to see some people in golf not taking themselves too seriously for a change.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the slightly more serious Inspiring Athletes interview with Rickie Fowler by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspiringathletes\/2011\/05\/pga-young-gun-rickie-fowler-on-being-a-role-model-and-the-pressure-of-high-expectations.html\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> and be looking for an excerpt of that also pretty serious Ben Crane interview in the coming weeks. I&#8217;ll leave the comedy up to the professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click &#8220;Like&#8221; to share this with your friends! Golf is a serious game. Well, most of the time. I interviewed Rickie Fowler at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in May and he was pretty serious. I interviewed Ben Crane this week and he was pretty serious too. This, is not serious. 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