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EXPLAINED: How did the violent obsession inspired golf ad ever get approved - The Real Truth

Deleted Callaway and Good Good Golf advert showing a woman pushed to the floor after taking a driver.

Alongside Backrooms, Obsession was one of 2026's most surprising blockbusters, grossing over $501 million worldwide against a budget of around $750,000.

Social media is full of memes and parodies inspired by Inde Navarrette's unsettling, manic performance as the cursed Nikki Freeman. But that doesn't mean that sending up a dark psychological horror movie is the right call for every brand, as golf equipment make Callaway has just discovered.

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