I had the chance to interview Peter Kessler a couple weeks ago, just as he was taking to Twitter to launch of series of self-produced vignettes that share his takes on current golf news, not to mention some of his musical aptitude.

Our telephone connection, regrettably, does not convey the legendary dulcet tones of the man long known as “the voice of golf” with the Golf Channel, from its founding in 1995 through 2001, and as host of his own radio show on PGA Tour Network from 2005 to 2014. But our 50-minute chat, which I’ve broken up into five segments, did showcase Peter’s honesty concerning what he feels is right and wrong about the sport and its media coverage.

Make that brutal honesty. There was not a lot of grey on the colour wheel of our interview. It was pretty much black and white, with some passionate red thrown in for good measure. Peter’s opinions are not sugar coated, and he admittedly plays fast and loose with the words “stupid” and “moron.” There were moments when I felt like I should inject a comment or follow-up question during one of his sometimes stream-of-consciousness replies, but it sort of felt like I’d just be sticking my leg onto the tracks in front of a runaway train. And when you have a confined timeline for an interview, you don’t necessarily want to derail that train anyway.

Peter laid waste to much of the American golf media establishment in one segment of our conversation (posted below). I couldn’t help but cringe at some of his criticism of on-air personalities, some of which got personal. Perhaps it’s out of sympathy—while Peter has always seemed silky smooth and eminently prepared in his TV and radio segments, I have traditionally frozen solid in front of a live audience or microphone. Consequently, I’ve always been envious and jealous of folks who can do it on the fly without tripping over their words. Alas, some people are simply not meant for live media. Such as me….and Golf Digest senior writer Jaime Diaz, says Peter.