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Who was in the Callaway Good Good ad cast

A dated, checkable record of the Callaway x Good Good Quantum driver ad cast: on-screen talent, the executives who approved the spot, and what both companies said after the backlash.

Platform
social media
Creative type
video
Failure type
brand-safety failure
Last reviewed
0-08-27

The Callaway Good Good ad cast: two rosters

Last reviewed: August 27, 2026.

On-screen roster

  • Garrett Clark — Good Good co-founder and general manager. In the deleted clip, Clark shoulder-checks Alexis Miestowski to the ground and says, “Do not touch my new driver.”[1]
  • Alexis Miestowski — former NCAA Division I golfer and a member of Good Good Girls. She is the golfer Clark knocks down in the scene.[1]
  • An unidentified Good Good member — reporting on the longer “Obsession” cut says another member appeared in its obsession or “mental breakdown” sequence. The accessible source does not establish that person’s identity, so no name should be inferred from the wider Good Good roster.[2]

Approval and responsibility roster

  • Matt Kendrick — Good Good CEO. In his statement around August 25, Kendrick said the concept was intended as a parody of the movie “Obsession” and acknowledged that its “execution missed the mark.”[3]
  • Chip Brewer — Callaway CEO. Brewer stated that the video “was approved by Callaway prior to posting” and that the “approval should never have happened.”[4]

Clark and Miestowski are the named performers in the controversial scene. Kendrick and Brewer belong in a separate roster because their statements document the concept and approval chain. The companies’ own accounts do not assign approval authority to the performers; Brewer expressly confirms that Callaway approved the video before publication.

A golf driver and video camera at a driving range with executives reviewing a document behind an office window

Which Callaway x Good Good creative this roster covers

The disputed social video was a short clip promoting the Good Good Edition of Callaway’s Quantum driver. Good Good posted it to its social channels on Friday, August 21, 2026. The scene with Clark and Miestowski lasted about 15 seconds and was drawn from a longer, roughly 60-second horror parody called “Obsession,” which was posted with the caption “You have been warned…”[2][3]

That distinction matters when identifying the cast: Clark and Miestowski can be tied directly to the short scene that circulated during the backlash, while descriptions of an additional performer relate only to the extended cut.

The exact removal time is less certain than the posting date. Golfweek reported that the clip was removed late Friday, while Golf Channel described it as being deleted within roughly 24 hours, on Saturday. Both accounts agree that the deletion followed criticism online, but they do not support a more exact shared timestamp.[1][5]

The dated statement record

Publication and statement dates reported by the cited outlets.
DatePartyWhat the record establishes
August 21, 2026Good GoodThe short Quantum driver clip was posted to Good Good’s social channels. Reports differ on whether it disappeared late that day or during the following day.[1][5]
August 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. ETGood GoodGood Good published an apology saying the video did not align with the values of its brand and community.[5]
By August 24, 2026CallawayCallaway had removed the co-branded driver listing from its site, while the product was reportedly still listed by Good Good.[8]
Around August 25, 2026Matt KendrickThe Good Good CEO identified the intended “Obsession” parody and said the execution missed the mark.[3]
Around August 25, 2026Chip BrewerThe Callaway CEO confirmed that Callaway approved the video before it was posted and said that approval should not have happened.[4]

Good Good’s August 22 apology established the brand’s public rejection of the finished video, but it did not by itself identify who had cleared the work. The later executive statements filled that gap. Kendrick supplied Good Good’s account of the creative intention; Brewer supplied the decisive fact about client-side approval.

The horror-parody explanation is useful for reconstructing the campaign, particularly after the original posts were deleted. It does not alter what appeared in the short clip, and it does not supersede Brewer’s acknowledgment that Callaway reviewed and approved the material before it went live.

The product advertised

Callaway Good Good Edition Quantum Max driver head and shaft on a neutral studio background

The campaign promoted a Good Good Edition driver in Callaway’s Quantum family. The two companies’ storefronts did not show the same US price: Callaway’s listing displayed $699.99, while Good Good’s Quantum Max page displayed $649.99.[6][7] Those are source-specific listed prices, not a single reconciled launch price.

Campaign consequence log

  • Callaway removed its co-branded driver listing by Monday, August 24. Inc. reported that the corresponding product remained available through Good Good’s site at that point.[8]
  • Golf Galaxy exited its sponsorship of “Big Break x Good Good,” and the program’s premiere was delayed by one week.[9]
  • PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp called the initial response “disappointing” and described it as “a bit defensive and late.”[10]

For analysis of how the material passed review, see Why Callaway approved the Good Good ad that backfired. The creative choices themselves are examined separately in What the Callaway Good Good Commercial Got Wrong. For the narrower cast question, the supported record is straightforward: Clark and Miestowski performed the scene, while Kendrick and Brewer’s statements identify the executive accounts of intent, prior approval, and responsibility.

References

  1. Callaway deletes ad featuring Good Good Golf shove — Golfweek, August 22, 2026
  2. Good Good and Callaway Humiliated Themselves With Bizarre Ad — MyGolfSpy
  3. Good Good apologizes for controversial Callaway ad — Yahoo Sports, August 25, 2026
  4. Callaway CEO apologizes for controversial Good Good ad — GOLF.com, August 25, 2026
  5. Good Good apologizes, says driver ad did not align with brand’s values — Golf Channel, August 22, 2026
  6. Good Good Quantum Triple Diamond Max Driver — Callaway Golf
  7. Quantum Max — Good Good Golf
  8. Callaway Removes Good Good Driver Listing After Backlash to ‘Needlessly Violent’ Ad — Inc.
  9. Good Good (YouTube channel) — Wikipedia
  10. Good Good–Callaway ad controversy — CNN, August 25, 2026

This is a record of what happened and what was tested, not legal advice. Compliance determinations require qualified counsel.

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