I’d think a caddie would (or could) be treated and protocoled the same way as a family member of the player.
2020 PGA Tour
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Yup, distancing between caddy and player is dumb. They work together in close proximity and that's the job. It's not like they're swapping caddies each round. Work on distancing each pair from the rest of the field.
One of the best things about watching golf over the past couple years is that nonsense has mostly evaporated.
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I would be shocked if it actually evaporated. My guess is that the Tour got smart and either began to ignore it or stopped publicizing it.
And honestly, the fact that the Tour couldn't figure out how to handle that from the outset just shows how tone-deaf the Tour has always been. The rule should have been that unless an infraction is reported by a player or an on-course rules official, it doesn't exist.
We could still kill Patrick Reed years after the fact for his blatant cheating. But if one believes that self-policing is the essence of the game (which we've heard again and again for years) you can't have assholes calling in rules violations from their living room or self-appointed scolds like Jim Nantz or Johnny Miller inserting themselves into the game.
They put a rule in against it in 2018, as did the R&A.
Edit to add link: https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/viewers-no-longer-able-to-call-in-rules-violations-for-pro-golf-starting-in-2018/
I saw that there might be scattered thunderstorms in the Miami forecast - if this event gets delayed or cancelled, I'm going to be seriously pissed off.
By the way, I highly recommend the latest edition of the No Laying Up podcast, which is all about carnage - tournaments where the scores were ridiculously high and the conditions were at least borderline farcical. My favorite laugh-out-loud moment came when they were talking about the 1979 Players Championship at Sawgrass Country Club (where I used to be a member, actually), and J.C. Snead had just hit an approach into the green on a par 5 and had his straw hat blown off of his head; he chased it up the fairway, but gusts of wind carried it all the way to the green, where it came into contacted his ball and cost him a two-shot penalty.
(J.C. Snead was apparently a real dick, btw, so I'm all in favor of that anecdote. One year he played in the pro-am at the Atlanta Classic - at the course I grew up playing - and the story goes that for 17 holes he didn't say a single word to his playing partners. They actually played pretty well as a team, and on the 18th green it looked like one of the amateurs had a putt to win the tournament...at which point Snead turned to him and said, "You know, if you make this putt, I win $5,000." The amateur in question promptly swiveled around and whacked his ball into the water.)
(J.C. Snead was apparently a real dick, btw, so I'm all in favor of that anecdote. One year he played in the pro-am at the Atlanta Classic - at the course I grew up playing - and the story goes that for 17 holes he didn't say a single word to his playing partners. They actually played pretty well as a team, and on the 18th green it looked like one of the amateurs had a putt to win the tournament...at which point Snead turned to him and said, "You know, if you make this putt, I win $5,000." The amateur in question promptly swiveled around and whacked his ball into the water.)
That fucking guy has to ruin EVERYTHING.
Couldn't leave this one alone Donnie? I hope this isn't true.
He definitely has, it isn't the shirt.
Wolffe's swing is even weirder than it was last year. It'll be impressive if he can maintain his game over the long haul with such a herky jerky motion.
It's been a nice year for Wolff. This week last year he was playing in an NCAA regional for Oklahoma State.
Christ, shut up. Let me listen to the players.
The announcer has to tell us Wolff zinged DJ with a waste bunker joke. They are wearing mic’s, guys! Let us listen to them!
The announcer has to tell us Wolff zinged DJ with a waste bunker joke. They are wearing mic’s, guys! Let us listen to them!
I was thinking the same thing. Walk over to where the 4th shot ended up pick it and say, jut put 8 on the card
Where's the best place to buy the the Fowler line of golf shirts? Only seeing the today version on cobragolf.
If it includes donation to CDC, even better.
If it includes donation to CDC, even better.
Each player gets their own cooler. Wonder if there's beers in there for everyone except DJ? Would love to see someone break out a Bud Light as if they just went into the clubhouse and got a 6er at the turn in the ice bags.