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European Tour members have heated exchange over cheating incident…from 2013
Social media appears to have become the new playground for golfers to air their issues with each other, and this week it was the turn of two European Tour members.
The two men involved were Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and England’s Simon Dyson, and the subject of the feud revolves around a new change in the rulebook of golf. As of 2019, players are allowed to repair spike marks on the greens, an act which Dyson was found guilty of doing when it was prohibited back in 2013, and subsequently found himself slapped with a fine and a suspension.
Fernandez Castano kicked off the fun and games following his opening round at this week’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The Spaniard said how the new rule “will take some time to get used to” before adding the punchline “Unless you are Simon Dyson and you have been doing it for years.”
First competitive round of the year on @EuropeanTour with the new rules on effect. Tapping down spikemarks felt so weird, it will take some time to get used to it – Unless you are Simon Dyson and you have been doing it for years.
— Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño (@gfcgolf) January 16, 2019
The bad blood between Fernandez-Castano and Dyson appears to be fully down to Dyson’s misdemeanour in 2013, as one year later on Twitter when the Spaniard was asked for his opinion on Dyson; he bluntly replied: “Used to like him, not anymore”.
Asked why he hadn’t tagged Dyson in his tweet yesterday, the Spaniard claimed that the Englishman had blocked him, before Dyson took to the stage, with a different rationale. In a since-deleted tweet, Dyson stated that Fernandez-Castano didn’t have the cojones (or something similar) and stated that the Spaniard is a “sad little man”.
After getting that off his chest, Dyson approached the incident differently, saying that he, unlike Fernandez-Caetano supposedly, had moved on from the affair which occurred six years ago.
Didn’t bite 6 years ago so not going to start now..????
— SimonDysonEGP (@simondyson77) January 16, 2019
Nothing quite like a good old confrontation on social media with a peer to begin your professional year, eh?
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Tom
Jan 17, 2019 at 4:04 pm
Lindsey and Elin are first hand witnesses on cheating incidents too!
ht
Jan 18, 2019 at 9:46 am
man, you really forced that one
jb
Jan 17, 2019 at 10:32 am
Since when did golfers all get so petty. between this and the kuchar story, its getting to be a bit much. bring back the days of palmer, nicklaus trevino, etc… If you have an issue with someone discuss it with them in private.
Mr. Obvious
Jan 17, 2019 at 12:07 pm
Palmer, Nicklaus…Trevino didn’t have social media…..