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The ultimate “Steve Stricker is a nice guy” story

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Among the most common Steve Sticker-related platitudes: He’s a great putter, he experienced a late-career resurgence, and he’s a really nice guy.

Addressing the latter, John Feinstein penned a piece for Golf World on occasion of Stricker qualifying for the U.S. Open in his home state of Wisconsin.

Feinstein, author of the golf classic A Good Walk Spoiled, discussed his first interview with Steve Stricker for his 1999 work, The Majors. He recounted this incident from his talk with Stricker at the then-Buick Invitational.

Stricker, talking about his parents, said,

“They’re just sort of the classic Midwesterners. They’re quiet and polite, really nice to everyone. Kind of the anti-New Yorkers if you know what I mean.”

Anti-New Yorkers! Loud, impolite, rude to everyone…not exactly the way any group of people would like to be characterized. Unfortunately for Stricker, Feinstein is a native New Yorker. He didn’t take offense, however, actually agreeing with Stricker instead.

Regardless, the Wisconsin native apologized, and apologized again.

“Oh jeez,” he said. “I didn’t mean to insult you. I didn’t mean it as a putdown, I was just …”

Feinstein protested. Saying it wasn’t a big deal, but Stricker wouldn’t stop apologizing.

Now, you can argue setting up the opposition between “good Midwestern folk” and “bad New Yorkers” is an oversimplification that doesn’t do much good. However, in the pantheon of offense, Stricker’s remarks don’t sit in a lofty position.

Still, it’s surprising to see a professional athlete so upset about potentially offending a professional sportswriter. And what happened next is even more out of the ordinary.

We’ll let Feinstein tell the story, because, you know, he’s better at such things.

“At the par-3 third hole on the South Course at Torrey Pines, there was a group on the green, so Steve and his fellow competitors had to wait. I was standing on the tee, next to the ropes. Steve walked over.

“I gotta tell you, I had trouble sleeping last night, thinking about what I said to you yesterday,” he said. “I know you said it was OK, but it was still wrong …”

“One last time, I cut him off. “Steve, as a New Yorker, let me say this to you: Shut the f— up!”

“Finally—I broke through. “Well,” he said, laughing, “if you’re going to be rude about it, the heck with you!”’

Again, the particular minor offense isn’t really what’s important in this Strickerian anecdote, but rather the way the guy was so broken up about possibly hurting a sportswriters feelings that he went to such great lengths to apologize…and apologize again.

We look forward to seeing him at Erin Hills.

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  1. izzlist of izzles

    Jun 13, 2017 at 4:21 pm

    How does he sleep after whooping the the competition at tourney?

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (1/16/24): Cobra Forged One Length irons

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Cobra Forged One Length irons.

From the seller: (@adamwittman): “4-PW, GW, lw. Nunchuk shafts. $350 tyd conusa.”

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Cobra Forged One Length irons

This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules

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What GolfWRXers are saying about Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons

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In our forums, our members have been discussing Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons which he has in the bag at this week’s CJ Cup. WRXers have been commenting on the switch and the clubs themselves in our forums.

For lots more photos, check out the full thread here.

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

  • btyh: “Holy offset.”
  • Glf_LU: “These are interesting. Not going to make a rush to judgement until I see them in person. It does look like a little more offset than I would expect to see in this model.”
  • bcflyguy1: “Kisner is not one to make a lot of equipment changes (see the GBB driver he’s still using), so if these do have staying power in his bag that will be interesting to see. I have to wonder if there’s something different about his set, because like others have mentioned there appears to be more offset on his than I recall seeing in the samples I’ve had in hand.”

Entire Thread: “Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons”

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WATCH: PGA Tour players play hole blindfolded and it’s hilarious/amazing

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As part of a Srixon campaign, four PGA Tour players recently participated in a three-hole challenge, with each hole being a different game; hole No. 1 was blindfolded, hole No. 2 was costumes and distractions, and hole No. 3 was alternate shot with a baseball bat. The teams were Smylie Kaufman and Sam Ryder against Shane Lowry and Grayson Murray.

Watch the full video below, since it is quite entertaining (albeit not the type of golf that Old Tom Morris surely had in mind), but in particular, make sure to check out the first hole where Lowry and Ryder play a full hole completely blind folded. It’s amazing to watch how badly Ryder struggles, and how Lowry nearly makes par.

Cleveland-Srixon’s marketing department has been hard at work crafting these viral-esque ad campaigns; if you remember, former long-drive champion Jamie Sadlowski recently dressed as 80-year-old Grandpa Jamie to fool range-goers. That video has since gathered over 1.2 million views on YouTube.

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