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Joe LaCava, Tiger Woods’ caddie, paid a heckler $25 to leave at the WGC-Bridgestone

While Steve Williams would likely have taken a different route, Tiger Woods’ current caddie admitted to bribing a fan to leave his boss alone.
LaCava called into ESPN’s “Golic and Wingo” and told a tale of paying of a heckler at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
LaCava said the man heckled Woods throughout his final round at the Bridgestone, and on the 14th hole, LaCava interceded, telling the man to check out action elsewhere on the course. Interestingly/absurdly, the man said he would be happy to, provided LaCava reimburse him for his ticket.
Here’s the full transcript c/o ESPN.
Mike Golic: “Did you have any issues with the people at Bellerive?”
Joe LaCava: “Not at all, and you hit it right on the head, 99 percent of the guys and women are behind Tiger, pushing for Tiger. They want to see good golf in general they’re not anti-the-other-guys, but they’re certainly rooting for Tiger more so than the other guys. But, funny you guys ask that question. The week before in Akron, I had a little incident with a guy who was harassing my guy on the 14th hole at Akron the last day outside the ropes, roughening him up pretty good. And I said, hey listen bud, why do you gotta go there? Everyone’s having a good time, everyone’s pulling for Tiger. You don’t like the guy that’s one thing, but you don’t to be yelling at my guy, screaming negative stuff like that. And I said at the end of the day, if you affect him, his performance, it effects my bottomline. So he calls me a couple names and I go back and forth with the guy, and I say why don’t you just leave. And he says well if you give me $25 for the ticket that I bought today I’ll leave. And I said here you go, here’s $25.”
Mike: “Did he leave?”
Joe: “So I whip out $25 and he starts to go down the 14th fairway toward the green. I say look pal $25 is $25 you gotta head the other way. So he starts to head the other way, he goes 20 yards down the line, then he calls me a certain other, a swear word. So I run 20 yards back the other way and I’m going face to face with this guy. And all the sudden Tiger’s looking for a yardage, and I’m in it with this guy 20 yards down the line. So some cop has to come in, push this guy outta the way, and take him outta the tournament.
Mike: “So what did Tiger say when you came back to give him the yardage?”
Joe: “Well that’s a great question. We were so far to the right of the trees, and he was on his third shot believe it or not, we were still 150 yards away from the green, and he didn’t really know what happened. He heard the commotion, he heard the guy yelling at him, so we talked about it after the fact, but he didn’t really know how it developed. And he says I was wondering what happened, and he goes normally it wouldn’t that long to get a yardage. I said well a little incident down the road. He didn’t have a problem with it, and actually I gotta standing ovation for kicking the guy outta there.
Security probably should have happened sooner when LaCava was $25 richer.
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‘Angry Golfers’ – Pro golfers visit anger management in hilarious Euro tour video

The European Tour has produced many memorable pieces of content over the past couple of years – but they have just outdone themselves with their latest video: ‘Angry Golfers’.
Filmed in Abu Dhabi, the video stars Tommy Fleetwood who hosts a group therapy session for some golfers looking to lose their temper on the course: Matt Wallace, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Eddie Pepperell, and of course, Tyrrell Hatton.
Check out the funny video below.
New season, new attitude.
Introducing #AngryGolfers ? pic.twitter.com/Aqe3scV7cq
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) January 22, 2021
Here’s what some of our members have been saying about the video in our forums:
- Matty01984: “More amazing work from the European Tour social media team!”
- Frankensteins Monster: “Bloody brilliant.”
- gators78: “Whatever this strategic partnership/alliance/cuddle buddy deal is between the PGA Tour and the Euro Tour, the PGAT should launch their entire social media staff and use the Euro Tours. Their stuff is just miles better.”
We can only hope we don’t have too long to wait for more great stuff from the Euro Tour content committee!
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The DailyWRX: 1/22/2021

Old news, but this SUCKS!
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The truth hurts…
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These are so satisfying…….
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BC’s hot take………
It’s an unfortunate consequence of the gym-crazed, resist and explode era that great athletes in golf are so often injured. Meanwhile,Tom Brady and Roger Federer, who trained and moved differently, have had epically long (for their sports) and almost injury free careers. pic.twitter.com/LP3RmRsxqx
— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) January 20, 2021
Samesies…
Mostly I come into the room and I just want to *see* the tournament https://t.co/PN0i54bV8S
— Lou Brown (@Lou_TireWorld) January 19, 2021
DM @johnny_wunder
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Tiger’s alarming decrease in clubhead speed before his 5th back surgery

Tiger Woods’ close friend Notah Begay talked to Golf Channel this week and shared some insightful information on the pain Tiger felt prior to his latest back surgery and just how much the issue was hurting his performance.
Per Begay, one of the first things Tiger was quick to notice at the PNC Championship back in December was the alarming rate in which his clubhead speed had dropped.
Woods had a PGA Tour-best clubhead speed of 129.2 mph in March 2018, but last month that clubhead speed had sunk to 113mph due to the pain he was feeling.
“I had a chance to visit with him and catch up over at the PNC Championship, but one of the things he did bring up was that he noticed that his clubhead speed was creeping down around 113 (mph), and, I’ve known this guy since he was 9 years old, and he might have been over 113 back then. I don’t think he’s ever crept this low.”
The analyst also revealed that Woods had “some concern” about having a 5th back surgery, and described the “radiating” pain which forced Tiger to go under the knife yet again:
“I talked to him just recently, within the last hour, and he mentioned that there was radiating pain back down the back part of his leg. Anybody that’s ever had disc problems like myself can realize and understand that’s just a very uncomfortable place to be in.
Any way you can alleviate the pain, in this particular case, through this procedure, is the way to go, especially if you want to try and pursue elite-level performance.”
For his comeback, Begay told viewers that Woods is back hitting balls already and will have Augusta in mind for his return. As for a blueprint for Tiger to add to his 82 PGA Tour wins, Begay believes hot putting weeks will be key.
“He’s fine. I mean, I literally 15 minutes ago exchanged texts with him, and he was hitting golf balls. It’s not like he’s laying in the bed watching reruns of Friends. He’s gotten the pain alleviated. I promise he wasn’t trying to rip his driver out there, but he’s going to let it come back, he’s going to let it heal and we all know that he’s got the event in April circled.
There’s a lot of torque, a lot of stress, and I think he’s just going to have to play a little bit more of a consistent type of tee-to-green game and then just wait for when the putter starts to warm up like we know it can.”
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joro
Aug 18, 2018 at 11:02 am
That was stupid, now all the ignorant fools will be lined up looking for a few bucks to shut up. That is why he has a “Security Squad” walking with him, that is to get rid of the ignorant SOBs that can’t keep their stupid mouths shut. Bad move.
Hagen
Aug 17, 2018 at 12:22 pm
All slobs should be removed. If it were a movie theater or restaurant, same thing would happen.
nignogwozawog
Aug 17, 2018 at 1:52 am
Only $25? Dude should have asked for more
CrashTestDummy
Aug 17, 2018 at 12:50 am
LaCava is one good caddie. Keeping the drama and distractions under control.
Regan
Aug 17, 2018 at 12:02 am
Steve Williams wouldve smashed him hands down.
chance
Aug 16, 2018 at 10:21 pm
There needs to be much less tolerance of fan heckling. They should not only be removed from a tournament but also fined. This needs to happen sooner rather than later. I think whoever is running things is dropping the ball on this issue.
ChipNRun
Aug 17, 2018 at 12:03 am
Chronic heckling is “disturbing the peace.” For dealing with chronic hecklers, the marshall with the small radio can call the guys with the handcuffs.
Bribing hecklers sets a bad precedent.
CrashTestDummy
Aug 17, 2018 at 12:49 am
I agree. The hecklers can affect play and outcomes. The hecklers have been watching Happy Gilmore too much.
Timmay
Aug 16, 2018 at 4:39 pm
Tiger needs to have a few “enforcers” following him around in the crowd. Kinda like the fella in Happy Gilmore. Couple unneeded outbursts and they would just get a quick tap on the shoulder from someone that makes a NFL linebacker look like a small child. Some people these days just need thrown to the ground by their throat. This heckler looks like one of those people.
Nolan
Aug 16, 2018 at 3:45 pm
So dishonorable. I mean hes heckling an adulterer but still…
Dave
Aug 16, 2018 at 4:38 pm
Your perfect right Nolan?
4right
Aug 17, 2018 at 11:57 am
And you’re perfect how?
lakawak
Aug 16, 2018 at 3:30 pm
Why should people who aren’t actually interfering with shots be removed from a tournament
the dude
Aug 16, 2018 at 3:40 pm
this isn’t Heinz stadium you dolt….(Class….it’s the 1st door on your right…..)
carl spackler
Aug 16, 2018 at 2:56 pm
The heckler looks like the kind of guy you see at your local muni blaring music and slamming a six pack per 9. I am sure glad we grew the game.
lakawak
Aug 16, 2018 at 3:32 pm
Who is “we”? You did nothing. And “the game” hasn’t grown. It is in a tailspin. Has been for close to 20 years. Several hundred fewer golf courses open than in the 90s.
Raj
Aug 16, 2018 at 8:54 pm
If you’re out there playing, contributing to the golfing community local or online, you’re helping grow the game. If you jump in to make snide comments, you’re likely not.
Solzhenitsen
Aug 16, 2018 at 11:34 pm
Sigh. I do believe these golfwrx stories draw the most foolhardy and meaninglessly self-righteous comments on the internet. I wonder what draws these tiresome dots to the site?
Muni Man
Aug 17, 2018 at 11:43 am
Like having a little music is a bad thing. You’re probably the kind of guy playing a 5 hour round of golf and posting up a solid 89 with three mulligans.
And who is “we” you and your bro Lacav?