19th Hole

Tour caddie shoots 202 in U.S. Am qualifier and gets DQ’d after the event

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4 years ago

Jul 17, 2019

There may be a 2.4 handicap index limit to enter a U.S. Am qualifier, but that didn’t prevent one player from running up an astronomical score of 202 at the event at Mayacoo Lakes C.C. on Monday – before it was revealed the player had been disqualified for “failing to play in the spirit of the game.”

Korn Ferry Tour player Justin Hueber tweeted out the card of the player in question and showed a scorecard of a player who shot a 194 total – equating to 123-over par.

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Despite Hueber’s attempts to blur out the name of the player in question, it was found to be Trey Bilardello, better known for being a professional caddie most recently for Matt Every, and it turns out that the 194 total was, in fact, a 202.

Speaking to GolfDigest, Darin Green, director of rules & competitions for the Florida State Golf Association, revealed how a glitch in the online scoring system prevents numbers greater than 19 posted on any hole being submitted, but failed to elaborate on just how a player with a 2.2 handicap, according to the latest GHIN revision, could shoot such a total, stating “The 202 was the score given to us and signed.”

On Tuesday afternoon Bilardello’s story became even more intriguing when the FSGA decided to reverse its original decision and disqualify Bilardello after the event had ended.

“Serious misconduct and failing to play in the spirit of the game” was the reason for the disqualification according to Beth Major, USGA senior director of championship communications, who was speaking to Golf Digest.

Per the report, Bilardello began deliberately missing shots, especially around the green, and as he was within the first group at the event, his pace held up the rest of the field. Speaking on the incident, Major stated

“His disqualification was deemed appropriate as a result of the individual’s failure to show consideration for other players—deliberately playing away from the hole to run up his score.”

Speaking to Golf Channel, Bilardello’s playing competitor, Kristian Fortis, disclosed how the Tour caddie started off normal but quickly went downhill.

“After the first nine, he said that he wanted to shoot the highest recorded score in USGA history. He just did not care. He was really rude to a lot of the officials, too. Something was off.

“He would chip shots and scoot his ball around on the tee box just to add strokes, and then he would just pipe a 2-iron down the middle of the fairway, hit it on the green and then just scoot his ball around again with his putter. He’d be right next to the hole and then I guess he’d think to himself that he didn’t have enough strokes and he’d hit his ball in the opposite direction of the hole.”

Bilardello’s past involves an arrest in 2014 in Royal Palm Beach, Fla, on a charge of first-degree domestic battery by strangulation, and he has been accused of “cheating the ballot to win” by an online commentator in a “Caddie for a Day” contest for Ken Duke. Per GolfDigest’s report, Bilardello was suspended from the Minor League Golf Tour for damaging golf course property during one of the events.

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63 Comments

Mike

Aug 11, 2019 at 10:02 am

Wow, can’t believe how this thread turned into political BS…you folks on the left have to let go of the trump crap for a few minutes now & then.

But seriously, this was a disgrace that wasted people’s time.

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Geo

Aug 3, 2019 at 10:56 pm

What is the reason for mentioning anything other than golf in the article, that’s where the score being discussed came from??????

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Rob

Jul 20, 2019 at 10:44 am

Based on the abundance of butthurt loser comments about his hat here, I can sort of guess what happened. Who said what about his hat? Tell me, do you like 8-hour rounds?

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- John
  
  Jul 20, 2019 at 2:23 pm
  
  I don’t think it’s about the hat. It’s about the disgraceful and disrespectful behavior he exhibited. He should be permanently banned from tournament golf- at the very least from usga and fsga events. Rudeness to the officials and just outright acting like the complete lowlife that he is.
  
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PG

Jul 19, 2019 at 10:38 pm

Good lord. I’m grateful for the forum mods after seeing this train wreck.

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Ted

Jul 19, 2019 at 5:40 pm

I know this clown. He is a disgrace and a horrible human being. No surprise here. He needs to be locked up before the next headline is that he seriously hurts someone. He’s capable of that.

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- Tom Greenwood
  
  Jul 19, 2019 at 6:07 pm
  
  If he had made a few putts he could have broken 200 easy…
  
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- Rob
  
  Jul 20, 2019 at 10:39 am
  
  You don’t know him. Maybe you should lock yourself up for being a butthurt hate-filled liar.
  
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  - stephenf
    
    Aug 1, 2019 at 1:54 am
    
    “You don’t know him”?
    
    Yeah we do. He was a complete jerk, was allegedly rude to officials and players, and also was arrested for a violent crime. So there’s that.
    
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    - Jay
      
      Aug 7, 2019 at 5:29 am
      
      I know him too. Scammer to the nth degree. Dangerous personality.
      
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cg

Jul 19, 2019 at 5:27 pm

Trying to qualify for the US Amatuer is a big deal. For this guy to just purposely play poorly surely made it harder for players anywhere near him. He should be banned from all things related to tournament golf in the future. He should not even be allowed to caddy. besides all that, he needs to be taken to the wood shed for a few minutes as well!

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Pelling

Jul 18, 2019 at 10:42 pm

So after a couple holes of slapping the ball around where it was obvious Bilardello wasn’t trying, why didn’t his playing partners, who paid good money to enter the qualifier, simply call for an official and ask to have him removed? It certainly must have distracted them, especially the player keeping his score.

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Stan Wojo

Jul 18, 2019 at 10:06 am

Looks like someone stopped taking his meds…

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Jamie

Jul 18, 2019 at 9:25 am

The hat obviously triggered Kristian or a rules official and he had the perfect comeback. Melt the precious little snowflakes.

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- Adam
  
  Jul 20, 2019 at 10:01 pm
  
  Sooo the playing partner and the rules official caused him to score a 204?
  
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- Biddles
  
  Aug 5, 2019 at 12:05 pm
  
  A) this isn’t a picture from the event you moron
  B) the “perfect comeback” is to be a prick and slow everyone down including people who had nothing to do with this?
  C) you’re a moron and a pathetic human being
  
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Mr Miles Dowsett

Jul 18, 2019 at 3:45 am

He’s a complete disgrace.

Completely abused the privilege of playing in an event that a lot of people put a lot of hard work into putting on, for the benefit of amateurs everywhere. Should never be invited back.

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Daniel Stormy

Jul 17, 2019 at 8:57 pm

This dude digs Milfs…

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- Ken
  
  Jul 18, 2019 at 1:22 am
  
  So do I!
  
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trevor burkhart

Jul 17, 2019 at 8:45 pm

He got 3 pars! that is better than me in most of my rounds…

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RP

Jul 17, 2019 at 4:26 pm

No surprise there. I caddied with him on the Nationwide Tour from 2009-11 and he was a very mentally unwell individual.

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Jose Pinatas

Jul 17, 2019 at 4:05 pm

Just doesn’t care. Now that’s the American way…

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- alan
  
  Jul 18, 2019 at 12:02 am
  
  no, that’s the liberal way…
  
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  - Jose Pinatas
    
    Jul 18, 2019 at 10:26 pm
    
    Yeah. American.. that’s what I said.
    
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  - JThunder
    
    Jul 19, 2019 at 6:34 am
    
    No liberal would be wearing a Trump hat. But then I can’t expect conservatives to be literate, since they cut education funding every chance they get.
    
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    - Rob
      
      Jul 20, 2019 at 10:53 am
      
      They cut lazy teacher union mafia funding. Overpaying for 9-months of work a year and overpromising pensions has consequences.
      
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      - Jason
        
        Jul 20, 2019 at 5:56 pm
        
        You can say a lot of things and have a credible argument but implying that teachers are overpaid has got to be a bridge too far
        
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- JThunder
  
  Jul 19, 2019 at 6:38 am
  
  It’s not just about “not caring”. America takes great pride in being the worst at things – like education, health care, arts and culture, empathy. That includes being #1 at apathy.
  
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  - Drew
    
    Jul 19, 2019 at 11:33 am
    
    The leading live-theater musicals, television, music and movie industry in the world. Along with a clear majority of the world’s best universities.
    
    Yep, America is just terrible at arts and education.
    
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    - Jose Pinatas
      
      Jul 19, 2019 at 3:23 pm
      
      Majority of which were started and run by immigrants, or descendants of immigrants which came from other nations and countries.
      
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      - Rob
        
        Jul 20, 2019 at 10:56 am
        
        Who came here to practice their productive talents free of gov interference. Now they don’t have trades and want free handouts. Please reconsider your naive comment.
        
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  - cg
    
    Jul 19, 2019 at 5:38 pm
    
    The United States has the #1 economy, and is the #1 military power in the world. It also is the best country on the planet, which is why you have droves of people despartely trying to get here. If you live here, you should kiss the ground you’re walking on. If you don’t, them STFU!
    
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2putttom

Jul 17, 2019 at 1:25 pm

” After the first nine, he said that he wanted to shoot the highest recorded score in USGA history. He just did not care. He was really rude to a lot of the officials, too. Something was off.”
Not exactly the kind of notoriety ya need in your life

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Yo Adrian

Jul 17, 2019 at 12:03 pm

I wonder what 2 iron did he use?

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- Christian
  
  Jul 18, 2019 at 4:11 am
  
  Can we request a WITB?
  
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Travisty

Jul 17, 2019 at 11:59 am

What a loser and now he gets a headline article on GolfWRX and I’m sure other websites. Exactly what this guy wants. Some people are so pathetic they just have to take out their insecurities on the world. This guy definitely started botching his round up and thought, “I’m going to start making this look like it was totally on purpose so they don’t find out I actually kind of suck at golf.”

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Larry

Jul 17, 2019 at 11:22 am

That’s a straight douche move! I don’t understand why they let him finish the round!

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A. Commoner

Jul 17, 2019 at 10:59 am

Why was he allowed to complete the round?? !!

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Cdub

Jul 17, 2019 at 10:52 am

What an a**hole! Ruined the pace of play for the event and the likely chance of the players in his group qualifying.

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the giraffe

Jul 17, 2019 at 10:30 am

I’m betting he started on 9 and the double on 12 derailed him.

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- Nihonsei
  
  Jul 17, 2019 at 7:14 pm
  
  Yeah, must have started on back nine #10 if he decided after 9 holes to eff off.
  
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  - Dave C
    
    Jul 17, 2019 at 10:48 pm
    
    The asterisk means he started on 10
    
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Elias

Jul 17, 2019 at 10:10 am

Sounds like a complete loser. He doesn’t deserve an article. Just ban him from the sport or working in the industry.

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underachiever

Jul 17, 2019 at 10:03 am

He did get it going though on holes 9-11…

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- JB
  
  Jul 17, 2019 at 11:11 am
  
  that was hole 1 & 2 for him
  
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19th Hole

Report: LIV exec calls McIlroy a ‘little b***h’ and says they can now finally get these 2 PGA Tour stars

Published

6 hours ago

Jun 8, 2023

GolfWRX Staff

As the fallout from one of the craziest weeks the sport has ever seen continues, speculation is rife over what the future of golf will now look like.

Related: Report: Despite rumblings of LIV’s demise, a meeting took place yesterday that tells a different story

Speaking during his hotly anticipated pre-tournament presser at the Canadian Open, Rory McIlroy made his thoughts clear, hoping the merger would now see LIV Golf vanish.

“I still hate LIV. I hope it goes away. And I would fully expect that it does. And I think that’s where the distinction here is. This is the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the PIF. Very different from LIV.”

However, per a report from Alan Shipnuck of the FirePit Collective, Rory may not get his wish.

According to Shipnuck, following the merger announcement, a meeting took place where Greg Norman addressed LIV employees and stated that there would be “no operational changes into the future.”

“Norman radiated confidence, saying that the 2024 LIV schedule was nearly finalized. “There will be no operational changes in 2023, 2024, 2025 and into the future,” he said. Then came the mic drop: ‘LIV is a stand-alone entity and will continue to be that moving forward. And that comes right from the top.’

Furthermore, a LIV executive told Shipnuck that every top name will now get a LIV offer but that McIlroy will be snubbed as “nobody wants that little bitch on their team.”

“Now we can finally get Hideki [Matsuyama] and Jon Rahm. I would say every big name on the PGA Tour will get an offer. Except Rory. Nobody wants that little bitch on their team.”

What happens next remains to be seen, but it looks as if the wild and whacky drama is set to continue for quite some time.

Report: Despite rumblings of LIV’s demise, a meeting took place yesterday that tells a different story

Published

7 hours ago

Jun 8, 2023

Matt Vincenzi

After the shocking PGA Tour/DP World Tour/PIF merger, there was plenty of speculation that the deal would put an end to LIV Golf in the near future.

In the PGA Tour meeting Tuesday, commissioner Jay Monahan said “that a full review of LIV’s commercial viability would be conducted at season’s end”. Those who were in the meeting took that as a bad sign for the future of LIV, including Rory, who spoke about LIV in his press conference on Wednesday.

As for Rory McIlroy:

“I still hate LIV,” the four-time major winner said. “I hope it goes away. And I would fully expect that it does. And I think that’s where the distinction here is. This is the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the PIF. Very different from LIV.”

Despite the rumors of its demise, Alan Shipnuck of the Firepit Collective wrote on Thursday morning that the feeling after Greg Norman’s press conference with LIV employees that isn’t going anywhere.

Shipnuck, who’s had his ear to the ground for almost two years on everything LIV Golf, shared the feeling he got when watching the Norman-led meeting.

“By way of an opening, he said, ‘Congratulations, you changed golf, and you did it in less than a year.’ The employees on the call had taken huge professional risks to join LIV and were understandably jittery. Norman radiated confidence, saying that the 2024 LIV schedule was nearly finalized. “There will be no operational changes in 2023, 2024, 2025 and into the future,” he said. Then came the mic drop: ‘LIV is a stand-alone entity and will continue to be that moving forward. And that comes right from the top.’

The author of “LIV and Let Die” then explained who is really calling the shots in the world of golf going forward: Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

“The man at the top is not Monahan. Or Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods. Or the the lords of the Seminole grill room, Jimmy Dunne and Ed Herlihy, who brokered the truce with LIV in their roles as PGA Tour board members. No, Norman was referring to the new boss of all of them, His Excellency Yasir Al-Rumayyan. H.E., as he is referred to around LIV, is the governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which can alter economies and disrupt industries with its $650 billion warchest. He is also the chairman of the board of Aramco, the state oil company, making H.E. easily the most powerful person in the world who is not a head of state. His latest title is chairman of the board of the new PIF-Tour entity.”

“That means Monahan reports to him”.

Per Shipnuck, a high ranking LIV executive describes LIV as “Al-Rumayyan’s baby” and find it hard to believe he would let it disintegrate so quickly after how much effort he put into the venture.

“What people fail to understand is that LIV is H.E.’s baby,” said the LIV executive. “He has poured his heart into its creation.” This included numerous meetings in which Al-Rumayyan fussed over every detail, down to the look of the LIV logo.”

“We all went into the call with our heads hanging low, feeling so defeated,” says the LIV executive. “Then it became like in The Wolf Of Wall Street when Leonardo DiCaprio gives that speech and the whole room goes crazy. When His Excellency finished speaking we were all high-5’ing. It was like, Let’s fucking go! We’re gonna fucking do this!”

Time will tell how it will play out, but as Shipnuck describes, the future of golf is in the hands of Yasir Al-Rumayyan.

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