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Van Rooyen smashes tee box to pieces at PGA Championship; caddie reacts angrily
On Friday at Kiawah Island, Erik Van Rooyen completely lost his cool on the tee box in an incident that fortunately didn’t harm anyone.
The South African was on his way to shooting an 81 to miss the cut, and on the 17th hole, he boiled over and threw an almighty tantrum on the tee box.
The 31-year-old smashed the tee marker with multiple swipes, with the shrapnel from the second narrowly avoiding Gareth Lord, the caddie of his playing partner Matt Wallace.
Check out the incident below.
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After finishing up on 18, it’s clear that Lord was not happy with the South African, who had some words for Van Rooyen while refusing to shake his hand.
Wallace's caddie just full snub for EVR (rightfully so) for almost getting decapitated by a tee marker. pic.twitter.com/nU0DvW7duu
— Monday Q Info (@acaseofthegolf1) May 22, 2021
We’re not sure what was said, but it’s unlikely the caddie was exchanging pleasantries.
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Bryson DeChambeau yells at grown man to return golf ball to kid at PGA Championship
On Sunday at the PGA Championship, Bryson DeChambeau came one shot shy of winning his second major championship.
Plenty of Bryson’s skills were on display, such as his ability to reach 196mph ball speed on his drives and his underrated short game.
Another aspect of Bryson that was shown on Sunday was his likeability, which to some fans, is a new phenomenon.
At one point during his round on the back nine, DeChambeau flipped a ball in the stands to a kid, but it was intercepted by a grown man who took off running with the ball.
DeChambeau screamed “Hey!” for the man to stop and demanded that the ball be given back to the kid it was intended for.
???? Bryson DeChambeau tossed a boy his ball on his way to the 10th tee but it got intercepted by an older man… Bryson yelled at the man until he retuned it to the boy ????? #PGAChampionship
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) May 20, 2024
Fans are certainly beginning to embrace DeChambeau and are realizing how good he is for the game of golf.
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Butch Harmon reveals what he worked on with Rory McIlroy during visit earlier this year
While speaking on the “Son of a Butch” Podcast, legendary swing coach Butch Harmon revealed what he worked on with Rory McIlroy when the four-time major champion went to visit him after the Players Championship this season.
Butch Harmon on what he worked on with Rory:
“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make…
— Matt Vincenzi (@MattVincenziPGA) May 15, 2024
“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make more 3 quarter swings and chop the follow through off a little. He’s a very high ball hitter, but with short irons high balls aren’t good, it’s hard to control, we wanted to bring the ball flight down.”
The work certainly seemed to help McIlroy, as he went on to win the Zurich Classic alongside Shane Lowry and the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in back-to-back starts.
Rory will now tee it up at Valhalla for the PGA Championship, which is the site of his most recent major victory in 2014.
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Brandel Chamblee says this technological development was key to Phil Mickelson winning major championships
While speaking with GolfWRX, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee shared that he believes the solid core golf ball helped Phil Mickelson win major championships.
“One of the consequences of the solid core golf ball coming around was it put the straightest of hitters in the rough.
“Phil started winning majors in 2004, I don’t think that’s any coincidence. I think he started winning majors after the solid core golf ball came along and put everybody in the rough.
“And so [Phil] is like ‘I got you in the rough, I’m going to kick your a**. This is my game. I’ve been in the rough my whole career. I can go over trees, through trees, around trees.’
“Because he’s got that amazing creativity and Phil is an underrated iron player, phenomenal iron player. Great, great great out of the trouble. If you put the top-40 players on a list and ranked them in terms of accuracy, he would be 40th.
“So, I think that was one of the consequences of the solid core golf balls was it allowed Phil to win major championships.”
Mickelson went on to win the Masters in 2004 as well as five additional majors from 2004-2021 including three total Masters, two PGA Championships, and an Open Championship.
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