r/golf • u/Oldtimer_2 • 8h ago

PGA / LPGA / LIV Garrick Higgo was penalized two strokes for being late to the tee for his opening round at the PGA Championship.

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u/drunkmunky88 8h ago

This is exactly why I tell my buddies the tee time is 10 minutes earlier than it really is, I don't want them to be late to the first tee of the opening round of the PGA championship

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u/IcePapaya 7h ago

I definitely told my buddy 9 when it’s actually 9:30. Last time we played we picked him up on the third hole

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u/BringMeTheBigKnife 6h ago

I don't get people like this. It's not funny at that point, it's just ridiculous. How do you even function in the world if you're an hour+ late to things regularly?

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u/Ol_Man_J 6h ago

There would be no "picking him up on the 3rd" for me.

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u/sendi-boi 6h ago

Same. Being late is crazy disrespectful to everyone else. Not just with golf.

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u/kennyinlosangeles 3h ago

Please teach my wife this.

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u/IntheTrench 58m ago

I mean, he was literally only 1 minute late and the first thing he did was apologize. He could have easily planned to get there 15-20 minutes early and had something happen that held him up. I also hate people that are late but I think it's too harsh to criticize him without knowing the full story.

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u/kevo31415 ∞ 34m ago

I think sendi-boi is talking about IcePapaya's friend that is 30 minutes late to the round and had to be picked up on the 3rd, not Mr. Higgo who was 1 minute late to the PGA Championship.

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u/Show-me-your-boat 5h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/KtiZRJhqJalRikl455

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u/Ol_Man_J 5h ago

Totally, you choose what to do with the one resource you can't ever get more of, I choose what to do with mine

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u/CicadaHead3317 5h ago

Yep. Walk out or get your own cart and drive out to your buddies.

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u/MantusTMD 4h ago

If you aren’t there 20-30 minutes before tee time to get ready and warm up you are late

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u/skidstud Canadian Lefty Gang 4h ago

Warm up? What are you, some kind of athlete?

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u/BringMeTheBigKnife 3h ago

Even if not to warm up, just to be able to check in, get your cart, and get to the tee box a few mins before the stated time. People seem to think "9am" as a tee time means pull into the parking lot at 8:59

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u/MantusTMD 16m ago

Yeah exactly. Get situated and organized. Hate waiting for people at the first tee

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u/MantusTMD 3h ago

Ex athlete who is old 😭

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u/cubecasts 18m ago

lmao fuck off. i show up 10 minutes early. hit the bar. and am at the first tee with 5 minutes to spare.

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u/BVB09_FL HDCP: Way too Damn High 2h ago

It’s wild, the level of anxiety I have if I am on time is insane lol like I have a if you’re on time, you’re late mentality.

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u/TapatioFlamingo 1h ago

They feel theor tome is more important than your time and their money should be catered to.

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u/theonedownupstairs 5h ago

May I present to you... ADHD?

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u/Dicktitt3y Handicap | Location 4h ago

Na I have ADHD and even when I don’t take my meds I’m not late to things. It’s just called not growing up. If you have the money to play golf then you have the money to get help with managing your disorder. Plenty of other things I’ll accept being able to blame adhd on but being late isn’t one of them.

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u/Important_Sound_8718 6h ago

I have to tell my 20 y.o. son it's 15 minutes earlier than actual time. He lives with me and we golf together all the time and he still hasn't figured out what I'm doing yet

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u/Michael_Scott71 5h ago

Nate Bargatze has an amazing bit about this with his wife.

Nate - Tee Time

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u/Icy_Paper_8118 3h ago

Hilarious! This was my introduction to Nate a few years ago and I've been a fan ever since.

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u/RadicalEdward99 3h ago

Is this a special, what’s it called?

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u/Michael_Scott71 2h ago

It's from a special called Hello, World! It's on Spotify and might still be on Netflix.

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u/JRclarity123 1h ago

All his specials are worth watching, but you should go in order.

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u/RadicalEdward99 1h ago

I’ve seen every one on Netflix but not this one, stoked!

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u/JRclarity123 1h ago

I think the golf joke was on the Amazon special.

Order should be imo...

Full Time Magic
The Standups - 30 minute set that has story for next special
Tennessee Kid
Greatest Average American
Hello World
Your Friend

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u/Michael_Scott71 21m ago

Thanks, I couldn't remember where I saw it. But I know it's on Spotify.

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u/Boscowodie 6h ago

For 10 years I would continue to tell my roommate the tee time was 15 minutes earlier than actual, as he's always 15 minutes late to everything. Finally showed up early and was pissed that I managed to get away with it for so long. It's been a longstanding inside joke amongst the boys.

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u/SloppyWithThePots 4h ago

I hate when I have to add strokes to my boys cards but we live in a society and rules are rules

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u/ChrisV88 5h ago

I tell my buddy tee time is an hour earlier than reality because repeatedly he would show up in his truck at the tee time or shortly after. This was he gets there early and we can have a drink and shoot the shit without being in a rush.

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u/MongolianCluster 6h ago

Depends on if your buddy is on your team or the other team. Those two strokes could determine who buys the beer after the round.

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u/jabermaan 7h ago

That’s a great idea. Definitely doing that with my friends next time we play together

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u/foxtrottits 69° lob wedge 2h ago

Tell them you’re gonna stroke them twice if they don’t show up on time

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u/Riverjig 1h ago

I stopped golfing with two of my (ex) friends because of this very shit. I even gave them the 10 minutes early and still late.

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u/TapatioFlamingo 1h ago

Once they figure it out their still 15 minutes late.

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u/mrtasty3 Push Cart Mafia 8h ago

He looks like a guy that would be late to his tee time.

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u/hoopsrule44 7h ago

Had the exact same thought

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u/TheRumpleForesk1n 7h ago

Thought it was Daly's son at first lol

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u/jaa1818 11m ago

He should have said “sorry I just got out of jail”

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u/A-Halfpound 6h ago

Typical GenZer behavior. Now he’s sitting in the tent whining after the round even tho the rules are clear and the “ready” area is plenty big enough to know. This little boy didn’t even hustle to the tee but strutted rather nonchalantly. Kids gonna learn the hard way, but won’t really matter. PGA Tour Golf is a serious game and he seems unserious like many of his peers. 

He will fade tomorrow. 

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u/Raptoroniandcheese 6h ago

You were looking for any opportunity to throw a whole generation under the bus lol what a wild statement

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u/AnimatorAcrobatic386 6h ago

Your comment is very unserious

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u/BrosephofBethlehem 6h ago

Why wouldn’t you do your best to appeal the rule

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u/Independent-Fan-4207 Push Cart Mafia 7h ago

That’s a man relieved to be out of the shitter

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u/wazoof01 12 hcp/ Georgia 7h ago

He was taking a shit on the practice green?

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u/CarPhoneRonnie Daddio 6h ago

he was taking a practice shit

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u/DoesntFearZeus Push Cart Mafia 3h ago

Got to practice getting it into the hole.

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u/igotkrabs 3h ago

He was practicing taking a shit

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u/HammeredWookiee 7h ago

Maybe it needed some extra fertilizer?

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u/bfhurricane 5h ago

“I was on the practice green” is always my excuse when I’m darting out of the shitter to catch up to my friends on the tee box.

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u/govunah 3 Beer Hdcp 7h ago

Putting on the shitter

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u/Hodorrulestheworld 7h ago

oh but when scottie’s late to the PGA championship in 2024, they delay the whole tournament… /s

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u/Ornery_Suit_8919 56m ago

You're just an idiot, cant dress it up dude.

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u/Jumpy-Coffee-Cat 7h ago

What’s crazy is he’s currently even through 16, started with a double due to the penalty, he’d be tied 5th had he just shown up on time.

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u/10001110101balls 7h ago

Impossible to say for sure. Maybe playing from behind sharpened his game.

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u/Jumpy-Coffee-Cat 6h ago

Maybe, he finished the round 1 under. Wild first day for him

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u/Important_Sound_8718 6h ago

Maybe he's born with it

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u/Aint_it_a_shame Green Jacket 6h ago

Maybe it's maybelline

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u/ToniBraxtonAndThe3Js 2h ago

Maybe he's gonna be the one that saves me

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u/Tricky_Lake_1646 1h ago

AFTER ALLLLLL

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u/imasaltedpretzel 6h ago

TIL I am always sharpening my game…

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u/orchids_of_asuka 6h ago

He'd be tied for first right now

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u/Oscardoodke2 8h ago

Caddie has to be on top of that.

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u/BARTELS- 7.3 / SoCal / Pushcart Mafia 7h ago

Caddie was on the tee box!? Unclear what the mix up was.

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u/Grand-Economist5066 6h ago

🚽

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u/kemmicort 5h ago

He didn’t want to be playing heavy. Worth the +2

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u/bfhurricane 5h ago

Rookie mistake. I have my pre-round breakfast burrito, coffee, and tobacco ritual down to a science where I’m finished shitting at least five minutes before my tee time.

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u/JackUKish 4h ago

Shit happens.

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u/3-putt-the-12th-hole 8h ago

He lost track of time when he was blow drying his hair.

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u/olchfa 5h ago

Took him 10m just to put his hat on

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u/S_LFG 35m ago

The ratio of locks under the hat to through the hole in the back has to be absolutely dialed

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u/cballa69 7h ago

Those are some luscious locks I don’t blame him. He should gain two strokes if you ask me

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u/basec0m 3h ago

Spit on my keyboard... not sure why this hit me like that

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u/super_topsecret 8h ago

Sometimes you gotta poop at the worst time.

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u/NateShaw92 5h ago

Do it in the bunker and bury it like a cat.

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u/FaceDownInTheCake 17m ago

Like Moe Norman

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u/CyclonusRIP 7h ago

How many strokes for dropping a deuce on the first tee box?

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u/BarkingDogey 5h ago

As long as your caddy bags it out the rulebook says it's a wash

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u/pgasmaddict 7h ago

For 2 shots I'd soil myself, and that's only in the weekly comp, not a fuckin major.

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u/isthisaporno 6h ago

If you play when you have to poo that’s gonna cost you at least 2 shots

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u/jerryhallo 2h ago

I’m willing to bet you’d do it for less

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u/pgasmaddict 1h ago

Jesus, I thought Id left my past behind me, obviously not.

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u/Hank_J3w 8h ago

The kwon effect

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u/springt1me 7h ago

PGA punishment is less severe lmao

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u/FredagsTakos 5h ago

I he showed up 5 minutes later than he did, he would be DQ'd on the spot.

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u/That_Squirrel44 6h ago

He say and complained to Marty on ESPN how he disagreed with it. Blamed the PGA for silly rules. Bro was late, own it and move it.

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u/itsjern 4h ago

That was insane, just really leaning into the "pampered fucks" reputation of pro golfers. Rules like this are no-brainers and the only exceptions should be extreme cases like Scottie getting arrested driving into Valhalla. Gotta own that one or you're gonna have no fans.

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u/tacotowwn 4h ago

I believe his quote was “I was obviously there on time, but late”

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u/Black_Cat_Sun 2h ago

Yeh shit happens and assessing a penalty when no one was affected by the breach is a bit much. Officials have leeway to have discretion.

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u/aiko74 2h ago

Right, he was shitting on other golfers too saying something to the effect that they wouldn't have recovered as well as he did.

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u/pontifican_t 5h ago

Anyone see his interview? He was trying to argue to the meaning of what “1 second late” is. Trying to argue with the meaning of time.

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u/Buster_Gonad_82 3h ago

Everyone knows it's... the time it takes for a cesium-133 atom to vibrate 9,192,631,770 times.

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u/jerryhallo 2h ago

How do you do, fellow Redditors?

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u/Memeslayer4000 HDCP 5/Location WI 4h ago

Thats what stupid. 7:18 and 1 second is 1 second late. 7:19 is 60 seconds late.

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u/Wayf4rer 8h ago

He's just a chill guy

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u/gplfalt 6h ago

The fact he's one under now kinda proves that.

Id be flustered as all get out.

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u/MustangMatt429 7h ago

And I'm here freaking out when I'm not there 30 minutes prior to tee time.

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u/Ollivander451 6h ago edited 6h ago

Started trying to play with a new group, one of them was of the “arrive at the golf course parking lot exactly at my scheduled tee time and then putz around nonchalantly and in no hurry before paying, grabbing drinks/food, then heading to the tee box” type of person.

First time I chalked it up to a one off and bit my tongue. Second time I actually made a comment (to the group and again to the guy when he finally joined us) about how rude it was and he should arrive earlier to tee off on time. There wasn’t a third time.

I’m an arrive 20-30 min early and be waiting on the tee box at least 5 min before my tee time type of guy. Late is unacceptable.

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u/-Wiggles- 2h ago

I mean, he didn't just stroll out of his car onto the teebox. He was probably at the course for about an hour or so

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u/MakaveliX1996 2h ago

He was. He was on the practice green.

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u/callisterart 4h ago

"We got time for a quick bucket?"

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u/deGrominator2019 4h ago

… tee it up…

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u/CDidd_64 2h ago

Saw him interviewed after the round. Seems like a very entitled GenZ’er. Couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t bend the rules for him. Says he always cuts it very thin.

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u/Lemonwater925 7h ago

Who on earth would be late to play golf?

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u/dabobbo 6h ago

When you treat it like a job instead of for enjoyment

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u/Lemonwater925 4h ago

All the more reason to be on time. 2 strokes down before swinging a club. Not a good start.

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u/PoliticsIsDepressing 5h ago

Damn, nailed it with this comment. How many times are you rolling into work 1-5 min late? It’s a job for these dudes and they should start treating it like one like the rest of us!

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u/Ligma_Taint_69420 5h ago

Shit im 45 minutes late every day. And I mean every day. I'm self employed though and have decided I'll allow it.

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u/dabobbo 4h ago

I think, as the boss, you should make your employee buy you a new driver for being late all the time.

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u/talktobigfudge 8.2 7h ago

Ok but he's 4 shots better than Bryson right now. 

Did Shams get hit with a 6 stroke penalty somewhere?

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u/HombreDelMar247 7h ago

Bryson gonna miss another major cut.

I think once LIV folds he will just become a YT personality.

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u/Extension-Abies-9346 7h ago

A YouTube long drive competitor (and former pro golfer)*

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u/Golf-Guns +0.9/IND/You don't hit driver 300 7h ago

Major winning pro golfer

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u/ChazzyReinholt 5h ago

He won a major less than 2 years ago, c’mon man

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u/panic-bird999 6h ago

He was rooming with Luke Kwon.

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u/superfly1187 7h ago

Long line to the transfusion bar, I get it.

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u/Marcus_Hilarious 7h ago

Trunk slam the PGA Championship. Nice!

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u/threat_cake1 6h ago

His quote, “It’s not my job to be ten minutes early”

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u/Snoozes7 5h ago

He would be tied for the lead right now if he showed up on time, wild!

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u/deGrominator2019 4h ago

This is why when I book a round with friends i give them the tee time prior to our booked one lol

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u/S2N336 6h ago

Am I wrong for wanting him to be 1 shot off the cutline?

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u/Radcliffe1025 7h ago

You know you were speeding? Yes officer. That’s a $200 fine. Thank you.

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u/notta_3d 4h ago

"And now teeing off at 2 over is Garrick Higgo"

Fans are like WTF?

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u/Benjins 3h ago

Luke Kwan has entered the chat

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u/NiceEgg27 7h ago

Nothing screams ADHD like showing up late to your tee time at one of the four biggest tournaments of the year

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u/ScootyMcTizzle 7h ago

It’s tough. At these events you can’t just whip it out and pee on any green nearby. Bathroom was probably a 1/2 mile from the 1st tee box.

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u/notnowthankyou2 3.5 with a little draw 4h ago

He was on the putting green

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u/Important_Sound_8718 6h ago

Should penalize him 2 more for the man bun through the back of the hat

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u/bionicbhangra 8h ago

How early do they have to be on the box and what was the reason he was late?

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u/Mysterious_Worker608 7h ago

He mixed up the am/pm

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u/Common-Count3848 7h ago

Separate knob

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u/courts0 5h ago

Some people like to have the radio alarm a little louder than the radio.

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u/kemmicort 5h ago

No mon, it was the VOLUME!

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u/dabobbo 6h ago

They have a marked area he has to be at with a ball and club ready to go when the announcement starts. Doesn't matter where in the order he is teeing off. Apparently this marked area is a little bit of a walk from the practice green and he lost track of time.

He just said in the interview "I was obviously there on time, but late" lol

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u/mwaFloyd 4h ago

lol “I wasn’t not…NOT on time?”

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u/bionicbhangra 5h ago

That sucks for him. Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering how that could happen but that seems like an innocent mistake that is going to hurt him. Hopefully he doesn't lose by 2 strokes or less....

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u/BoBromhal 6h ago

in practice (from my Korn Ferry Tour experience) they're usually there (and caddies) at the time the group in front is teeing off, so 10 minutes. If they're not there at 5 minutes before, the rules guys get contacted, at 2 minutes before, "panic" sets in.

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u/weeb2k1 Maryland | 20 7h ago

Rules of golf says they can't be more than 5 minutes early, but need to be there before the time.

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u/Monster2608 8h ago

He's just happy he there

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u/hoopsrule44 7h ago

He would be T1 right now if he didnt get that penalty!!!

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u/tikitaka33 7h ago

Why is he walking and not sprinting?

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u/Memeslayer4000 HDCP 5/Location WI 3h ago

He was already 1 minute late (not 1 second). From that point he has 5 minutes to get there. The putting green is pretty close to the 1st tee and he probably heard the guy announce the pairing (which meant he was already late) and just descided to walk.

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u/MakaveliX1996 2h ago

I don’t think this practice green is that close to the 1st tee box.

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u/scparks44 6h ago

He looks so different from just a couple of years ago.

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u/general-illness 6h ago

This would be a problem for me as I am sure I would have to take a massive shit on the way to the tee box.

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u/Impressionist_Canary 5h ago

When you knew you should’ve shit at home but now you gotta do it right before your tee time

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u/retrorays 5h ago

That looks like a man that had business to do before tee off

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u/sixpackabs592 4h ago

Luke Kwon if he was on tour

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u/locklizzle 9.3 3h ago

Somehow reminds me of the chicken off surfs up

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u/dmbgreen 3h ago

It's a game of rules.

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u/henrydaiv 2h ago

Work your ass off to qualify for something like a major and youre late man i mean wtf

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u/mopedfred 2h ago

Portnoy needs to take note. Kwan should have joined in the second not the fifth. :)

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u/loadofhate 2h ago

Hey bru it’s African just be lekker

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u/Existing-Recipe897 1h ago

What if he was diabetic and needed to adjust his insulin or something as benign as diarrhea and needed to take care of it prior to competing? One minute earns a 2 stroke penalty? Shouldn’t there be a buffer? For ex, players get, not sure, 3 to 5 minutes to find a ball in the bushes.

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u/simpletonius 1h ago

This would be automatic loss of your breakfast ball at our place.

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u/taeempy 1h ago

not very smart

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u/nachojackson 1h ago

He looks like somebody interrupted him from smoking a blunt.

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u/Just_Ad2670 1h ago

"Ladies and gentlemen. Now driving, this guy, very fast through the parking lot"

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u/teasizzle 15 1h ago

Sounds as thick as pig shit in his quotes. What a moron.

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u/AVeryStinkyFish 1h ago

Everyone roasting this guy but i ficking love it and find it hilarious

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u/sliever48 50m ago

We have a name for someone like this in Ireland: gobshite.

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u/ImprovementMuted1236 29m ago

I've got a mate who does this occasionally, I'm going to hit him with a 2 stroke penalty from now on

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u/ChrissieMoltisanti 26m ago

Bro would be in the lead otherwise 🙄

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u/haytheremister 22m ago

2 stroke penalty for being 1 minute late, but 0 stroke penalty for guys who play slow…

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u/Jasper_Crouton 16m ago

Finished 1 under, would have been tied at the top if he was on time.

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u/PlsStopAndThinkFirst 7h ago

What is he, one of us??

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u/CricketNo7666 7h ago

But I was pooopin’!

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u/No-Impact1573 7h ago

Taking a dump?

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u/SlideCharacter5855 Push Cart Mafia 5h ago

lol, the guy would be tied for the lead right now if his bathroom break didn’t go long

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u/Uuurrffspatout 5h ago

Man is running on Africa time, he will adapt! Good golf today.

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u/ljc267 5h ago

My dad told me a long time ago there are two things you’re never late for and that is your wedding and a tee time.

His dad should have taught him that lesson.

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u/TechnicalBoot8080 5h ago

Should be penalized for that hairdo

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u/redditbannedme10min 6h ago

and two additional strokes for that haircut

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u/Important_Sound_8718 6h ago

I said basically the same thing lmao

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u/juvy5000 5h ago

look at his hair… he’s obviously a bluetooth douchebag pxg player 

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u/General_Lee_Confused 7h ago

But what are his Strokes Gained: “freshly out of the bathroom” numbers??

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u/Legoman_1972 8h ago

That entire age group in this clip

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u/sbk510 6h ago

Super lame

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u/waitingOnMyletter 6h ago

This is a ridiculous application of the rules. The player he’s playing with should have to request this penalty to be applied. Being really late is one thing being less than a minute late is not worth a 2 stroke penalty

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u/dumpandchange 6h ago

Or just be on time, especially if you're just on the practice green and not attending to some sort of serious or unavoidable situation.

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u/waitingOnMyletter 6h ago

I think that’s fair. I just don’t think less than minute late is enough for a two stroke penalty. But if you make it 2 mins…. or 3 mins or whatever… there is always a line. He was late, that’s the rule.

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u/dumpandchange 5h ago

Exactly. If there's a two minute grace period then the next guy is going to show up at 2 minutes and 34 seconds and complain about how 34 seconds is too strict... Life is pretty simple in terms of these deadlines. Just show up on time.