TheComeback- As Justin Rose was putting, a heckler was giving the Ireland native grief for missing a putt. Henrik Stenson decided to challenge the heckler, and Rose offered up $100 for the heckler to try and make the same putt.
And that's how it's done ladies and gentleman. If you really want to be "that guy" yelling at professional golfers mid-practice then you better have the stones to get in front of the onlooking crowd and sink the relatively long putt you're criticizing them for missing. Generally the loud mouth that's enough of a distraction to get singled out isn't remotely skilled in the sport he happens to be critiquing, but I guess we just learned that upsets are even awesome when the winner is an insufferable douche. Don't say that guy didn't have anything on the line. He misses that shot by even an inch and they are booing his ass off the course. Instead he's high-fiving the guys he paid money to harass with a crisp $100 bill in his pocket. +1 for the obnoxious assholes of America, I guess. Make enough noise and you too could be given a chance to take an Olympic Gold Medalist's lunch money in front of the crowd that came to watch him! I'd imagine that Justin Rose didn't expect that kind of kickback when he pulled the trigger on that bet.
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Brian Russell
10/3/2016 05:53:03 pm
I think the unfortunate actions by some players are driven by TV ratings . The Ryder cup is an event that should display the talents of the American and European tours without resorting to antics brought on by other sports markets . A little display can be fun but , I hope that etiquette will prevail in the future .
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