Not Sure What Happened
by AB on Monday, June 2nd, 2008 at 08:55am
But I don’t think you can disrespect Jack Nicklaus at his own event and not expect some backlash. From Jason Sobel’s Weekly 18:
We weren’t on site at Muirfield Village this week and didn’t hear anything about this after the fact, so we’re inclined to give J.B. Holmes the benefit of the doubt. In case you missed it, the FBR Open champ walked off the 18th green on Sunday, looked in the direction of tournament host Jack Nicklaus … and then looked away and walked right past him.
We gave the incident a few rewinds on the DVR and if a picture tells a thousand words, it was apparent that Holmes (who had just completed a final-round 5-over 77 to finish T-20) wanted no part of the tournament host as he headed toward the scorer’s trailer.
If any additional news comes into the W18 desk, we’ll follow up with further information in coming weeks.
Kenny Perry did a little better as a Kentuckian in the event, winning for the third time. He’s probably wishing that Muirfield Village would get a Major. Especially since he’s skipping the US Open this year.