Jordan Spieth’s intentions were pure. But his knowledge of the rulebook was lacking in one very specific department, and it cost him a two-shot penalty at the Hero World Challenge.
Twenty of the world’s finest golfers are teeing it up in this week’s Hero World Challenge, but it’s the actions of a certain non-competitor that have the golf world buzzing.
The beauty of Tyrrell Hatton’s circumstance in the Hero World Challenge was that it gave us all a chance to consider the delicious outcomes. And because it was Hatton, who can be volcanic and hilarious at the same time, were just knew there would be a reaction worth watching.
If there’s anything Tiger Woods loves more than winning, it’s some good old-fashioned needling. And when one of golf’s younger stars is involved? Even better.
Complicating the adjustment process even more is the fact that just a handful of the American players have ever seen Royal Melbourne, the site of the only International victory in Presidents Cup history in 1998.
Though the United States’ Presidents Cup line-up is loaded in comparison to its International counterpart, a potential loss of Johnson would be a huge blow.