It is very, very rare when us common folk can relate to a tour pro. A player will hit a terrible shot – like Francesco Molinari topping his opening tee shot at Pebble Beach last week or maybe Ryan Palmer needing five attempts on a bunker shot a year ago at Riviera – to remind us that, sometimes, they’re human.
Veteran tour pro Greg Chalmers shared a video at the weekend that the everyman golfer can appreciate. The West Australian created a makeshift practice area in his home garage. The scene is like thousands of others across the world – a dad assembles a net right in front of some cabinets and his children’s bicycles – while sick and tired of not being able to go to his neighbourhood golf course due to America’s harsh winter conditions.
Of course, Chalmers isn’t any average golfer. He’s a PGA Tour winner with an impressive career spanning four decades. So what he did while taking a hack in his garage looks exactly like something we’d do while stuck at home.
#idiot pic.twitter.com/1uRfcs31oW
— Greg Chalmers (@GregChalmersPGA) February 19, 2021
Oh man, you can see the pieces of the garage motor flying after Chalmers’ through-swing connected with it. The 47-year-old followed up with another tweet that the damage will cost him $US1,100 to fix.
Surely, not the end of the world for someone who has made more than $US11 million on the PGA Tour (but keep in mind, that’s over the course of a long career).
This tweet tells you he’s reacting just like any golfer would…
Hitting balls in my studio (the garage with a net). Moved a little to get a better camera angle to vid swing. Hit garage door motor, cost $1100 to fix. Fme
— Greg Chalmers (@GregChalmersPGA) February 19, 2021
We feel for Chalmers because that’s the fear of anybody who has taken a full swing in their home before. Hopefully, Chalmers will be back on a golf course soon – and hopefully he has a good contractor who can repair his garage door quickly… it looks cold there!
