Bubba Goes Elk Hunting
by Mulligan Stu on Mar 28, 2008 8:43 PM EDT
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PrintZurich Classic Playing partners Bubba Watson and Steve Elkington will not be exchanging Christmas cards:
Instances of on-course incidents are fairly rare between golfers, but there was one in Friday's second round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Bubba Watson and Steve Elkington exchanged words on the 10th hole and requested a rules official come into the scorer's tent to resolve the flap.
According to Shigeki Maruyama, who was the third player in the group, Watson was upset Thursday when he thought Elkington and his caddie were walking in Watson's line in the fairway and making noise.
Watson apparently did not say anything the first day, but on Friday there were words exchanged between the players on the 10th hole.
"A couple of F-words by Bubba," Maruyama said.
Hmmm, french fries maybe? I now officially love - in a platonic sense! - Shigeki Muruyama:
When Maruyama came out of the scorer's tent, he was smiling and started shadow-boxing before saying, "big problem."
There's probably not anything that could keep Shigeki from smiling. He's like the Jimin Kang of the PGA Tour.
Elkington refused to shake hands with Watson's caddie, and left the final green without acknowledging Watson.
Watson later apologized for the language, and likely will face a fine. But given the reputations of the players involved, I'd bet the mortgage (whatever that's worth these days) that Bubba was the one in the right.
Update: After reading a bit more about this (especially here) it's apparent to me now that I was a bit too harsh on Elkington in the original post above. Elk may deserve criticism too, but sounds like Watson escalated things beyond the pointed they needed to go.
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Shigeki rules!
by The Constructivist on Mar 28, 2008 11:50 PM EDT reply actions
giving Elk a little break....
Did you hear the answer to the question concerning Elkington's good play of late ?
He said that his 11 year old son asked him where he BOUGHT all the trophies he has at home.
Gotta love a wiseass kid like that - maybe he's been hanging around with Shigeki. :-D
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