Social Spotlight: Are you Cody Gribble or Smylie Kaufman?
The Arnold Palmer Invitational got a bit Happy Gilmore at the weekend as PGA Tour young guns Cody Gribble and Smylie Kaufman both encountered an alligator on the sixth hole – but reacted in very different ways…
Few of us are Cody Gribble. ??
Most of us are Smylie Kaufman. ?? pic.twitter.com/A1Bqojz2PV
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 17, 2017
And just like Happy’s coach, Chubbs, in the film, Gribble earned a souvenir for his troubles. At least he didn’t fall backwards out of a window when he opened it…
Nice surprise in my locker today after my round! Thanks Sam & Mr. Saunders…great time at Bay Hill. Awesome fans, hope to see ya next year. pic.twitter.com/UVAFTFp6kf
— Cody Gribble (@CodyGribble) March 17, 2017
No alligators were hurt in the making of Social Spotlight…
Elsewhere, does anything good ever come from hitting out of water? Shout out to Open champion Henrik Stenson for making us all feel better about our own game.
Golf.
Is.
REALLY.
Hard.We've all been here before.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/CNg1wUVEii
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 17, 2017
Adam Hadwin had a week to remember at the Valspar the previous week but on Sunday at Bay Hill the 29-year-old had a moment he’ll want to forget in a hurry…
That's. Not. Fair. #QuickHits pic.twitter.com/0B26VbBttW
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 19, 2017
There were plenty of heartwarming stories at Bay Hill as the golfing world remembered Arnold Palmer in the way it should. But perhaps this one from Rory topped them all.
A letter from AP after my first major. Great words of wisdom as always. Can't wait to play @APinv this week and celebrate his amazing life. pic.twitter.com/plIpZxgjtn
— Rory McIlroy (@McIlroyRory) March 14, 2017
Marc Leishman‘s kids ask him every week: “When are you getting a trophy?”
Well, he has one now…
"Did you win a trophy??" pic.twitter.com/xdLj9lb8f7
— Skratch (@Skratch) March 19, 2017
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Tom Irwin
Tom is a lifetime golfer, now over 30 years playing the game. 2023 marks 10 years in golf publishing and he is still holding down a + handicap at Alwoodley in Leeds. He has played over 600 golf courses, and has been a member of at least four including his first love Louth, in Lincolnshire. Tom likes unbranded clothing, natural fibres, and pencil bags. Seacroft in Lincolnshire is where it starts and ends.
