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chrisfostermusi · 01-29-2002, 06:51 AM

I thought what happened to Chris Dimarco is golfs' version of throwing plastic bottles on the field. I am glad to see Dimarco had the guy tossed out.

I am sure their are other instances that players have been heckled. I remember about 20 years back a black golfer named Lee Elder was playing a tournament in Memphis. He was one of the tournament leaders at the time and some KKK members started harrassing him from the gallery. The distraction cost him a victory.

BuzzBuzzard · 01-29-2002, 07:19 AM

Chris - what happened exactly? I had not heard of anything

Skip · 01-29-2002, 07:21 AM

That tournament is a historic drunkfest. If the PGA or local officials won't control the crowd better, then these types of situations are inevitable. Maybe the pro's are used to it or expect it, but I'd like to keep the pipedream of golf as the gentleman's sport alive a bit longer. And I don't even play.

Xanadu Dragon · 01-29-2002, 07:44 AM

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Originally posted by BuzzBuzzard
Chris - what happened exactly? I had not heard of anything

Another record crowd at the Phoenix Open got the exciting finish they wanted. Chris DiMarco would have rather put them to sleep.

Especially the rowdy fan on No. 16.

DiMarco showed him up by making his birdie, and he showed plenty of grit Sunday by recovering from his stunning collapse for a one-stroke victory over hard-luck Kenny Perry and Kaname Yokoo.

In a tournament that no one seemed to want to win, DiMarco got back in the game with an 8-iron from 171 yards that stopped not much more than 18 inches from the cup on the arena-like par-3 16th.

A tap-in?

Not after what Perry did on the 13th hole, a gimme that came back to haunt him. And not after the fan screamed out, "Noonan!" as DiMarco stood over the putt.

That's a famous line in the movie "Caddyshack," when everyone is shouting at Danny Noonan while he tries to make a 12-foot putt to win the caddie tournament.

"It gave me a little incentive to make the putt," DiMarco said.

He did just that to draw even with Perry, then made a gesture with his thumb and told tournament officials to get the man off the TPC of Scottsdale.

"I think he missed the ending," DiMarco said.

01-29-2002, 06:51 AM	#1
chrisfostermusi All-NetShrine Team Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 322	noonan I thought what happened to Chris Dimarco is golfs' version of throwing plastic bottles on the field. I am glad to see Dimarco had the guy tossed out. I am sure their are other instances that players have been heckled. I remember about 20 years back a black golfer named Lee Elder was playing a tournament in Memphis. He was one of the tournament leaders at the time and some KKK members started harrassing him from the gallery. The distraction cost him a victory. __________________ Thinking outside the "batters" box

01-29-2002, 07:19 AM	#2
BuzzBuzzard NetShrine's Conscience Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The bowels of Shea Posts: 3,062	Chris - what happened exactly? I had not heard of anything __________________ Buzzard You Gotta Believe

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01-29-2002, 07:21 AM	#3
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	That tournament is a historic drunkfest. If the PGA or local officials won't control the crowd better, then these types of situations are inevitable. Maybe the pro's are used to it or expect it, but I'd like to keep the pipedream of golf as the gentleman's sport alive a bit longer. And I don't even play.

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