As anyone obsessed with the sport will tell you, once you get bit by the golf bug, it’s an impossible itch to fully scratch. You begin to think of your day in terms of when you can get out to the course or the range.
For one fan who posted up on the beach adjacent to Royal Liverpool GC in Hoylake, this meant getting in some work while The Open Championship was heating up across the way.
The broadcast cameras at The Open caught this hero taking some hacks and couldn’t get enough of him. And you’ve really got to give him some credit, too. He couldn’t have picked a better opportunity for his game to get noticed by the sport’s power brokers (amateur tournaments and lower circuit tours notwithstanding).
Golf.
It gets us all. pic.twitter.com/OVGWOkpkUB
— The Open (@TheOpen) July 20, 2023
Golf fans certainly understood where he was coming from, even if they didn’t love all the attention he was taking away from the actual major tournament taking place.
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Love this lad working pic.twitter.com/O6rkGpcL4M
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) July 20, 2023
The guy ripping bombs at the beach next to The Open rules 😂 pic.twitter.com/k4ttmn3nMB
— Miguel Alcala (@MiguelAlcala9) July 20, 2023
Dude got up, ate some beans and decided to fire rocks at the Open on an adjacent beach.
— joelb (@jbhofmann) July 20, 2023
my boss: where are you?
me: pic.twitter.com/RZyYLRyjD6
— James Colgan (@jamescolgan26) July 20, 2023
Zinger compared this guy on the beach to both Seve and Harry Vardon in about a two-minute span. pic.twitter.com/PIGfCEE0bC
— Brendan Porath (@BrendanPorath) July 20, 2023
The sea was angry that day, my friends. Like an old man trying to send soup back at a deli. pic.twitter.com/o6CfDkEaTw
— PropSwap (@PropSwap) July 20, 2023
Broadcast has shown us more shots from beach guy than most of today's top 10 https://t.co/5CZbCIpXUX
— Shane Jackson (@SJacksonBET) July 20, 2023
Beach golf dude is getting more airtime and swing analysis than most of the LIV guys pic.twitter.com/LOJcy2QkIa
— Jay Busbee (@jaybusbee) July 20, 2023
I’d like to have the luxury of practicing my swing on the beach a few hundred yards away from The Open https://t.co/0rkgcWnruq
— Tyler Hergert (@TylerHergert) July 20, 2023
*The Open happening.* @nbc: let’s show you this 15-handicap on the beach pic.twitter.com/mggHgGCvKB
— Joe Martin (@MartinJoe91) July 20, 2023
