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Caddies Brawl During Australian Open
Last edited Tue Aug 12, 2014, 02:46 PM - Edit history (5)
Blogs.Golf.com: PGA Tour player Marc Leishman said that his caddie, Matt Kelly, wasn't to blame for the bagman brawl Thursday between Kelly and James Nitties's caddie, Grant Buchanan, at the Australian Open...
The two caddies came to blows near a chipping area of the Lakes course in Sydney just before the start of the first round of the tournament...punches (were) thrown before the pair fell to the ground and continued wrestling in front of players and spectators...
(T)he incident stemmed from an altercation between the pair at the Star casino earlier in the week..."Matt was a good friend of mine, [or] so I thought,'' Buchanan said. ''He said some things that offended me and I approached him to clarify it and clear the air, and he pretty much laughed in my face."
..."I was there and he (Kelly) didn't do anything,"...Leishman said..."He stood there, copped what he got and didn't do anything apart from that. I was proud of him, to be honest."
Tournament director Andrew Langford-Jones said...disciplinary action would be determined within a week.
The two caddies came to blows near a chipping area of the Lakes course in Sydney just before the start of the first round of the tournament...punches (were) thrown before the pair fell to the ground and continued wrestling in front of players and spectators...
(T)he incident stemmed from an altercation between the pair at the Star casino earlier in the week..."Matt was a good friend of mine, [or] so I thought,'' Buchanan said. ''He said some things that offended me and I approached him to clarify it and clear the air, and he pretty much laughed in my face."
..."I was there and he (Kelly) didn't do anything,"...Leishman said..."He stood there, copped what he got and didn't do anything apart from that. I was proud of him, to be honest."
Tournament director Andrew Langford-Jones said...disciplinary action would be determined within a week.
This happened while they were "on duty?" Well, it depends on whether Buchanan decided to confront Kelly about about things Kelly had said PREVIOUSLY (in which case he was the culprit); or if he was responding to what Kelly was saying to him AT THE TIME (in which case they both should have gotten their walking papers).
rocktivity
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First they came for the race car drivers...but I said nothing because I don't watch race car driving...
Then they came for the golf caddies...
rocktivity
Last edited Tue Aug 12, 2014, 12:35 PM - Edit history (4)
With Tiger Woods pretty much gone, pro golf NEEDS a new angle...
"PGA SMACKDOWN -- THESE GUYS CARRY CLUBS!"
rocktivity
