booing at golf tournaments - I love it!
Jason's already discussed the rowdy, stadium atmosphere surrounding the 16th at the TPC of Scottsdale. It's incredible, even electric. The crowd -- filled with ASU co-eds -- will boo you if you hit a bad shot on 16 or miss a putt, including a birdie putt. Poor Justin Leonard (who's climbed up the leader board) just got booed for missing a makeable birdie putt. There's no other golf tournament that I can recall where fans boo the players for bad play. I absolutely love it.
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Right on, man. I think people should boo more often for bad shots on the PGA.
As I recall, Rory Sabbatini was booed for leaving his playing partner last year.
Thanks for the comment. I think you're right about the Sabbatini incident.
I watched just a few minutes of the tourney on Saturday and one of the players, not sure who, a couple of groups before Mickelson came through, hit a really nice shot that looked like it was going to be real tight, the crowd is going nuts, then the ball keeps going past the hole off the green just onto the fringe. As soon as it hit the fringe, the crowd immediatly starts to boo. Still had to be within 12 feet of the hole. That is one tough crowd.
It was great to see that www.tempe12.com made those gold shirts at the open that said I "Heart" Phil
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