During last Sunday's final round of the Wyndham Championship, Max Greyserman holed his second shot on 13 for an eagle and a four-shot lead. He then hit his tee shot on 14 out of bounds. After he hit it OB, CBS commentator Jim Nantz said that Greyserman was waiting on the tee for 3-4 minutes while his two other playing companions completed the 13th hole. Nantz said Greyserman went directly to the next tee after holing his shot.
I know men’s non-LIV golf is an individual sport, but you’d think that Greyserman would show some support toward the guys he spent all day with to at least be around the green as they played out. I thought that was inconsiderate.
On the flip side, on the 18th green of the third round of the Women’s Olympics, Morgane Metraux had a 25-foot, downhill eagle putt to tie playing companion Lydia Ko for the overnight lead going into the final round. As Metraux's putt was creeping down the hill toward the hole, Ko was moving her arms in a “keep going, ball” motion. When Metraux's ball dropped, Ko raised her arm in a triumphant manner as you would do for your partner.
Women’s golf is also an individual sport, and you can argue that a win for Ko meant more than it did for Greyserman. But she took the opportunity to show support for the person with whom she just spent four-plus hours competing.
Ko won the gold medal the next day and a place in the LPGA Hall of Fame (“Ko and golf strike gold in Olympics,” August 12 GGP). Greyserman finished second and is winless on the PGA Tour (“Rai prevails in stunning Greensboro marathon,” August 12 GGP). Maybe good things happen to people who do good things. And maybe good things don’t always happen to people who act like all-about-me jerks.
Charlie Jurgonis
Fairfax, Virginia
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