There’s a strong argument to be made that about 98 percent of PGA Tour players could walk down the street and be completely unrecognisable. On the PGA Tour Champions, that number might be closer to 100 percent.
That’s no disrespect to Mark Calcavecchia, or any PGA Tour Champions player, for that matter. But they had their time in the sun. Now they are just regular old dudes who happen to still be very good at golf, and they can go totally unnoticed even in the towns their tournaments are played in, just like Calcavecchia did this week at the US Senior Open in Newport, Rhode Island.
So I go buy new sneakers. Guy says u at the tourney today. Yep. U going tomorrow. Yep. He’s says who u gonna watch. I say Mark Calcavecchia my fave player. He says never heard of him. I say he’s playing with T Lehman. Never heard of him either. Hahahahah
— Mark Calcavecchia (@MarkCalc) June 26, 2024
Never heard of Calc? Never heard of Tom Lehman?! That’s two Open Champions we’re talking about! A four-time Ryder Cupper in Calc, a three time Ryder Cupper in Lehman, who was also a captain of the Ryder Cup team in 2006. Eighteen PGA Tour wins and 16 PGA Tour Champions wins between them. Where’s the respect?
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In fairness, Calc didn’t say how old the guy was, but the PGA Tour Champions crowd obviously skews a little older. Maybe he’s a new golfer, maybe he didn’t watch back then. Either way, hilarious for Calcavecchia to mess with him and say he’s going to watch himself while this guy has no clue. The only thing that will make this story better is if this bloke goes to follow Mark Calcavecchia at some point in the championship and realises it’s the guy from the sneaker shop.
