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Charles Curtis

J.R. Smith’s first two days at a college golf tournament included getting stung by bees

J.R. Smith the golfer has had quite a couple of days as a member of the North Carolina A&T golf team.

He’s playing at the Elon Phoenix Invitational — we’ll get into how that’s going in a sec — but it’s what happened on Tuesday that made headlines.

While searching for a ball, he reportedly stepped on a bees nest — it might have been yellow jackets? — and was stung a few times. He was able to recover and finish out the day, but it was probably not exactly the challenge he was expecting.

So let’s break down the highlights and the lowlight moment that must have hurt.

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