The PGA Tour is back, and while fans are not yet allowed to return to the course to provide the atmosphere on-course we’re used to, a new push to have players mic’d up throughout their rounds has led to some funny moments already. Last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial, Jim Nantz had to apologize on air after Jon Rahm dropped an F-bomb after holing a chip. On Thursday at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town, Adam Hadwin jokingly told a rules official “screw you” after it was confirmed that he received a penalty.
In a bunker, Hadwin picked up and removed a rock, which he is permitted to do because of a rule change in 2019, as a rock in a bunker is now classified as a movable loose impediment. Hadwin then tried to remove a second rock – but the rock “crumbled” in his hand as he moved it, as it was actually just a clump of sand. Hadwin explained the situation in a mic’d up conversation with PGA Tour senior tournament referee Mark Dusbabek, who had to give Hadwin the bad news.
