A lot of golfers could only dream of playing on the PGA Tour. An amateur golfer getting an opportunity to play on the PGA with all the top players would usually be an amazing, unforgettable experience.
However, this is not the case for Kip Henley.
Kip Henley, who was supposed to caddie for Brian Gay, got exempted into the St. Jude Classic when he won the Tennessee PGA Section Championship. So he played in the tournament for two days.
It looked like he was going to have a great time out there, especially when his daughter was to caddie for him. That gave him a lot of headlines on Yahoo, because his daughter happened to be a former Miss Teen USA and an American Idol contestant.
However, he appeared to have anything but a good time.
He opened with a first round 82 that left him dead last place. He followed that up with a second round 78 that left him missing the cut by a whopping 18 strokes, and he was 29 strokes behind the 36-hole leader. He was 7 strokes behind second last place.
He apparently was indeed very pissed about his play. Because after his two rounds, he posted this note to the PGA Tour players saying that he is never going to play a PGA tournament ever again.
http://yfrog.com/h81rhjgj
That sounds like very crybaby-ish behaviour. A player is supposed to cherish the moment, because how often do you have a chance to play in a PGA event? What a spoiled brat.
It's a good lesson for him though, it's a good lesson for everyone. A good lesson that playing a PGA tournament is much harder than most people perceive it to be. The golf courses set up on the PGA are much, MUCH tougher than the local muni golf courses. Just ask Jerry Rice and John Smoltz, who both are pretty decent amateur golfers, but when they both tried to play in a Nationwide Tour event, they both missed the cut by a huge margin.
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