Joe LaCava (Tiger's Caddie) Pays Heckler to Leave

[saevel25]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/golf/tiger-woods-caddie-paid-an-idiot-heckler-dollar25-to-go-away/ar-BBM0Zqe?ocid=ientp

The only bad thing is that every heckler now will just continue until they get paid. ;)

[David in FL]

4 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/golf/tiger-woods-caddie-paid-an-idiot-heckler-dollar25-to-go-away/ar-BBM0Zqe?ocid=ientp

The only bad thing is that every heckler now will just continue until they get paid. 😉

Yeah, I’m not sure he thought that one through! 

[billchao]

He should have been happy he got paid at all instead of simply removed.

[Patch]

I liked the part of the article where LaCava asked the other caddy what kind of shape the fairways we're in. 

[Mr. Desmond]

Every once in a while, you get the shameless heckler. Thought the crowd would have at least shamed him, but some people are just ...

[colin007]

WTF I think if they started treating hecklers a little more harshly like booting them with force after the first infraction, they'd get the hint and GTFO

[JonMA1]

If you have enough money to bribe a heckler, you have enough to hire a thug.

[iacas]

46 minutes ago, JonMA1 said:

If you have enough money to bribe a heckler, you have enough to hire a thug.

$25 isn't gonna hire a very good thug.

[JonMA1]

8 minutes ago, iacas said:

$25 isn't gonna hire a very good thug.

Not sure a good thug would be required. Maybe just an average one.... who's also a golf fan. I mean, we're talking about a heckler at a golf tournament. How hard could it be? You might even be able to find a few spectators to take care of the problem for free, so long as officials agreed to look the other way.

[Zeph]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

$25 isn't gonna hire a very good thug.

He had a fairly good thug earlier, but I think he paid Stevie a bit more than $25. 😛

[RussUK]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

$25 isn't gonna hire a very good thug.

As long as he is built like a brick out-house and can understand simple commands like "Lurch, kick shouty man out" then you dont need to pay too much

Hell, for $25 dollars Tiger could afford a couple of them, and keep one as a spare. 

[Carl3]

$25 is more than he would spend on a dinner date back in the day if I recall the rumors correctly.

[Nagah]

11 hours ago, JonMA1 said:

If you have enough money to bribe a heckler, you have enough to hire a thug.

Like this guy.

 

[Vinsk]

Lol. That’s Joe for ya. 

[Eric C]

Should have never, ever done it.  Same reason you don't pay the kidnapper or terrorist.  Come back to haunt golf, it will.

I go back to what I said in the 'rude fans' thread - publish a code of conduct attendees agree to by virtue of purchasing their ticket, and then enforce it. Some people will get kicked out of tourneys and be butt hurt about it, but if the PGA Tour doesn't take the necessary steps to restore some decorum to the game now then it will never happen.

[iacas]

20 minutes ago, Eric C said:

Should have never, ever done it.  Same reason you don't pay the kidnapper or terrorist.  Come back to haunt golf, it will.

I go back to what I said in the 'rude fans' thread - publish a code of conduct attendees agree to by virtue of purchasing their ticket, and then enforce it. Some people will get kicked out of tourneys and be butt hurt about it, but if the PGA Tour doesn't take the necessary steps to restore some decorum to the game now then it will never happen.

I think that’s a massive over-reaction.

It was $25 and won’t happen again. And very few people even know about it. Additionally people DO get kicked out.