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Welcome to this week’s Social Eyes! Rising European Tour star Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston has become a bit of a cult hero figure in the US since winning the Spanish Open in April.
And, at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, he added to that reputation by doing this:
The moment of impact when Beef met beef. @BeefGolf #BurgerGoesBoom pic.twitter.com/iS1wyEujRI
— Adam Schupak (@GolfweekSchupak) July 3, 2016
Safe to say he’s won over some of his PGA Tour peers, too.
@BeefGolf photo shoot for the beef!! Love the man! #baconcheeseplease pic.twitter.com/15nU1lo8PQ
— Steven Bowditch (@bowdo83) July 2, 2016
Sticking with beleaguered Aussie Steven Bowditch, who has shot 12 rounds in the 80s this year, he joked about his current woes after being asked to take a drugs test after one of his rounds at Akron.
Even the tour can't believe I broke 80! pic.twitter.com/56tXnkZ6Be
— Steven Bowditch (@bowdo83) July 1, 2016
Independence Day was celebrated across the USA on July 4 – and Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas & co spent their day with a guy who goes by the name of Justin Bieber. Nah, never heard of him.
Rickie Fowler via snapchat pic.twitter.com/LfstMS1wIx
— JustinBieberPortugal (@BieberPortugal) July 5, 2016
You’ve no doubt seen the pics. Danny Willett donned the Green Jacket for his visit to Wimbledon. On social media, he got a wee bit of stick for wearing it, but Thomas Bjorn jumped to the Englishman’s defence with this great tweet…
@Danny_Willett is getting stick for wearing his masters jacket at @Wimbledon?? If it was me I would eat, sleep & poo in the bloody thing!
— Thomas Bjørn (@thomasbjorngolf) July 4, 2016
Big Real Madrid fan Sergio Garcia was in engaged in Twitter chat with Galacticos legend Ronaldo – with the striker challenging him to #raiseit…
I know you’re good @TheSergioGarcia, but can you #raiseit? pic.twitter.com/agMzVBzkJk
— Ronaldo Nazário (@Ronaldo) July 1, 2016
And it’s safe to say the Spaniard did – despite taking six attempts at this 105ft putt.
Here you go @Ronaldo! Just a simple 32 meter(105 feet) putt and it took me 6 tries to make it. #raiseitpic.twitter.com/H0OEgBrZ1b
— Sergio Garcia (@TheSergioGarcia) July 4, 2016
Prior to the Scottish Open, Graeme McDowell and Rafa Cabrera-Bello scouted out Royal Troon. G-Mac had one word for the par-3 eighth ‘Postage Stamp’: “Wow!”
And as for Cabrera-Bello, the tip for Troon is simple: stay out of the bunkers!
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