SHORT GAME

SOUND BITES “I MEAN, THIS F***ING RIPPED SHIRT, JESUS”

Rory Mcilroy lost his cool after repeated questions about his shirt at the DP World Tour Championship “THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME – I’M NOT KIDDING – WHERE I JUST FELT LIKE I WANTED TO LEAVE THE GAME. PEOPLE WERE DAMAGING MY CHARACTER. I WAS LIKE, ‘I REALLY DON’T NEED THIS. I CAN WALK AWAY AND BE TOTALLY FINE THE REST OF MY LIFE, BE HAPPY AND GO AND HIT THE LONG BALL AND CALL IT A DAY’”

Bryson Dechambeau said he nearly walked away from golf amid a barrage of online abuse

“I FELT ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AND I WAS VERY SORRY. I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE SAYING HAPPENED. I WAS JUST EMBARRASSED AND FELT HORRIBLE”

Thorbjorn Olesen was cleared of all charges at the court case looking into his behaviour on a 2019 flight “I WOKE UP AT 4.30AM TO FIND OUT SOUTH AFRICA HAD BEEN RED-LISTED AND THAT’S WHEN THE FUN REALLY STARTED! WE GOT TO THE COURSE ABOUT 5.30AM ON FRIDAY, I PULLED OUT AT 6.30AM AND TRIED TO START BOOKING FLIGHTS. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE” Andrew Wilson had a DP World Tour debut to forget as Omicron wreaked havoc at the Joburg Open