PGA Tour rookie calls out Mike Weir after Heritage withdrawal
Former Masters champ Mike Weir withdrew from the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing following a 7-over 78 in the opening round, and that didn’t sit well with fellow PGA Tour member Dawie van der Walt, according to several media reports.
Van der Walt, a 33-year-old Tour rookie who earned his card last season via the Web.com Tour Finals, was second alternate for this week's event but he ultimately didn't gain entry into the 132-man field. Weir played on a sponsor’s exemption. After learning of the left-hander’s withdrawal, van der Walt sent a tweet to his 936 followers that he deleted hours later, The Golf Channel reported.
"Gota (sic) love a guy who gets an invite into a Tour event and then WD after the first round," van der Walt wrote, closing his tweet with the hashtag, "#hangitupmike."
Weir, a Canadian, won the Masters in 2003. He spent more than 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 2001 and 2005 but has slumped mightily since. He’s playing this season on a major medical exemption.
He did not give a reason for his Heritage withdrawl.
Who do you side with: Mike Weir or the #PGATour rookie who called him out for withdrawing from #RBCHeritage?
— Jeff Kidd (@insidepages) April 15, 2016
This story was originally published April 15, 2016 at 12:03 PM with the headline "PGA Tour rookie calls out Mike Weir after Heritage withdrawal."