Kevin Na is a very famous golf professional on the PGA Tour. He seems to make the game quite easy to play and is often very light and a funny character. Apart from his golf skills, Na is also famous for his walking puts in which he puts and swiftly goes to pick his ball from the hole.
Aug 28, 2021; Owings Mills, Maryland, USA; Kevin Na looks on from the first green during the third round of the BMW Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY Sports| Courtesy: ReutersHowever, Na was recently in limelight because of his funny tweet reply to Grayson Murray. The five-time PGA Tour winners tweet was quite funny to watch.
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Kevin Na says Brooks texted me
Na was the defending champion last week at the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii. The defending champion made a good start to his first round with a low 61- nine under par with a one-stroke lead. However, he could not keep up with the good form and ended the tournament with an overall score of 13- under par for a tied 20th position. The way Na played in the first round, it was looking like he was going to defend the championship, but that wasn’t the case.
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However, Na wasn’t in talks for his golf game but for being an internet sensation, when his reply to Grayson Murray got viral on social media. Kevin spoke about the same and said, ” I had an idea people were gonna laugh because when I tweeted it, my caddy Kenny ours was next to me. I said, Look at this idiot. And he goes, I said, watch this, and I showed him he was laughing pretty hard. It was amazing how many players in Taggies came up to me and, and complimented me not on my round about my tweet”.
He added, “Brooks message even Brooks message first Kevin messaged me saying how good of a tweet that was. I mean, I’m, I mean, I’m not a major winner. I’m, you know, I’m just and you know, maybe above average player on tour.”
Kevin Na dunked on Grayson Murray after Murray chirped at him on Twitter last week. He told Colt and Drew that his tweet impressed fellow pros like superstar and Twitter master Brooks Koepka.@kevinna915 | @BKoepka | @ColtKnost | @thesleezyman | pic.twitter.com/g27fwVpvx4
— SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio (@SiriusXMPGATOUR) January 17, 2022
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“Okay. And who’s this guy and nobody cares. That’s the sad part.”
Sony Open recap
The second event of the 2022 PGA Tour was quite an enthralling contest, and it ended in a playoff. Hideki won the tournament by winning the playoff.
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