Hours After His $1.4 Million Win, Lee Hodges’ Win Gets Tainted By a Disrespectful News Alert

With the 3M Open concluding on Sunday on a great note, Lee Hodges became the lucky winner of the tournament by scoring under-24 in total. He won by seven strokes, after giving it all to grab a very important win. However, since this was the young golfer’s first win on the PGA tour, it is common that many golf lovers might miss out on his name or don’t know much about him.

That’s when a disrespectful news report appeared in a Minneapolis daily, shortly after Hodges won the match. And this inaccuracy on their end due to lack of knowledge about the winning golfer might have upset him as well as his admirers.

A Minneapolis paper sends out a disrespectful alert regarding Lee Hodges’ name

With his first professional victory on the Tour, the 28-year-old golfer was in a celebratory mood. With his recent success, he lifted the trophy, won $1.4 million, and received his maiden Masters invitation.

According to Golf Digest, a Minneapolis paper Star Tribune made a blunder regarding the rising star’s name. And, when they shared a news alert right after his win, it caused a stir on social media. The headline read, “Golfer no one has ever heard of blows out no-name competition at Minnesota’s PGA Tour event.” In reality, the person who was responsible for posting the breaking news, made a big mistake as they published the headline.

Furthermore, once they realized their mistake, they re-sent another headline to correct the previous one by stating, “Lee Hodges competes wire-to-wire victory at 3M Open, winning by seven shots.” This time, they used the American professional golfer’s seven-stroke triumph as a breaking news headline, which is something he deserves. 

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The blunder made by the local news channel may have irritated many golf fans. However, this was not the first time something like this has occurred. A few years back, the Palm Beach Post made a mistake in one of its headlines.

Another headline error by the Palm Beach Post

A similar instance of a headline error that was accidentally published, was made by the Palm Beach Post. It involved another golfer, Keith Mitchell, who won the Honda Classic in 2019. The fact that they referred to him as “No-name Champion” rather than by his name was extremely upsetting to learn. Later, the newspaper had to apologize to both the golfer and fans for their blunder.

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Professional golfers work really hard to be where they are, therefore it is very disheartening when they aren’t given the respectful honor that they deserve. Such mistakes not only question the credibility of the news publication, but also disrespect the players and the fans who support them. What is your take on the blunder. Do let us know in the comments below.