Grayson Murray Is Back: Fires Veteran Caddie Mid-Round
/Thanks to reader JD for Aaron Schoonmaker's Wells Fargo Championship report on the latest dust-up for PGA Tour rookie Grayson Murray. A Grade 1, All-Conference Twitter point-misser, Murray apparently got into an "altercation" with veteran caddie Mike Hicks, formerly of Payne Stewart fame.
Worse, Hicks has been on the bag for Murray at Q-School and Web.com Tour play. Not anymore.
Murray, and his caddie Mike Hicks, got into an altercation on the ninth hole Sunday in the final round at Eagle Point Golf Club in Wilmington. Hicks then dropped the bag and handed his smock to a replacement caddie selected by Murray from outside the ropes.
According to sources, the replacement caddie was a friend of Murray named Alex.
The altercation came following a bogey on No. 8 that sent Murray to 1-over for the tournament. Murray then bogeyed Nos. 11, 15 and 18 to finish the event at plus-4.
Murray is scheduled to be part of Wednesday's first-time participants press gathering at The Players.