PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – The path from the 18th green at Spyglass Hill to the parking lot behind the clubhouse is about 100 yards, a circuitous route that this week is lined with plenty of star-struck fans.
By the time he reached the end of that winding trail Thursday, Justin Timberlake still had chants of “Justin!” and selfie requests ringing in his ear.
It’s nothing new for Timberlake, but this particular afternoon the standard roles of star and fan were reversed. It was Timberlake, the all-world entertainer with more than 51 million Twitter followers, who couldn’t get his mind off the golfing spectacle he had just witnessed.