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Blair laughs off DQ: 'It wasn't that big of a deal'

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Zac Blair arrived at TPC Sawgrass with a new putter and several more Twitter followers.

That was to be expected after what happened last Friday at Quail Hollow, where he was disqualified for using a non-conforming club.

How his club became damaged was the interesting part – Blair said that after missing a 5-foot putt, he whacked himself in the head with the putter shaft, causing it to bend slightly.

“It wasn’t overly hard,” he said Wednesday, “but it was hard enough to do something. It wasn't that big of a deal.