ATLANTA – Waiting for Joaquin Niemann in the scoring area following his final-round 72 was Andy Pazder, the PGA Tour’s chief of tournaments and competition.
“Come over here, we need to talk,” Pazder told Niemann. “Listen, Joaquin, as a professional, you've disrespected the game, you've disrespected the Tour Championship. This is not how professionals act, and [caddie Gary Matthews] you've been out here a long time and you should know that and here is a fine for $10,000.”
A long furious moment passed before Pazder delivered the punchline, “I’m kidding.”
Who said the Tour can’t be fun?