ATLANTA – Georgia senior Lee McCoy learned an important lesson last week: Don’t mess with your coach.
On the range with a few teammates, McCoy tried to imitate the swing of Bulldogs coach Chris Haack, who has been dealing with back and leg injuries. McCoy got close to the ball at address, hunched over and “tried to swing like a 90-year-old.”
Only problem? He got hurt.
McCoy went to hit a normal shot and couldn’t move. Turns out he had dislocated a rib under his left shoulder blade.
“I couldn’t breathe,” he said. “I knew something was wrong.