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Irish Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Ex-golfer's gives his side of the story on Padraig Harrington row
Ex-golfer Roger Maltbie has given his side of the story on his row with Padraig Harrington which went viral during last week's US Senior Open. Harrington and Maltbie - who works as an on-course reporter for NBC in America - clashed during the Irishman's second round with video footage of the pair exchanging words on the course receiving countless shares on social media. In the video, Harrington can be heard telling Maltbie 'you've played golf all your life, you understand,' while Maltbie says 'I'm not a player.' Maltbie has since broken his silence on the row and has explained that the disagreement stemmed from Harrington's unhappiness that Maltbie wasn't helping to find his ball after he skewed a ball into the rough. 'I can't do it from inside the thick of the trees,' Maltbie told 'So I stayed outside, and then [Harrington] walked near me and he said, 'You could help search for the ball,' and I just didn't respond. The odds of finding it were slim.' 'Every time I tried to explain to him [my position], he said, 'It's poor etiquette. It's golf etiquette to help somebody in search for a ball, and that I should know better after the years of playing,' Maltbie said. 'I tried to say, 'Listen, I have a boss. I'm not a player,' and if I were a spectator or certainly playing with him, I would have helped him search for his ball. But I was under instructions. It just wouldn't work. But he wanted no part of it. 'I was very close to saying, 'All these years, all these checks I've gotten from NBC, your name isn't on any of them. I mean, his caddie works for him, so I'm sure his caddie does what Padraig tells him to do. Well, I have an employer, and if they tell me basically what I'm going to do or what they want from me, I have to honor that. But he just doesn't see it that way.' Harrington certainly didn't allow the misunderstanding to upset him too much as the Dubliner produced some sparkling golf over the weekend to take home the title by one stroke and receive a cheque fo $800,000.
San Francisco Chronicle
4 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Search and annoy: Harrington, NBC's Maltbie caught in tiff over lost ball at US Senior Open
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A video of Padraig Harrington arguing with NBC on-course reporter Roger Maltbie for not helping him look for a lost ball during his opening round is generating buzz at the U.S. Senior Open. 'Never on a golf course stand and look at somebody looking for a golf ball,' Harrington is seen telling Maltbie on video captured by a local TV reporter outside the scoring area. 'You've played golf all your life. You understand.' The argument stemmed from Thursday's round, when Harrington teed off into a thicket of trees on the 15th hole. After about a dozen people unsuccessfully searched for the allowed three minutes, Harrington went back to the tee box for his third shot. He ended up saving bogey, and went into the weekend tied for the lead. Maltbie, the longtime on-course reporter who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and '80s, was in the area. He told on Saturday he was being asked to report on the scenario and couldn't step away from his job to help in the search. A day after the episode, Harrington and Maltbie aired out their differences near the scoring area. Maltbie can be heard telling Harrington, 'So I should have disobeyed my producer?' ___
Fox Sports
4 days ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Search and annoy: Harrington, NBC's Maltbie caught in tiff over lost ball at US Senior Open
Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A video of Padraig Harrington arguing with NBC on-course reporter Roger Maltbie for not helping him look for a lost ball during his opening round is generating buzz at the U.S. Senior Open. 'Never on a golf course stand and look at somebody looking for a golf ball,' Harrington is seen telling Maltbie on video captured by a local TV reporter outside the scoring area. 'You've played golf all your life. You understand.' The argument stemmed from Thursday's round, when Harrington teed off into a thicket of trees on the 15th hole. After about a dozen people unsuccessfully searched for the allowed three minutes, Harrington went back to the tee box for his third shot. He ended up saving bogey, and went into the weekend tied for the lead. Maltbie, the longtime on-course reporter who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and '80s, was in the area. He told on Saturday he was being asked to report on the scenario and couldn't step away from his job to help in the search. A day after the episode, Harrington and Maltbie aired out their differences near the scoring area. Maltbie can be heard telling Harrington, 'So I should have disobeyed my producer?' In the interview with he said: 'I was very close to saying, 'All these years, all these checks I've gotten from NBC, your name isn't on any of them." ___ recommended in this topic
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Search and annoy: Harrington, NBC's Maltbie caught in tiff over lost ball at US Senior Open
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A video of Padraig Harrington arguing with NBC on-course reporter Roger Maltbie for not helping him look for a lost ball during his opening round is generating buzz at the U.S. Senior Open. 'Never on a golf course stand and look at somebody looking for a golf ball,' Harrington is seen telling Maltbie on video captured by a local TV reporter outside the scoring area. 'You've played golf all your life. You understand.' The argument stemmed from Thursday's round, when Harrington teed off into a thicket of trees on the 15th hole. After about a dozen people unsuccessfully searched for the allowed three minutes, Harrington went back to the tee box for his third shot. He ended up saving bogey, and went into the weekend tied for the lead. Maltbie, the longtime on-course reporter who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and '80s, was in the area. He told on Saturday he was being asked to report on the scenario and couldn't step away from his job to help in the search. A day after the episode, Harrington and Maltbie aired out their differences near the scoring area. Maltbie can be heard telling Harrington, 'So I should have disobeyed my producer?' In the interview with he said: 'I was very close to saying, 'All these years, all these checks I've gotten from NBC, your name isn't on any of them.' Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. ___
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Best Michigan private golf courses ranked: Alister MacKenzie gem still No. 1
Michigan has dozens of excellent private golf courses and country clubs. Some are among the best in the United States and the world. Golfweek (part of the USA TODAY Network like the Detroit Free Press) has released its highly anticipated 2025 rankings of each state's best private golf courses, including the top 15 in Michigan. Advertisement And the names at the top are among the most celebrated in all of golf. Crystal Downs retains the title as No. 1 golf course in Michigan. Finished in 1933, it is a top-50 golf course in the world, according to According to Crystal Downs, the owners convinced the world's most renowned architect, Alister MacKenzie, to detour his train trip from the West — after finishing work on Cypress Point Golf Club in California — to the East Coast on his way home to England. MacKenzie, traveling with his associate Perry Maxwell, wasn't all that enthused and perhaps more annoyed than anything, but his demeanor changed when he saw the dunesland in Frankfort overlooking Lake Michigan. Dr. Alister MacKenzie, Scottish golf course designer in the sport's Golden Age of architecture. "For roughly 10 days, he worked feverishly with Mr. Maxwell, selecting the course routing, painting green complexes and creating the eighteen-hole design that remains essentially unchanged today," the club's website says. "Mr. Maxwell returned in the spring to supervise the commencement of the course construction, and subsequently returned each summer, living in a farm house aside what is now the 8th fairway, until 1933 when the back nine was finally completed." Advertisement TRENDING: World-class designer bringing talent to metro Detroit for golf course rebrand Crystal Downs remains unaltered from its original design, according to the club. It is one of two MacKenzie course designs in Michigan; the other is at the University of Michigan, ranked in 2022 by the Detroit Free Press as the No. 1 course in metro Detroit. The top five private golf courses in Michigan, according to Golfweek, stayed the same as 2024. The restored Oakland Hills (South) in Bloomfield Township is No. 2, Kingsley Club in Kingsley is third, Dunes Club (nine holes) in New Buffalo fourth and Franklin Hills in Franklin fifth. See the entire top 15 below. Advertisement Golfweek's rankings come from a rating panel of hundreds of everyday golfers, who evaluate courses from 1-10 based across 10 criteria, and file a single, overall rating on each course. Criteria include routing, greens, variety and memorability of par 3s, 4s and 5s, and course conditions. Those overall scores are averaged to produce Golfweek's annual Best Courses lists. If you're looking for Michigan's best public golf course options — from the more than 650 to choose from — we already covered Golfweek's top 20 in Michigan. Find the complete list of Michigan's top 15 private golf courses, as ranked by Golfweek. RANKED: Michigan's best 20 public golf courses for 2025 Michigan best private golf course rankings for 2025 by Golfweek Advertisement T14. Point O'Woods Golf and Country Club, Benton Harbor (14) T14. LochenHeath Golf Club, Williamsburg (N/A) Dropped: Country Club of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Farms (13). Check out Michigan's best 20 public courses, and read more from Golfweek's best private courses. Stay connected and stay informed. Become a Detroit Free Press subscriber. Marlowe Alter is an assistant sports editor at the Detroit Free Press and spraying golf aficionado. You can reach him by email: malter@ This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Best Michigan private golf course rankings for 2025: Top 15
