By Frank Pingue AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 10 (Reuters) – Former British Open champion Mark Calcavecchia was ejected from this week’s Masters for violating Augusta National Golf Club’s strict no-phone policy, according to a Golfweek report. The 65-year-old American, who won the 1989 British Open at Royal Troon and was an honorary invitee to the Masters, […]
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By Frank Pingue
AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 10 (Reuters) – Former British Open champion Mark Calcavecchia was ejected from this week’s Masters for violating Augusta National Golf Club’s strict no-phone policy, according to a Golfweek report.
The 65-year-old American, who won the 1989 British Open at Royal Troon and was an honorary invitee to the Masters, was ordered off the premises on Wednesday on the eve of the year’s first major.
“I’ve got nothing negative to say about Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters, so I think we should literally hang up right now,” Calcavecchia told Golfweek before ending the call.
Calcavecchia’s agent Ben Harrison told Reuters he had no comment on the matter, and Augusta National did not immediately respond when asked to confirm the report.
Calcavecchia, a 13-times winner on the PGA Tour, competed in the Masters 18 times, with his best result coming in 1988 when he finished runner-up to Briton Sandy Lyle.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Augusta, Georgia, editing by Ed Osmond)