Rocco Mediate (left) was not happy with Collin Morikawa’s actions after losing to Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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Collin Morikawa suffered an overwhelming loss on Sunday at Arnold Palmer Invitational. He then chose not to sit for a press conference after the round, which did not sit well with the six -time winner of PGA Tour and the Hero of Golf Cult Rocco intermediary.
Explanation of Morikawa to players
Morikawa seemed to be on his way to Bay Hill win with three holes to play. But then Russell Henley entered the Eagle at 16 to steal the trophy from the Morikawa syllable.
Although he got on Instagram to reflect on the loss (“This hits”), he did not explain himself to the media on Sunday. That finally happened on Tuesday during him Championship press conference.
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In the players, Morikawa strongly defended his decision to leave Bay Hill without talking to reporters, saying he “owes no one”.
“Yes, it just gets hot. Just bored,” Morikawa said about his feelings after losing. “Like I don’t owe anyone anything. No insult to you guys, but for me at the time of that time, I didn’t want to be around anyone. Like, I didn’t want to talk to anyone. I didn’t have the sorries. I didn’t need any ‘good games’. Like, you are just whisper. “
Morikawa then claimed that if the time had been different, he may have acted differently, but he was feeling “drained” after a busy day that included a pre-randy exercise.
“Honestly, if it were an hour later, I would have talked to you guys, but an hour later I was going to get here because I didn’t want to be in Orlando anymore,” Morikawa said on Tuesday. “But I just felt like I was putting everything I did in, let’s call it, seven hours of my time being there, or not, a few hours before I was presenting, physics, training. Look, my whole routine, I was just drained.
“I get it. Like you guys you are there to understand how we played and how things went, but in my view, as I just didn’t want to talk to anyone, and I think it’s right for myself, you know. “
Rocco intermedies back fires
Media, who won six PGA Tour titles and five PGA Tour Champions titles in his long career, heard the Morikawa’s recording of players. And to say that he disagreed would be a massive underestimation.
on Siriusxm PGA Tour Radio Displayed Tuesday night, he fired in the two -big champion for his actions in Bay Hill.
“The biggest horse bunch – you can sometimes say, period. I mean, this is the weakest, more selfish waste you can ever say, “Media said.
Then he shared the advice he received from the host of the late arnold Palmer tour who conflict directly with the opinion of Morikawa.
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“Mr. Palmer told me one thing that gripped with me. (He said,) ‘You know what, Roc, it’s easy to get inside and talk to someone when you win or when you play well, but can you do it when you don’t? This is the key. ‘”Mediated intervention. “Of course (Morikawa) can not, well, so stop talking to me,” I don’t want to talk to anyone. “”
He went on, “Your job is to tell people what happened. I don’t give a sh – about your morning training and all that shit. Tell me what happened. You lost? You beat. That’s what happens.
Media also rejected Morikawa’s statement that he has no responsibility to talk to the media after the rounds.
“He said,” I owe nothing to anyone. “Indeed, he does. The people who are watching. Reporters who attack their donkey to write stories about our bad donkeys. And I get this sh-? No, pathetic. You can say it all, I don’t care. Come on me, we’ll talk about it.”
Palmer, who died in 2016, traditionally shook the hand of Arnold Palmer’s inviting winner in the green 18 after the last Putti fell. Media argued that if Palmer was there Sunday for the loss of Morikawa, he would “shoot it down”.
“I mean, if Mr. Palmer had been there, he would have kidnapped, I tell you, it would not have been beautiful, it would have been public. “I’m not sure if I was clear. Was I clear or was it a little unclear? Man up, talk about him and be. ”
Media lessons by Arnold Palmer
Best mediated for his duel with Tiger Woods to the US Open 2008. He tried himself to fans of golf forever, when he went foot-to-foot with Tiger over 91 holes in Torrey pines, eventually losing in the 19th hole of Monday’s Play off.
This was not the first time that mediation has shown reverence for Palmer, one of the greatest and most beloved players of all time.
In a golf podcast appearance earlier this year, intercede shared another valuable lesson that Palmer taught him about behavior as a golf player. It almost belonged to the treatment of fans properly.
“Mr. Palmer taught me one thing I would sit in his office a million times and he would say, ‘You look at people in the eyes’. He said, ‘If they are dumb as they go out and see that you play Golf, you better give them something for their money.’ He hit the donkey. And he’s like, ‘see them. Hello. What is going on? Talk to them. I don’t care where you are. Say hello. Just give them something, ‘”Media said in supbar.” So I learned to do it. He taught me how to be. ”
