Over the weekend, Aaron Rodgers competed and picked up a trophy at Pebble Beach on Sunday. Rodgers, along with Ben Silverman, held on to win the pro-am portion of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by a single stroke. However, it did not come without controversy.
Speaking to the media, PGA Tour star Keith Mitchell – who finished fourth at the Pro-Am – completely dismissed Rodgers’ win at the event. He pointed out to reporters that the Green Bay Packers had a much larger handicap than he needs for tournaments like this.
“I think Josh (Allen) and I won. Aaron Rodgers doesn’t count. His handicap was crap… if we finished second to Aaron, I consider that us winning the trophy,” Mitchell said.
Rodgers was playing on a 10 handicap. It should be noted that the pro-am event was cut short to three rounds due to weather on Saturday. Rodgers said before Monday he hadn’t touched a club since before the NFL season started.
“I had no confidence coming in,” Rodgers said. “I shot 86 at Sherwood on Monday and that was with a couple balls in my pocket on some holes. And I played at Cypress [Point Club] on Tuesday with a good friend of mine … If you would have seen that you wouldn’t have expected anything this week. But something clicked in when I went to [Spyglass Hill]. Had a good round at Monterey Peninsula on Friday. Then we battled the wind the last couple days.
“But this is a pretty big deal for me. I’m not going to sugarcoat it.”
Josh Allen, Mitchell’s partner, also seemed to take exception to Rodgers being declared the winner.
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“One hundred percent (the win should come with an asterisk),” Allen said, via USA Today. “It’s only three rounds and a 2.6 handicap got 10 shots? Come on now. I don’t know. I’m not the person to ask that question. But it is what it is.”
In the end, a wins a win.
