Davis May Have Missed His Secret Service Calling: First Noticed 'Jungle Bird' On The Seventh Tee

Brett Cyrgalis talked to Mike Davis at the airport and learned this about the Executive Director's Sunday, which ended with a takedown of a strange man invading the trophy ceremony.

“I was officiating the last group [Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell], and the first time I saw him was on the seventh tee,” Davis said. “He was shouting a ‘cuckoo’ there, but when they were set to play he stopped and was respectful.

“I just thought, ‘Boy, look at that way he’s dressed,’ ” Davis said. “It’s just one of those things.”

Comments

[BrianS]

So he has to officiate groups during the event as well as be CEO? Seems like he has delegation issues.

[The O]

And, eyeballing people dressed strangely in San Francisco? As a former resident, I can assure you that would normally be a full time job in and of itself.

[DTF]

That the freak even made it within a 100 yards of the ceremony dictates that Davis would have washed out of the secret service training on day 1...especially since Davis had already noticed Bird Man earlier in the day!

All joking aside, Bird Man said he made it up so close by blending in with a media horde. Seems like the USGA has some SERIOUS tightening up to do on the credentialing and monitoring of the media.