I've had a lot of action on the site the past couple of days due to a post on Sunday night about J.B. Holmes not shaking tournament host Jack Nicklaus' hand after a disappointing final round of 77. According to Jeff Rude of Golfweek, Holmes apologized to the Golden Bear soon after...
He (Holmes) maintains he “idolizes” the Golden Bear and didn’t see him standing there among other committee members dressed similarly.
“I would never do anything like that,” he told Golfweek through an aide.
When he learned of the situation through a call from his father-in-law, watching from home, Holmes hurriedly walked back down the hill, apologized to Nicklaus and told him he hadn’t seen him, according to the Holmes camp.
Holmes said Nicklaus told him not to worry and thanked him for coming back to visit.
