Sorry for McCarron
"It's not easy to come up and face that person, look them in the eye and apologize, and he did that and was very sincere. And I accepted the apology. I appreciate him (McCarron) being a big enough man to do that." Said Phil Mickelson, when he was talking about his interview, in which he shifted his angst from Scott McCarron’s accusation of “cheating” to the USGA for its “ridiculous” manner of handling the new rule on grooves.
It’s unknown that whether McCarron will face a disciplinary action from the PGA Tour for his choice of words, but finally McCarron apologized and Mickelson accepted it, and the drama could be closed.
Unfortunately, Scott McCarron learned a hard lesson this past week during Groovegate. We want out athletes to answer pointed questions but when they do, somehow their honesty is then frowned upon.
McCarron is a good man who answered a specific question. Should he have used the word cheating? Absolutely not. Should he have chosen his words more wisely? Probably. But he was asked about Phil using the wedges and answered the question honestly.
Whenever an athlete gives a bland, vanilla answer, everyone says he never answers the questions. So next time when an athlete does answer, let’s not destroy his integrity. Let’s debate the topic that he’s asked and answered. Not the person himself.
