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European golfer Rory McIlroy and his wife, Erica, reportedly endured verbal abuse and had a beer thrown at them.

The writer apologizes to the McIlroy family on behalf of Americans who respect the game of golf.

When I was about 10 years of age, my grandfather, George McNeil, introduced me to the legendary American golfer Francis Quimet. As in the amateur caddy who shocked the golf world by winning the 1913 U.S. Open in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Once or twice a year now, I watch the 2005 film titled “The Greatest Game Ever Played” starring Shia LaBeouf as Quimet and shake my head in amazement that my grandfather called him a friend and introduced me to that true gentleman.

And that is what Quimet was. A “true gentleman” on and off the course. As was my grandfather.

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