Kelly Kraft Goes After John Peterson On Twitter To Defend Tour Life
PGA Tour player Kelly Kraft took exception to a John Peterson Tweet after John poked at another Tour player Chesson Hadley’s travel misadventures. GolfWrx.com’s Gianni Magliocco has the details.
Peterson, who officially retired from the professional golf in September after failing to keep conditional status on Tour having missed the cut at the Web.com Tour Championship, replied to Hadley’s post in typical forthright fashion.
Hey man, the money ain’t always worth it. I saw my family today, and yesterday, and the day before that, and that, and that, and that, and that. #fam
— John Peterson (@JohnPetersonFW) October 23, 2018
Hadley responded to Peterson’s post, telling the 29-year-old that although he agreed that his last tournament wasn’t worth it, “the one before that was”, referring to his T2 finish at the CIMB Classic which netted him over half a million dollars in prize money.
The curt reply from Hadley appeared to end the affair, until Kelly Kraft came to the table, indignant at Peterson’s remark.
Don’t knock us on the @PGATOUR for living our dream of playing golf at the highest level. Especially when you know damn well you would be too if you didn’t lose your status. We still see our families, You can take as many off weeks as you want if you work hard and are good enough
— Kelly Kraft (@kkraft11) October 23, 2018
Kraft, who is currently ranked 157th in the world, clearly felt Peterson’s opinion represented resentment at his failure to secure his playing rights for the 2019 season. Despite his assertions that he’s all good with Peterson but feels that “he’s out of bounds with this one,” the dispute is not the first on social media between the two.
Earlier this year, Kraft called Peterson “so bitter it’s unreal,” and after the latter posted news of his application for reinstatement for amateur status, Kraft asked Peterson: “So you still want to travel around and play golf, but now you just don’t want to make any money doing it?”
After Kraft’s recent scolding of Peterson, the former PGA Tour professional simply stated “Here we go” in response.
Sometimes social media is wonderful. Except when it isn’t. You have to commend Kraft for sticking up for his fellow peer and profession, but maybe this needn’t occur in a public forum?
