An novice golfer from Georgia lived each weekend hacker’s dream when an invite to the Masters just lately confirmed up in his mailbox.
The invitation was really meant for PGA Tour professional Scott Stallings, who made the Masters area by qualifying for the season-ending Tour Championship in 2022.
In a tweet on Tuesday, the actual Scott Stallings mentioned he had been checking his mailbox 5 occasions a day for the invitation, which by no means arrived. The opposite man reached out to Stallings on Instagram to let him know that he had it, after Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership had mistakenly despatched it to his rental.
“Hello Scott,” the person wrote. “My title is Scott Stallings as nicely and I am from [Georgia]. My spouse’s title is Jennifer too! … I obtained a FedEx at the moment from the Masters inviting me to play within the Masters Event April 6-9, 2023. I am [100%] certain that is NOT for me. I play however wow! [Nowhere] close to your stage.”
Actually had been checking the mailbox 5 occasions a day after which I received this random DM yesterday 🫠 pic.twitter.com/yMvUYm3ioK
— Scott Stallings (@stallingsgolf) January 2, 2023
The person supplied to ahead the invitation to Stallings.
“It is a very good package deal full with the whole lot wanted to attend,” the person wrote. “I believe we’ve some confusion due to our names, our spouse’s names and geographical location.”
Talking Monday on the Sentry Event of Champions, Stallings mentioned he beforehand had a sports activities administration firm that had an workplace in St. Simons Island. The opposite man’s rental is subsequent to the workplace constructing, and Stallings can solely assume the supply particular person figured that is the place the invitation belonged.
Stallings mentioned he wasn’t too involved about his lacking invitation, as a result of he thought it was a part of an elaborate gesture from his spouse.
“Truthfully, I believed my spouse had it and was doing one thing for Christmas,” Stallings mentioned Monday. “However then nothing got here, and we left two days after Christmas. I did not even take into consideration.”
The 2 Stallings will each be making appearances at Augusta, with the PGA participant saying Monday, “We’ll give him some practice-round tickets and take him to dinner on Monday night time for doing the best factor.”
Stallings, 37, has gained thrice on the PGA Tour, most just lately on the 2014 Farmers Insurance coverage Open at Torrey Pines. Ranked 54th on this planet, Stallings final performed within the Masters in 2014, when he missed the reduce. He tied for twenty seventh on the Augusta Nationwide in his solely different look in 2012.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.
