Charley Hull was forced to play with a different set of clubs after she arrived in Los Angeles without them for this week’s LPGA event.
The star golfer tweeted her disappointment at British Airways after the airline had failed to put them on her flight. She still hasn’t got them.
Soooo @British_Airways I have a golf tournament to play on Thursday, but my clubs are still at Heathrow š … can you plz get them on the next flight to LA! Thanks! š
Hull finished four-over par and in a tie for 96th after the first roundĀ in Los Angeles. The tweets suggest she cited the new equipment as the key problem in her round.
She is not the first golfer to have experienced airline disasters. After all, not everyone has the luxury of a private jet like Mickelson, Stenson, Woods and co.
Rory McIlroy
Last year, four-time major winner McIlroy tweeted American Airlines after his clubs had been misplaced on a flight to Dublin, Ireland, for the Irish Open. Quite an embarrassment for the official airline of the PGA Tour.
Hey @united landed in Dublin yesterday morning from Newark and still no golf clubs… Sort of need them this week… Can someone help!?
Chris Wood survived a disaster of his own before the 2016 Masters.
The Englishman revealed that his bag went AWOL at Atlanta airport, and was subsequently advised by the airline to hire a set of clubs on the eve of one of golf’s biggest tournaments.
His Mizuno clubs were found and returned to him just before the start of the tournament.
Wood, bemused by the situation, said: “I said I need them for my work, I need them next week and she said if you can hire a set weāll refund you the money. I didnāt really have a response to that. You canāt blame her for that but I Tweeted it and a lot of people found it quite funny.”
I couldn't help but laugh when the lady helping me locate my clubs said 'if you can hire a set we will refund the cost' #themasters#hireset