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Professional Golfer’s Classy Move For Fan He Inadvertently Hurt

One thing that is a universal with professional athletes is they HATE when anything they do during competition that injures a fan.  Whatever happens to them?  Fine.  They signed up…

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One thing that is a universal with professional athletes is they HATE when anything they do during competition that injures a fan.  Whatever happens to them?  Fine.  They signed up for it.  It's part of the game.  Fans?  All they've signed up/paid for is to watch and cheer-not to get hurt.  You may not know this, but this happens pretty much every day in a professional golf tournament.  A golfer hits a tee shot and some 300 yards away, some unsuspecting fan gets nailed by a ball.  MOST of the time, a bruise is all that occurs.  Traditionally, the golfer seeks out the fan, signs a golf glove and gives it to their unintended victim.  However, last weekend the souvenir for injury was taken to the next level.  One of the top golfers in the world, Cam Smith, hit Blake Krassenstein on the thumb while playing the Fedex St. Jude Championship in Memphis.  This thumb was also holding an iPhone.  The thumb was fine, the iPhone was smashed.  Smith gifted the usual signed golf glove, but that's not all.

Yup, Cam Smith ordered the dude a new iPhone and it was rush delivered.  Classy move.  Then again, why not?  Smith has earned more than $10 million on the course this year.  A new iPhone to him was like you and I buying a piece of gum.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.