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PALM BEACH GARDENS — A Lombardi Trophy wasn’t in the cards for Tua Tagovailoa this year, but the Dolphins quarterback still has some new hardware to add to the collection in 2024.
The stage for the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches is set after Tagovailoa − along with Bachelor TV star and Jupiter native Tyler Cameron, “professional YouTube golfer” Micah Morris, and PGA Tour pros Min Woo Lee and American Express champion Nick Dunlap − carded a 19-under 52 to win the event’s Celebrity Pro-Am on Wednesday.
“Like I said out there on the range, I kind of knew we were going to win, came in here thinking we were going to win,” Tagovailoa said. “We won.”
Once the microphones and cameras ventured to capture hot sound bytes from other groups, quick friends were made on the fairways as the foursome started the afternoon with Lee as their pro.
Tagovailoa bounced down the fourth hole of the Champions Course at PGA National with a grin:
“Now I can say what I want.”
Tagovailoa remembers Alabama days on the fairway
Min Woo Lee takes a selfie with Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, Micah Morris, and Tyler Cameron during the pro-am of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at PGA National Resort & Spa on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
On the sixth hole, the guys started joking with each other in Southern accents after Morris mentioned he was a native of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Cameron mentioned a viral skit from comedian Drew Desbordes, better known as “Druski,” in which the social media celebrity was seen at an Alabama football tailgate among drunken fans shouting, “I don’t give a …. ’bout ‘nothin’ but the Tide, baby.”
Tagovailoa, who played and won a national championship for the Crimson Tide, lined up for his next drive with a smile.
“Don’t give a …,” he said. Before he could finish the…
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Author : Palm Beach Daily News
Publish date : 2024-02-29 13:02:27
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