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Apparently, winning on the PGA Tour doesn’t guarantee they’ll spell your name right

Published

11 years ago

Jun 24, 2015

We doubt Tiger Woods ever had this problem: last year’s Travelers Championship winner, Kevin Streelman arrived to hit balls on the range at TPC River Highlands to find he’d acquired an extra “e” in his last name.

Kevin Streeleman, ladies and gentleman.

Kudos to Streelman for not going ballistic, kicking the sign to pieces, demanding respect and withdrawing from the tournament.

Webb Simpson retweeted Streelman on the matter, and added an item from the FedEx St. Jude two week’s ago featuring “Defending champion Harris English” AKA Ben Crane.

Nothing lets you know you’ve made it as a tournament-winning golfer on the PGA Tour like having your name misspelled or being misidentified. The latter is probably worse. I mean, who was captioning the photo and thought, “Well, I don’t know what Harris English looks like. Don’t know what Ben Crane looks like either. But hey, this guy looks like a Harris, I think I’ll go with him.”

Sidebar: Why would you want to win the Masters Green Jacket when you can win the FedEx St. Jude lab/CVS pharmacist coat with sweet patch?

Tough moments, indeed.

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Ben Alberstadt

Ben Alberstadt is the Editor-in-Chief at GolfWRX, where he’s led editorial direction and gear coverage since 2018. He first joined the site as a freelance writer in 2012 after years spent working in pro shops and bag rooms at both public and private golf courses, experiences that laid the foundation for his deep knowledge of equipment and all facets of this maddening game. Based in Philadelphia, Ben’s byline has also appeared on PGATour.com, Bleacher Report...and across numerous PGA DFS and fantasy golf platforms. Off the course, Ben is a committed cat rescuer and, of course, a passionate Philadelphia sports fan. Follow him on Instagram @benalberstadt.

6 Comments

marcel

Jun 30, 2015 at 12:35 am

get you wondering – they have paid job and work 1 week a year and ^%$%$ everything up.

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Ian

Jun 24, 2015 at 3:15 pm

Sweet patch or sweat patch? Lol

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May be typos

Jun 24, 2015 at 1:50 pm

Pti said justin spieth won the masters

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MarkCPA

Jun 24, 2015 at 10:27 am

“Sidebar: Why would you want to win the Masters Green Jacket when you can win the FedEx St. Jude lab/CVS pharmacist coat with sweet patch?”

Actually, that’s not a white pharmacist coat at all. It’s a seersucker jacket. Each Sunday during the final round of the FESJC the volunteers and tournament management wears seersucker. The winner of the FESJC is presented with a seersucker jacket at the trophy presentation and that’s what you see in the picture.

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- IunderstandHumour
  
  Jun 25, 2015 at 3:15 am
  
  Please tell me you realise that he was joking…
  
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  - Adam
    
    Jun 27, 2015 at 4:48 pm
    
    I actually don’t think he was.
    
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Photos from the 2026 PGA Championship

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2 days ago

May 11, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site for the second major of 2026: The PGA Championship from Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

The tournament’s location, just outside Philadelphia, and its status as a major championship mean GolfWRXers are in for a treat: WITBs from a strong field, custom gear celebrating the PGA Championship, and the rich culture of the City of Brotherly Love — we have noted a relative absence of cheesesteak-themed items thus far this week, but most of the rest of the usual suspects are well represented.

Check out links to all our photos below.