FORT WORTH, Texas – Max Butcher and his buddies felt as if they had front-row seats at Colonial, even in the bushes with no spectators allowed on the course.
The group of five recent graduates from nearby TCU stood in a small gap between a row of shrubbery and a chain-link fence Saturday.
They had a view of the fourth and fifth holes during the third round of the PGA Tour's first tournament in three months.“This is as good as it gets right now, and I can’t complain,” said Butcher, who has been in that spot multiple days this week.
They had to push through gaps in the bushes to get to there but Jack Kurz, who stood next to Butcher, said the close-up view made it “almost better than getting a ticket." There were no tickets for anyone, not.