Airline Loses Golfer's Clubs Before U.S. Open Qualifier

Well, this certainly blows chunks.

A professional golfer by the name of Michael Buttacavoli decided to withdraw from a US Open qualifier in Florida last week.

And what would compel him to do such a thing?

American Airlines misplaced his clubs.

Sadly, this actually did happen.

Here's the most unfortunate exchange between Buttacavoli and the incompetent major airline:

Thank u @AmericanAir. 1 golf bag w/ priority tags on plane & the only bag u can't find. Unfortunately have to WD from @usopengolf sectionals — Michael Buttacavoli (@mbutta326) June 5, 2017 We want to reunite you as quickly as possible. Please verify your bag tag number via DM. — American Airlines (@AmericanAir) June 5, 2017

Yeah, that definitely reads as bitter.

Of course, dude had little interest in taking the high road at this point.

At least one resident of Twitterland wondered the obvious question aloud:

Why not just give it a go with some rentals or borrow some? Hate that for you — Matt Fiddler (@fiddler_on_roof) June 5, 2017

Well, here's why:

Searched for my bag + filed missing bag report. Wouldn't have made it by then. I leave tmrw to DR for next event and need clubs — Michael Buttacavoli (@mbutta326) June 5, 2017

Hopefully, the 1644th-ranked player in the world can locate those clubs before his next event.