New York Jets star Sauce Gardner desires your golf swing recommendation (critically)

The primary rule of golf Twitter is don’t discuss golf Twitter, however the second rule is much more necessary.

Don’t ever, beneath any circumstances, settle for swing advice from golf Twitter.

Evidently Sauce Gardner nonetheless has so much to be taught. The 23-year-old famous person cornerback for the New York Jets is a latest addition to the golf web, however his star has already grown precipitously. Gardner has began taking part in golf throughout a uncommon downbeat within the NFL offseason, and although he’s solely two weeks into his journey with the sport, it’s clear to even probably the most passive observer of his social media feeds that he has gotten the golf bug badly.

“This drive simply went 240+ and straight, however it appears like I’m hitting an iron (kind smart) (sic) and never a driver,” Sauce tweeted earlier this week, sourcing the web for fixes to his golf swing. “Drop ideas beneath.”

The submit rapidly went viral, and resulted in responses from what felt like half of the golf business hoping to get a bit of the Jets’ eponymous younger star. Quickly TaylorMade and the PGA of America had responded with ideas relating to Gardner’s membership setup and kind, and Gardner’s recreation had improved in variety, together with video proof of his first birdie.

Within the days since, Gardner’s Twitter account has been floor zero for a man with some huge cash and a newfound obsession with golf. He revealed to the general public that he’s constructing an indoor golf simulator in his home for play through the soccer season, has fielded invites from a lot of non-public golf equipment within the New York metro space, and even earned an invitation from Bryson DeChambeau for a private golf lesson. On Friday morning, he greeted his Twitter following by sharing the contents of the earlier night time’s dream.

“Had a dream I hit a hole-in-one on a Par 5,” he posted. “Awakened and informed myself to maintain dreaming.”

In his first-ever 18 gap spherical, Sauce carded a 96 at Forrest Hill Area Membership, a personal golf course in Bloomfield, N.J. Within the aftermath, Gardner shared one other batch of swing photographs — this time of Scottie Scheffler — asking for recommendation on learn how to higher mirror the World No. 1’s place on the prime of the backswing. After just a few hours value of replies, he responded once more.

“I really like Golf Twitter,” Gardner mentioned.

The love affair has been swift and critical between Sauce Gardner and golf — so swift and so critical that even the PGA Tour’s official social channels have joined in on the enjoyable from this week’s Rocket Mortgage Basic, asking gamers for his or her suggestions on his swing.

“Sauce is simply getting going,” Rickie Fowler mentioned in his press convention Friday, smiling. “I like the chances.”

The sensation, it seems, is mutual.

James Colgan

Golf.com Editor

James Colgan is a information and options editor at GOLF, writing tales for the web site and journal. He manages the Scorching Mic, GOLF’s media vertical, and makes use of his on-camera expertise throughout the model’s platforms. Previous to becoming a member of GOLF, James graduated from Syracuse College, throughout which era he was a caddie scholarship recipient (and astute looper) on Lengthy Island, the place he’s from. He could be reached at [email protected].