J.B. Holmes, 5-Time PGA Tour Champion, Gets Disqualified from US Event for Using False Name

Last week, Jonathan Bradley participated in a six-person men’s golf scramble at Franklin Bridge Golf Course in Franklin, Tennessee, USA. This event is a yearly tradition for the club known as the “Gangsome”.

The two-day competition featured 22 teams, and three flights were added after the first day. For each flight, a “Calcutta” was established, with the team with the lowest score on day two receiving 70% of the pot and the remaining 20% going to the runners-up. Bradley’s flight’s Calcutta, which was made, had $30,000, or $21,000 for the winners.

How Holmes’ Playing Under Abbreviated Name Was Discovered

At 21 under after Day 1, Bradley’s team had the lead and had its eyes set on both the trophy and a large prize. However, the club’s owner, Brooks T. West, noticed his swing after he struck his tee shot on the third hole during the second round. It seemed to him to be J.B. Holmes, he thought: “Then he hit, and I said, ‘That’s J.B. Holmes’.”

The five-time PGA Tour champion Holmes entered the competition under his first and middle names rather than the more well-known J.B. After Holmes’ identity was revealed, his team’s Calcutta buy-in was returned, and it was declared ineligible for the prize money. The group was still able to contend for the prize, which is granted to the team with the lowest combined score over the course of two days in each flight.

“They didn’t let us participate in Calcutta even though no rules were broken. The man that bought our team got his money back. Unfortunately, what was meant to be a fun golf outing with a friend has turned into a compilation of inaccuracies,” Holmes posted in a tweet on his account.

When Holmes’ team was introduced, the audience went wild, boos erupted, and then some random profanities started, according to a few members of Franklin Bridge who interacted with journalists covering the event and reported to their respective media. Then there were cries of “bullshit!” in response.

Holmes wasn’t present at a dinner to mark the end of an event and his team quickly collected the award-winning equipment and fled. The two-time Ryder Cup competitor hasn’t been too coy about what transpired, tweeting a picture of a trophy and adding the caveat that he did play scrabble under his true name, John Bradley. The American golfer continued by saying that the organizers wanted him to have the best team and to bring his best team. However, West responded to the well-known golfer that it would’ve been acceptable if he had just announced his name was J.B. Holmes.

This year, Holmes has made eight starts on the Tour. His best result was a tie for 67th at the Genesis Invitational, which he won in 2019 over Justin Thomas. He has missed six cuts overall.

What’s Calcutta in Golf?

After a day of golf, placing a friendly wager on the best betting sites for golf events and winning prizes is nothing new. The prize money, though, pales in comparison to what’s on the line when you play golf with Calcutta. What is it then?

When you bet on golfers you believe will win and they do, you win money using the Calcutta betting system. You can wager on your team or a different one. They are used in some competitions, not just in golf but in other sports as well.

Calcutta operates in golf like follows, in the simplest terms:

• Golfers place “auction”-style bids on the player or team they believe will take the title. Typically, you can bid on your own team and yourself.
• The team or golfer is won by the highest bidder.
• he auction’s proceeds are added to the pool.
• A fixed compensation from the auction pool is given to the owner(s) of the tournament champion(s).

In essence, you win if your pick of the top golfers wins. Because the specific Calcutta golf rules differ from tournament to tournament, odds and rewards are frequently calculated using gambling software. In a member-guest event, the owners of the first- and second-placed teams typically receive payouts. There are also the 3-place and/or 5-place payout systems as alternatives.

Running Golf Calcutta

What happens in a golf Calcutta? A Calcutta golf event is run in a fairly simple manner:
• Choose the golfers, golf courses, and auction participants for the tournament.
• Establish the rules of the competition. Typically, a Calcutta is an 18-hole, stroke-play competition.
• By providing all participating teams with information, prepare the Calcutta auction event.
• Start the auction so that guests can bid on a participating team.
• Permit golfers to compete throughout the competition.
• Winnings must be distributed to winning owners after the competition is over.

Relatively large sums are involved, sometimes even exceeding $30,000, which attracts some sketchy personalities. These people frequently engage in antics that wouldn’t typically be tolerated in the grill area of a country club.

Although the auction pools are minuscule in professional golf, amateurs have a lot to gain by taking part in a golf tournament’s Calcutta betting.