You may not see them both on the leaderboard, but at this year’s Masters, there will be two Scott Stallings.
On Monday, Golf WRX reported on a bizarre incident that resulted in 60-year-old real estate agent, Scott Stallings, receiving the Augusta invite meant for 37-year-old world number 54, Scott Stallings!
Even if both have wives named Jennifer, and all live in Georgia, the elder man cannot have failed to be surprised when Jenny (yes, that one) let her husband know of the mail delivered by UPS.
According to The New York Times:
“You just got invited to the Masters,” Jenny Stallings told her husband as he unpacked the car. Both are “very casual golfers,” they said; they enjoy a round or two but are not quite up to the level needed to compete alongside the likes of Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.
Still, Stallings snr. (for identifying purposes only) had a moment thinking his dream had come true.
“I was like ‘OK, well, I have this invitation,’” Mr. Stallings, 60, said. “It had my name on it. What are the chances?”
It would have taken some sort of deception to let this enthusiastic amateur tee it up come April, but all’s well that ends well, and the professional player has invited his hero along to play a practice round.
Journalist Dan Rapaport tweeted on Tuesday that confusion had apparently caused the error, with a mix-up over management companies to blame.
Just caught up with Scott Stallings. He’ll be hosting the Other Scott Stalling at a Masters practice round in April!!!
Turns out the invitation was sent to a now-defunct management company, and the Other Scott Stallings owns a condo adjacent to the building. Wild coincidence. https://t.co/2JyadS3p0v
— Dan Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport) January 3, 2023
The New York Times continued the story of the handover:
On Monday, the two Scott Stallings’ and their wives spoke on the phone and made arrangements to get the invitation to the right Scott Stallings.
The golfer said in an interview on Tuesday that he had invited Mr. Stallings, the real estate agent, to dinner and a practice round at the Masters to thank him for agreeing to send the invitation.
2It was just nice to see someone doing the right thing,” the golfer said, adding: “I was just relieved that it physically existed.”
Don’t believe it? Well, here’s a video that the Stallings’ took outside the UPS store, just before they handed the invitation to the rightful owner.
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“I promised you I wasn’t kidding! Package mailed. My wife made me do it! You’re Welcome!” says Scott, addressing the three-time PGA Tour winner, just about ready to tee it up as one of 39 select invites at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
At least that invite made it to the right place
