Pro golfer tweets about Michael Sam leading "handbag throw" at NFL combine

Good times

February 26, 2014 at 6:48AM

PGA golfer Steve Elkington might enjoy building a time machine and going back 20 years to a point where A) he was a relevant player and B) his jokes had a marginally better chance of being deemed funny by, say, 3 percent of the population.

Instead, he's stuck in 2014 and he's getting hated on -- rightfully so -- for this tweet:

If you'll recall, Elkington is the same golfer who had a really FUNNY tweet about a fatal helicopter crash. Hey, Steve, maybe just sit out the next 10-20 years of social media?

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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