Zach Johnson threw some serious shade on former Sports Illustrated and ESPN columnist Rick Reilly on Monday.
Johnson, who was named U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2023 in Italy, typically lets his clubs do his talking, but he couldn’t resist needling the 11-time National Sportswriter of the Year. Reilly, who recently launched his latest book, “So Help Me Golf,” was in Johnson’s hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on a book tour when Johnson got him good.
It all dates to 2007 when the unheralded Johnson was the surprise winner of the Masters and Reilly was hardly impressed. Speaking on Dan Patrick’s radio show shortly after Johnson slipped into the green jacket, Reilly proclaimed, “I think Zach Johnson – in 10 years – has a real chance to be your server at Olive Garden.”
