Richard Backwell took out the Maroochy River Legends Pro-Am.
Golf Peter Owen
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Though it’s much more casual than the usual professional golf tours – players are allowed to wear shorts, for example, and ride in carts – Australia’s Legends Tour still abides by some longstanding traditions.
One is that winners must wear long pants at the presentation.
And that presented a problem for Richard Backwell, whose round of four under-par 68 earned him the title at Friday’s Maroochy River Legends Pro-Am. Richard Backwell, in his borrowed long pants, delivers his victory speech.
Backwell had given so little thought to his chances of winning that he turned up at Maroochy River in just his shorts and golf shirt, and had to borrow trousers from a fellow pro, who had a spare pair in his car.