The DP World Tour is on and Brooks Koepka is leading the likes of Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, and Phil Mickelson. The craze for golf, however, isn’t restricted to the men participating in the $15 million purse competition. McLaren spearhead Zak Brown and senior driver Lando Norris are quite the fans of the grassy course as well. The duo recently took a day off and teed off a few. However, the team boss has endured some severe criticism since the start of the brand-new season and that continued when he posted a picture from their outing.
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Playing golf is one of Lando’s favorite pastimes. He often practices his putting skills in the paddocks before the start of a session or a race. Norris recently went out for some long-range shots as well with grid competitor and fellow Briton, Lewis Hamilton. The duo was there with Hamilton’s uncle and played until dawn. That is at least what the photos and the video Lewis posted suggest.
Zak Brown bears the brunt of fans’ anger despite a day off with Lando Norris
McLaren, even before the start of the season, was struggling to keep up with their targets. Resultantly, the car they sported for the first three races wasn’t the final product. That showed in the results as Norris, for the first time in his career, finished lower than 15, not once, but twice in a row (P17 in Bahrain and Jeddah). The undesirable results saw the Papaya Army make the team CEO the scapegoat, demanding his resignation on multiple occasions.
The anger continued to flow as Zak recently posted a picture from a golf course with Norris and his friend Max Fewtrell. Max is a former racer himself and often features in the McLaren star’s Twitch streams. He is also currently a part of Lando’s venture, Quadrant.
Have a look at how fans reacted to the picture posted by Zak on Twitter.
i acc didn’t realise it was zak brown and just thought they were playing golf with one of their granddads
Showing these boys how it's done! @LandoNorris and @Max_Fewtrell - ready for the @DPWorldTour?
i do love to see max and lando together I would just really appreciate if that misogynistic prick wasnt inbetween them..
Showing these boys how it's done! @LandoNorris and @Max_Fewtrell - ready for the @DPWorldTour?
GET AWAY FROM THEM YOU FUCKING WEIRDO
Showing these boys how it's done! @LandoNorris and @Max_Fewtrell - ready for the @DPWorldTour?
Zak sported an Augusta Masters branded polo shirt. That, for some reason, became a subject of trolling as well.
Zak Brown in an Augusta National polo? Is nothing sacred
how to built a losing team? or, how to take a once great team and make it a losing team?
Hopefully, they are not using McLaren golf equipment. Just kidding.
One fan had a sly dig at the caption Zak wrote on the post.
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McLaren, like every other team, will introduce the first bout of changes to their car for the upcoming Azerbaijan GP. Do you think those changes can help turn their fortunes or have the rivals created a big enough gulf between them and the Papaya team for them to overcome?