Country Singer Owen Posts 86 In Web.com Tour Event, Gets Into Twitter Spat Mid-Round

I'm usually a defender of sponsor's invites and the silly scores that have come with them. But I'm not sure if country singer Jake Owen (Nashville Open first round 86) taking to Twitter mid-round is the look a tournament or the PGA Tour was hoping for since Owen was pushing back at a player unhappy at seeing a spot wasted. How Owen saw the mention among his 2.28 million followers is unclear, or when he found the time to bang out a Tweet as he was racking up a huge score is also not clear.

Either way, he fired off a less-than-gentlemanly reply to Doug Walker:

No prob Doug. I’m +11 now and tweeting during my round. I’m playing as hard as I can. I have 8 holes left if you want to come out and kiss my ass. https://t.co/UMeFWFKLVP
— Jake Owen (@jakeowen) May 24, 2018

Walker challenged Owen to some charity fundraising via birdies--of which Owen made zero in round one--and it appears all are on board with others pledging money to Brandt Snedeker's foundation, the beneficiary of the event, reports Golf World's Christopher Powers.

One of Walker's many follow-ups:

Alright @jakeowen you called me out for my tweet. Well done and well played back 9. @GolfWorld @GolfDigest picked it up and my response was $50 per birdie tomorrow to your charity so go low and let's see if anyone else that came at me will pony up as well @WebDotComTour
— Doug Walker (@DougWalker21) May 24, 2018