Jason Dufner’s Auburn pride is constantly on display. The 2013 PGA Champion has given speeches to Auburn University athletic teams, including their football team and basketball team, and even had a road named after him. But during the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, his Auburn pride was displayed for a more solemn reason.
During The Open Championship, Dufner had a “43” patch added to his golf bag, prime marketing real estate for a golfer, to honor and remember an Auburn community favourite. The number 43 was worn by the late Philip Lutzenkirchen, a tight end and leader on the 2010 national championship team. He died in a car crash on June 29 at the age of 23. “I wanted to let (Lutzenkirchen’s) real-close friends and family members know that people in the Auburn family were thinking about him, and that we weren’t going to forget him,” Dufner said. Watch the video above for the full story – a class act by a class player.
Source: Golf Channel
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