{"id":573625,"date":"2026-04-09T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573625\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:55:09","slug":"mark-calcavecchia-kicked-out-of-masters-grounds-for-using-his-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/573625\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Calcavecchia kicked out of Masters grounds for using his phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a major champion doesn\u2019t exempt you from the Masters\u2019 hardline no-phone policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That lesson was learned the hard way by 1989 British Open champ Mark Calcavecchia, <a href=\"https:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/majors\/masters\/2026\/04\/08\/masters-phone-policy-sends-mark-calcavecchia-out-of-augusta-national\/89521248007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Golfweek reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Calcavecchia was taken out of Augusta National Golf Club by security on Tuesday for using his phone, though not many details are known about the entire situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Golfweek reached Calcavecchia for comment, he didn\u2019t deny that he had been kicked out for breaking the rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39033424\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2213205229.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Calcavecchia of the United States plays his shot from the ninth tee during the continuation of round one on day two of the Insperity Invitational 2025 at The Woodlands Golf Club on May 03, 2025 in The Woodlands, Texas. \" class=\"wp-image-39033424\"  \/>Mark Calcavecchia of the United States plays his shot from the ninth tee during the continuation of round one of the Insperity Invitational 2025 at The Woodlands Golf Club on May 03, 2025 in The Woodlands, Texas. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got nothing negative to say about Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters, so I think we should literally hang up right now,\u201d he said before hanging up on Golfweek reporter Adam Schupak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Augusta National Golf Club has not publicly commented on the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 13-time PGA Tour winner played in the Masters tournament 18 times during his career and finished as the runner-up in 1988.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday wasn\u2019t the first time that a former pro was removed from the grounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former tour player and Golf Channel broadcaster Charlie Rymer was caught using his phone and kicked out in 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.34914361;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39033432\" width=\"796\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2166422475.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Calcavecchia of the United States hits his second shot on the 13th hole during the second round of the Rogers Charity Classic at Canyon Meadows Golf &amp; CC on August 17, 2024 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  \" class=\"wp-image-39033432\"  \/>Mark Calcavecchia of the United States hits his second shot on the 13th hole during the second round of the Rogers Charity Classic at Canyon Meadows Golf &amp; CC on August 17, 2024 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.   Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Rymer was credentialed to cover the Masters for Westwood One radio when he exited the media center to talk on his phone. He was caught by security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ex-pro reportedly broke into tears, but security was unmoved by the situation and still forced him to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Arizona State University men\u2019s golf coach <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/09\/sports\/arizona-state-golf-coach-matt-thurmond-kicked-out-of-masters-practice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Thurmond was removed<\/a> from Augusta National for violating another one of the club\u2019s strict rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thurmond went to say hello to former ASU golfer Kevin Yu and was removed for wearing shorts on the course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are additional rules that will run someone afoul of Augusta National, including wearing socks to dinner. Pairing the green jacket with jeans and sitting on the range are both prohibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Being a major champion doesn\u2019t exempt you from the Masters\u2019 hardline no-phone policy.\u00a0 That lesson was learned the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134878,427,3332,99,51195],"class_list":{"0":"post-573625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-augusta-national","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-pga-tour","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-the-masters"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}