PGA Tour Website Gives Thomas Pieters a Photoshop Haircut

Thomas Pieters finished second behind Rickie Fowler at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. He’s a former NCAA champion and has two wins on the European Tour. On Tuesday Pieters shared the picture below that obviously shows his hair has been altered on the PGA Tour’s website.

"Guess the PGA Tour doesn’t like my curly hair, so they gave me a photoshop haircut… The pic on the left is the Official PGA Tour head shot, the pic on the right is the original. ? ???? #fail #WhereAreMyCurls @pgatour"

PGA spokesman Ty Votaw issued the following statement regarding Pieters’ hair cut.

"“In the standard process of prepping new headshots for broadcast TV, electronic scoreboards and other uses – which always requires a bit of retouching and color-correction – our vendor was a bit too heavy-handed in the editing of Thomas Pieters’ photo. The image has been returned more closely to the original photo – although some editing is always required – and reissued to our database. We regret this sequence of events and meant no disrespect to Thomas. We think he has a great head of hair.”"

Come on guys, do better.