I agree it was probably not meant to be disrespectful at all. But I would have thought at least someone at the local newspaper would have looked at the ad and asked the guy “are you really, really sure you want to do this?”
Another article I read said they did this in ‘11 and ‘12 too
that is a good point
let’s say, as it probably happened that way, the the pro/ manager of the shop really did think it was a great way to honor the day, golfers do have their own world
so the person at the paper who assigns the ads never looked at it?
must have been a golfer too