Under the “In case you missed it” category, former PGA Tour player Tripp Isenhour was sentenced for that bird he killed last year.

Isenhour entered a “no contest” plea and was sentenced to a year’s probation, four hours of anger management classes, and 100 hours of community service, 40 of which he has to do at a wildlife or animal shelter. He bought out the rest of the community service time for $1,500. He also paid a $500 fine.

He shouldn’t have been allowed to buy out his time. This wasn’t some lark, excuse the excruciatingly bad pun. It was no accident. A red-shouldered hawk’s loud chirps annoyed Isenhour while he was filming a video called, ironically enough, “Playing like a pro.”

Isenhour took aim at the bird not once, not twice, but 10 times before knocking it out of a tree and killing it.

The case got a lot of attention and, of course, Isenhour blamed the media.

He ultimately admitted responsibility.

Still, what a colossal jerk.

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