It’s March 18, Riggs’ first day on property at Pinehurst. The below interview has been edited lightly for clarity. What follows are Riggs’ recollections from three-plus months there, some cross between Tom Hanks in The Terminal and Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone 2 - and how those 99 days taught us more about a new approach to covering the game. Riggs’ surroundings just happened to be, well, Pinehurst. He just finished up a 99-day stint at Pinehurst - Golf Heaven.Īround the world, people have spent months living in small worlds, trapped in unexpected confines alongside unexpected company, making the most of their surroundings. But in recent months he’s gained notoriety not for travel but for lack thereof. In Melbourne, Australia, fist-bumping Tiger Woods. In South Carolina, rubbing elbows with Kevin Kisner.
At Cabot Links, taking on one of modern golf’s most iconic holes. Riggs has become known in part due to the fact that he’s always on the road. But it’s the real-life followers that he’s on his way to see, cruising from one Midwestern major championship site to the next, ready to be greeted like a conquering hero. He’s built up a brand that includes hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter and Instagram. Now? He’s one of golf’s most high-profile media members, leading Barstool Sports’ emerging coverage of the sport. The 33-year-old is driving from Erin Hills to Hazeltine National, where he’ll serve as tournament host to a full field of avid golfers who double as avid fans of Bozoian - known better as Riggs.įive years ago, Riggs was just Sam and he was slogging through a day job in sales at Chase Technologies Consultants and moonlighting as a political blogger for free. It’s early afternoon on a Sunday in late June, and Samuel Bozoian is on the road. Samuel "Riggs" Bozoian spent 99 days at Pinehurst.
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