Grammy-winning music artist Darius Rucker might have a new excuse to come to Delaware more often.
The frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish hit the links at Rock Manor Golf Course in Wilmington on Thursday, before gigging at The Met Philadelphia later that night.
He was with his drummer Jeff Marino.
Rock Manor superintendent Mike Fagan and assistant superintendent Marc Foster joined Rucker and Marino on the green Thursday, cruising beside the entertainers in a separate golf cart.
“They were just amazed at how great the condition it was in during this time of year, and they were saying they’d love to get back here and play the golf course in season,” Foster said, adding this was the musicians first time visiting the course.
The four of them (who are in a group photo here on Facebook) shot the breeze at Rock Manor, playing a friendly round of golf where they didn’t keep score. They made small talk about golf.
Part of that discussion was about the Wilmington course’s soft grass, compared to crunchy surfaces that golfers experience at courses on the East Coast during harsh winters.
