Not enough people know who took the famous picture of the guy with the backwards hat and ‘Make Tiger Great Again’ shirt from the PGA Championship that has since gone viral, and this photographer is out to correct that.
Meet Keith Leventhal, the photographer who captured the famous Tiger Woods shirt having fun with the Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” slogan. Here’s the original tweet:
This is my favorite shirt of the week. No contest. This is the winner. #PGAChampionship @tigerwoods @GolfNewsNet pic.twitter.com/gfyzvWgXtL
— Keith Leventhal (@KeithLeventhal) July 30, 2016
After a few retweets the picture was picked up by a variety of news outlets, online t-shirt stores, and some Instagramers. From there it was pretty much a viral hit but was missing some credit to Mr. Leventhal, and he wasn’t going to stop until credit was due.
Hey Steve…
Today we salute you, Mr. Guy who steals other people's pictures.https://t.co/ijKDMy7znp https://t.co/AE23hI1ry2
— Keith Leventhal (@KeithLeventhal) July 31, 2016
A pic credit in the tweet would be nice…
RT @GolfDigest "Make Tiger Great Again." https://t.co/NsYGwTyMAk pic.twitter.com/ejPmIpHlm9
— Keith Leventhal (@KeithLeventhal) July 31, 2016
Hey @GolfDigest…
So you guys just straight steal stuff now?https://t.co/IyG6fgHDNs https://t.co/ijKDMy7znp
— Keith Leventhal (@KeithLeventhal) July 31, 2016
Excellent "report" by @McLeanGolf…which is a link to @GolfDigest…who "reported" a story based on my picture. https://t.co/VNsg4FXc6G
— Keith Leventhal (@KeithLeventhal) July 31, 2016
Alas, Leventhal “sort of” got his credit.
Update:
Golf Digest has credited me for the picture….sort of. #MyNameIsKEITH pic.twitter.com/L3sfJIvWqd
— Keith Leventhal (@KeithLeventhal) July 31, 2016
