Who could have guessed that Jason Dufner, of all golfers, would blow up into an Internet meme? But that's exactly what happened on Thursday after
Deadspin posted this photo:
What's the explanation? Dufner was making some sort of appearance at a kindergarten class in Dallas, in conjunction with his "media day" duties as the defending champion at the Byron Nelson Classic. Dufner's overall silly look - the pooched out belly, the limp arms and legs, that pout - caught the eye of Keegan Bradley, who tweeted the photo.
Soon, the Twitter hashtag "#dufnering" was born, and others started tweeting pics of themselves Dufnering.
Not surprisingly, the best of the early efforts came from Bubba Watson:
(Yes, for those who don't know, that is the real General Lee from
The Dukes of Hazzard, which Watson owns.)
Before long, "#dufnering" shot to the top of Twitter's trending topics. Jason Dufner himself weighed in on Friday morning, offering this explanatory tweet:
Complete with the #dufnering hashtag! Well done, Jason.
Here are some of the other pro golfers who have gotten in on the Dufnering "craze":
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| Michelle Wie dufnering on the Mission Hills Walk of Champions |
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Keegan Bradley, Dustin Johnson and Brandt Snedeker
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| Rickie Fowler |
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| Karen Stupples |
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| Luke Donald |
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Rickie Fowler again, dufnering at Bubba's house
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| Sandra Gal (and stuffed animal) dufnering |
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Senior major winner Roger Chapman
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| Rory McIlroy (continuing his early season slump) |
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| LET golfers in Morocco: Amelia Lewis and Holly Clyburn |
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| Paula Creamer (and her Pink Panther) |
And here's Ian Poulter with another contender for the "Best #Dufnering by a Pro Golfer Who Is Not Jason Dufner" award:
Soon enough, Dufnering came full circle when Jason Dufner himself posted a photo of himself doing it Friday morning in the Auburn University athletics department weight room:
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This should set the "Golfers are athletes too!" discussion back about 2 decades . . .
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