I'm late to the party but to throw in my 2 cents...
1. On the Hammes incident, first thing I noticed was the camera was weirdly close. I understand space was limited but I can see how that can be annoying. It's no one's fault if the camera guy didn't have more room. As a pro it's just something you have to deal with.
2. Hammes' horrible shot is one we've all made, and I'm guessing most of us have felt the burning rage after throwing a few of those in a round. You want to throw your bag in the lake, maybe punch someone, maybe just leave. That acute anger can really take hold, and sometimes there's nothing you can do to calm down in the moment. That's the nature of individual sports, you can't blame anyone else (and you look like an idiot if you try).
3. I wish Simon's take was accurate (Hammes was a bit miffed but the camera guy is a friend and all was cool afterward), but Hammes' social media post blew that out of the water. It's a bizarre story that I haven't seen corroborated (camera guy intentionally getting under his skin). I find it hard to believe and if true, that guy should never work a tournament again.
4. Hammes' social media post obviously made things much worse, and arguably was more egregious than the incident itself. He's very young so he'll have to learn: you suck it up, take ownership of your part of whatever happened and effing APOLOGIZE for acting unprofessionally. He can plead his case behind the scenes if what he claims about the camera guy is true. But acting unprofessionally ever, regardless of the circumstance, is a blot on your reputation and never okay, period. This is difficult in the heat of battle, but it's part of being a pro. Doubling down is more worrisome than the act itself, because he should have had time to compose himself and be the bigger man. If it happens again it's going to stick with him and hurt his career.
5. Eagle is close in age to Adam and showed us in his interview that he's light years ahead in his mental game. We're lucky as fans to have these years ahead of us to watch him develop and hopefully dominate. He's our next big superstar. Don't be surprised if he puts up numbers like Paul in '15, just shredding every tournament in sight. His game is insanely fun to watch and he's a quality person you want to root for. One of many unique characters we're lucky enough to have and a huge asset to the game. There's going to come a time when Paul plateaus as Eagle is peaking, and those battles are going to be legendary.
6. Hats off to all the media folks for the awesome coverage as usual, and to Drew for absolutely killing it from the chase card, hanging in there and taking it down. This was the most exciting tournament we've had so far this season.