Pucks
Using the Stanley Cup as a ball marker is by far the biggest flex we've ever seen
Following his Open Championship win, Xander Schauffele's father, Stefan, called the claret jug "the coolest trophy in sports." The Stanley Cup would like a word.
Much like the Stanley Cup, Xander's claret jug will double as a magnet as he parades it around for the next 365 days. But the sheer size of the Stanley Cup, forcing it's current owners to have to hoist it over their heads with two hands wherever they take it, gives it the edge in the "coolest trophy" discussion. It also travels and sees much more in the ensuing year after its won than a claret jug might. In the last two weeks alone, it's been to the Jersey Shore, St. Louis, Mo., Minnesota and practically all over Canada.
As of this past weekend, it was still in Canada in West Vancouver, the home of Florida Panthers' right winger Sam Reinhart, who scored a career-high 57 goals this past season in a breakout year. The 28-year-old brought the Cup back to his hometown to show it off before taking it out to the golf course and, naturally, using it as a ball marker on the green. Possibly the biggest flex we've ever seen:
Imagine playing in this group? What are you supposed to say? "Hey Sam, you got a flat marker instead?" Would not be well-received. We'd just take our medicine and putt around it. By the way, are those mini Stanley Cups being used as ball markers in too? Sure looks like it.
This calls to mind the time when U.S. curling legend Matt Hamilton used his gold medal as a ball marker:
Quite the flex, too. Somehow, though, the gigantic Stanley Cup still takes the cake here.