Bill Murray Tells Deane Beman to Get Out of the Caddyshack

PEBBLE BEACH —  Bill Murray is teed off at Deane Beman and vice versa.

The comic actor, fuming over criticism of his on-course antics at the AT&T; Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, took aim at the PGA Tour commissioner with criticism of his own.

He began an interview Friday with New York’s WCBS-TV by “asking for the resignation of Deane Beman.”

Then, he lashed out at the tour commissioner, saying Beman was pursuing the decorum of golf to ridiculous heights.

“It’s a Nazi state out here,” Murray complained. “He’s trying to ban us from the tournament because it’s too much fun. He’s out of touch. He’s just another screwhead too big for his britches.”

Murray, who draws one of the biggest galleries at the tournament, has had several run-ins with golf officials.

He irritated Beman at last year’s tournament when he pulled an elderly woman out of the grandstand on the 18th hole at Pebble Beach and dragged her into a bunker. Earlier this week, Beman called that behavior “inappropriate and detrimental.”

Murray’s pro playing partner, Scott Simpson, said everyone should just lighten up.

“This isn’t the U.S. Open,” Simpson said. “In two years, (Murray) never swore, never told a dirty joke. And that’s more than some pros out here can say.”