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In the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, Bubba Watson got upset when he hit a mudball at Albany Golf Club. So, he first said “Mudball” toward the ball, then he turned toward the divot and yelled “Mudball!”
playing ball down today. pic.twitter.com/xQaiIuLjoL
— Matthew Wiley (@wiley77) November 12, 2020
Jon Rahm had just won the 2020 Memorial Tournament against the deepest non-major field in the history of the Official World Golf Ranking. Then Amanda Balionis with CBS Sports told Rahm he would likely be penalized because he accidentally moved his ball before chipping in on the 16th green.
Jon Rahm celebrated an ace at the 2020 Masters after skipping his ball across the pond on the par-3 16th. The ball then found dry land with some speed, rolled out toward the back of the green, then took a big left turn down the green’s slope and into the hole for only the second known skipper ace in Masters history. His second in two days, Jon Rahm skips his...
During the 2016 British Open, Thomas Pieters broke his golf club, snapping it in two, and threw the pieces in a gorse bush at Royal Troon, so as to hide the evidence that was clearly caught on video.
Patrick Reed (alongside wife Justine) gives a thumbs up to the TV camera that has found him courtside at an NBA game after winning the 2018 Masters.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was playing golf with President Donald Trump when he fell back into a bunker after being unable to climb all the way out. It was all captured in hilarious overhead footage.
John Daly got so frustrated at the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits that he threw his golf club right into Lake Michigan after a frustrating tee shot on a par 3. It was retrieved from the water by a fan in a boat.
Patrick Reed snapped his golf club over his knee and broke it in two in frustration after a terrible chip at the 2019 US Open at Pebble Beach. At least the backdrop was pretty!
Sergio Garcia was playing a tournament on the Asian Tour when he got frustrated with a tee shot and threw his golf club directly into the water, then kept right on walking.
Rory McIlroy grew so frustrated playing the revamped Blue Monster at Trump Doral that hew threw his golf club into the water. Donald Trump presented the 3-iron back to McIlroy the next day in a ridiculous stunt.