It was a way to have relief. First day to 89th The edition of The Masters promises to remember the buffoonery of the Spanish amateur José Luis Ballester, who urinated in the stream of Rae from a edge of the 13th hole of Augusta National. Yes, you have read it correctly.
Ballester was completely without excuse on his actions. “If I had to start again, I would do it again,” said Ballester. Well, if you need to go, you have to go.
The 21-year-old, playing alongside Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas, sprouts through the Fairway after playing his third blow on the hole in Five. In the middle of the incredible scenes, he obtained an ovation of galleries after having shouted in the most emblematic water of golf approximately 60 meters from the 13th green.
“I completely forgot that we had these toilets to the left of the Tee box,” said Ballester. “I say to myself:” I really need to pee. I didn’t really know where to go and since I had a problem on the green, I’m like, I’m going to sneak here in the river and probably people wouldn’t see me much and then they applauded for me.
“(It was probably) one of the really strong blows that obtained today, so it was quite funny.” Pressed if he was anxious to do everything in front of an audience, Ballester added: “They (the crowd) saw me. They saw me. It was not at all embarrassing for me.”
Presumably, it was not yet a question of Ballester that Augusta National is likely to take a low vision of his public performance. Only a year ago, the Jason Day of Australia was reprimanded here for its choice of sweater. Earlier this week, a university coach was removed from the masters range to wear shorts.
The green jackets consider their land as sacred and the club has not yet commentary on the 13thth Hole episode. Ballester, the American amateur champion, is a student at Arizona State University. He opened his master’s beginnings with a 76 four on the ball.
