Bubba Watson in report to cards ace by hitting fanatic taking into account purpose, makes fine team once Lexi Thompson

Usually, getting belted by a golf ball isn’t fun for anyone on the go, but in this court act, it was.

On Day 1 of the QBE Shootout regarding the order of Friday, Bubba Watson bent it summative to Bubba in this area Tiburon Golf Club’s par-4 13th, driving it right to the green. The ball would then ricochet off a follower’s arm and slip just feet from a hole-in-one.

After the shot, cameras honed in regarding the spectator as he pulled occurring the sleeve in relation to his Buffalo Bills T-shirt to conduct yourself off his scuffle scar upon the side of his upper right bicep. Watson signed his glove and gave it to the addict in the to the lead sinking his eagle putt. Watson later signaled to the adherent one last era in the prematurely heading to No. 14.

In the decline, everyone left Tiburon glad after Round 1, especially Watson and his playing scarf Lexi Thompson, who regarding carded an improbable ace of her own upon the par-3 fifth. Despite creature three shots off the benefit after that a 59, the two were rest not quite how their round went.

“I think we did enjoyable roughly ham-and-egging it out there,” Thompson, the showground’s lone LPGA artist, said. “I made a few birdies upon the front and later he came through upon the lead, hitting upon the drivable hole to roughly 10 feet and also making a 2 upon his own ball. That’s all comfortable behind scramble and just vibrant as a team. It was just a lot of fun. I enjoyed watching him behave for the first get older in person, hence I’m looking talk to to the neighboring two days bearing in mind him.”