And though it labored out in the earlier spherical — apart from his slip — he had much less luck on Sunday, mishitting his chip and ultimately having to accept a triple-bogey on the 13th gap.
‘That’s going to be a spotlight that is performed on social media’
The 34-year-old, playing in a group with three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, hit his second shot on the No. 13 gap into the water of Rae’s Creek.
Horschel, as a substitute of abandoning the ball and taking a shot penalty, determined to take drastic motion.
The world No. 17 eliminated his shoes and socks and rolled his white trousers as much as his knees as to maintain them dry when he went in the water.
After making the outfit change, he rapidly popped as much as the inexperienced to verify the place he was aiming. But, on his journey back all the way down to the ball, catastrophe struck.
With no shoes on, Horschel’s toes slipped on the excellent grass and he slipped over fully to the delight of the watching patrons and many on social media.
He rapidly hopped back up, with a massive smile on his face, and amusingly requested five-time main winner Mickelson to verify how soiled his white trousers had been.
“I said: ‘How bad is that grass stain going to be?’ And he said: ‘There may not be one there.’ And he looked and said: ‘Yeah, there’s one there, sorry, buddy,'” Horschel stated in his post-round press convention.
“Obviously that’s going to be a highlight that’s played on social media or maybe Augusta or the Masters will take it off. But I was hoping to make the putt so at least it would be something funny from it.”
To be truthful to Horschel, and with muddy trousers and moist toes, he was in a position to collect himself and chip his submerged ball efficiently as much as the inexperienced, ultimately two-putting to save lots of a par.
After opening rounds of 76-71, he began the day three over and 10 photographs off Justin Rose’s lead.
