Ryan McCormick could have taken issues a step too far, nevertheless it helped him keep quiet.
The recent-headed skilled golfer taped his mouth to “shut himself up” for his total spherical on Friday on the Membership Automobile Championship in Savannah, Georgia to place a cease to his on-course tantrums.
“Been having not-so-fun times this year on the golf course,” McCormick stated in a video with the Korn Ferry Tour. “Fairly offended and mad. So I figured I’ve tried a variety of issues, and I simply figured I’d shut myself up. So I put tape over my mouth.
“I imply at this level, I’ve tried about every part. I’ve learn a variety of books. I’ve talked to folks. Simply too offended on the golf course so I’ve run out of concepts, and I believed concerning the tape factor a few weeks in the past. So, simply sadly got here all the way down to that as we speak. I hoped perhaps that it might assist me. Can’t say that it did or didn’t. It actually makes you breathe. I felt like Bane, like Batman, muzzle myself.
“I mean, I’m not like proud. I don’t want to create an experience for my playing partners that’s not fair. And, you know, it’s not fair to me either or other people. Having a tough time, and that was my solution today.”
To speak together with his caddie for the day, McCormick stated he wrote down the numbers and simply “point and ask for a read.”
Nonetheless, McCormick’s technique couldn’t maintain him within the match, as he completed 1-over par, which was a shot higher than his spherical on Thursday however nonetheless fell 4 photographs again from the minimize line.
It additionally didn’t please golf followers, who referred to as him out for “attention seeking.”
“What a complete and utter joke! Imagine being an adult and doing something this childish for the whole world to see. No sponsor should want to touch the “basket case” that’s @McCormick__Ryan,” an X person wrote.
One other stated that McCormick would do “anything for clicks” and it was the “dumbest thing” to witness.
The 33-year-old American was formally with the PGA Tour for all of 2024 however was ultimately relegated to the Korn Ferry in current months after a No. 161 rank within the FedEx Cup standings.
