There’s numerous speak surrounding Masters novice Jose Luis Ballester this week, and every headline appears to be much less about his {golfing} expertise than the final.
First, there was his hat, wildly upsetting golf purists.
Then, if anybody remained un-offended, Ballester, 21, proceeded to pee in Rae’s Creek.
Now, his girlfriend goes viral, too.
If Ballester is to be the subsequent huge factor in golf, Hayden Riley James might be proper there with him.
James supported Ballester all all through the week — unceremonious although it ended, with the reigning U.S. Newbie champion from Spain lacking the lower after taking pictures scores of 76 and 78.
Regardless of his all-too-soon ending — and far of the golf world wanting him banned from the Masters for his antics — James remained happy with her boyfriend and posted a number of pictures to her Instagram feed to that impact.
The golf, and wider world, have responded; for as a lot adulation as she is heaping on James, the web is bestowing much more onto her.
Ballester is a school golfer at Arizona State and earned a spot within the 2025 Masters after successful the U.S. Newbie final summer season.
His hat on the primary day of the holy event featured his college’s crew title, the Solar Devils, in an upside-down font — a trend development unbeknownst to most individuals above Ballester’s age, and subsequently most people watching the Masters.
Followers felt the hat was unprofessional and too aesthetically displeasing for an occasion so storied and grandiose.
However Ballester was simply getting began.
“I utterly forgot that we had these restrooms to the left of the tee field,’’ Ballester defined after he was caught peeing into Rae’s Creek.
“I really want[ed] to pee [and] didn’t actually know the place to go, and since [Justin Thomas] had a problem on the inexperienced, … [I decided] to sneak right here within the river and [figured] folks wouldn’t see me that a lot.’’
Ballester finally apologized, however solely after claiming, “If I had to do it again, I would do it again.”
“I already apologized to the club, and I think we just move on from this moment,” Ballester stated.
He could also be prepared to maneuver on from that second, however after the polarizing, viral week, followers aren’t practically as keen. Ballester and his girlfriend, it seems, are right here to remain.
