The video of Adam Hadwin destroying a sprinkler head throughout final week’s Valspar Championship proved to be fairly hilarious.
The incident got here through the second spherical as Hadwin performed the tenth gap.
Instantly after duffing his third shot into the greenside bunker, Hadwin slammed his membership into the turf.
However unbeknownst to him, Hadwin hit a sprinkler head together with his wedge, which precipitated the highly effective jets to spray water in every single place. This all got here after he shanked his strategy from the center of the green, leaving the previous Louisville Cardinal fairly heated.
His spouse, Jessica, who’s a social media star herself, wrote in regards to the sprinkler spray seen world wide for Scratch:
“On the tenth gap, it seems Adam was within the neighborhood of some type of sprinkler malfunction,” Jessica wrote.
“Two sh*nks in a single gap (10) is just not good for a person’s soul. I really feel for him and critically hate seeing him look beat down by golf.”
All Hadwin may do was stand there and supply a “Sorrey” in his trademark Canadian accent as water gushed throughout him. He then made a double-bogey six and in the end carded a 5-over 76, lacking the minimize by three.
However Hadwin did greater than supply a responsible apology later within the week. Not solely did he pay for the sprinkler head that he broke, however he additionally purchased lunch for the whole Valspar Championship workers and Innisbrook Resort grounds crew.
Ryan Stewart, the Director of Agronomy for the Innisbrook Resort, shared the information on social media:
Hadwin’s transfer to make amends with the workers was gracious and confirmed large class.
He’s again taking part in on the Texas Youngsters’s Houston Open this week, hoping to place that poor end on the Valspar Championship behind him. Thus far he has. Hadwin presently sits at 3-under par and in a tie for thirty fifth halfway via the second spherical. A lightning delay halted play on Friday afternoon, forcing Hadwin and the afternoon wave to shelter indoors.
Scottie Scheffler owns the lead after firing an 8-under 62 on Friday morning. He’s 11-under and leads Taylor Pendrith, a fellow countryman of Hadwin, by a stroke.
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying Via. Observe him on X @jack_milko.
