William Mouw wears a bracelet on his proper wrist that claims ‘NEVER EVER GIVE UP’.
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Effectively, Mouw’s dedication to that mantra was examined on Saturday when the 24-year-old went viral after carding an octuple-bogey on one notably infamous gap within the second spherical of The American Specific.
Mouw was proper close to the lower line when he confronted the par-5 sixteenth gap and shortly discovered himself in bother when his ball landed within the 18-foot deep greenside bunker.
It took Mouw a complete of 13 photographs to play the outlet, and as if that wasn’t already painful sufficient, the PGA Tour rookie was capable of get the ball out of the bunker twice solely to hit it again in.
“Oh my goodness,” an announcer on the PGA Tour Stay broadcast mentioned.
“What is occurring?”
However with every step, which was first broadcast on stay tv and later shared throughout social media platforms, Mouw had a smile on his face.
Chatting with PGATOUR.COM after lacking the lower by 9 photographs, Mouw mentioned he was “proud” of himself after capturing a five-under 67 the next day.
“Individuals know that bunker and I’m positively not the primary to get captured by the bunker and make a giant quantity and I definitely received’t be the final,” Mouw mentioned.
“It’s one thing that when it’s occurring you simply must chortle at it and settle for it and transfer on.
“Stuff occurs, golf’s a loopy recreation. Wanting on the large image and seeing issues and shifting on, having 9 birdies right now and bouncing again in a constructive approach is significant to me.”
Actually, Mouw began his interview off by telling the PGA Tour social media staff that at the least he “didn’t have a 13 right now”.
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Mouw fired off 9 birdies in his spectacular third spherical response to that 13-shot gap in Spherical 2, later including that golf is “loads like life”.
“There’s adversity,” he mentioned.
“As a participant and as a scholar of the sport and an individual of life, it’s not about dwelling on adversity. (It’s) how are you going to flip your adversity into positivity to gas you to get higher and simply take a look at the larger image.
“With out that mishap and issues like that, my recreation is correct there. I discovered loads this week. I feel I had like 20-plus birdies this week. It was an awesome week… happy with the way in which I bounced again right now.”