Masters 2024: Gary Player makes wild scoring claim at Augusta. Either truth is dead or we need to hit the gym | This is the Loop

After a delayed begin as a consequence of climate, the Masters acquired underway this morning with the ceremonial first tee photographs hit by Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Gary Participant. However the annual unofficial begin to the Masters occurred a couple of minutes earlier on the vary, when Participant issued his newest flaming scorching take (see earlier: the Masters is the worst main).

Whereas warming up for his tee shot, Participant, 88, spoke at size about many matters starting from the significance of gratitude, household, religion, love of nation (kiss the ground!), geopolitics and far, far more. We’ve come to count on nothing much less from the eccentric nine-time main winner and three-time Masters champion.

But his most stunning declare was about his personal golf sport, with Participant asserting to Amanda Renner that he has shot below his age 3,000 instances in a row. Placing apart the details of his completed profession and that he striped his opening tee ball down the green, let’s break down Participant’s newest take.

Let’s suppose Participant has shot below his age precisely 3,000 instances in a row. Time for some math. The South African would wish to have performed a spherical of golf EVERY DAY for over eight years to succeed in that quantity.

In different phrases, Participant must have performed golf each single day since he turned 80 years outdated, and in every a type of rounds he has shot beneath his age.

OK, what about enjoying 5 rounds per week, so round 260 rounds a 12 months. That might take him 11.5 years to succeed in his 3,000 declare. A modest three rounds per week? That might imply Gary Participant has shot his age in each spherical for almost 20 years.

Given Participant is such a health guru and stays energetic, we’ll be beneficiant and suppose his rounds-per-week is within the five-or-so vary. Nonetheless, meaning it’s been almost 12 years since Participant has shot above his age. Not one dangerous day the place you get on the bogey practice?

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