In The Latest Golfer Vs. Air Horn Showdown, Keith Mitchell Lost His Shit At THE PLAYERS Championship
I can’t remember the last time I laughed so many times in a row at a golf clip. And it’s more in solidarity with Keith Mitchell than anything else. Like “Yup, was there!” Every once in a while, the pros hit like brave weekend warriors.
Before we get back to the main point of the blog – MPOB, could that be an acronym that is catching on? – I admit it. I ripped you off a little with that headline. Unless your mind doesn’t immediately jump to the following:
Mine did. Gave me an excuse to plug it in and hopefully make you laugh. A quick google search told me people do this shit all the time. You will never beat the original. I’m sure the Donkey Boys weren’t the first to do it. I just made it a turning point of cinema for an impressive young lad.
Back to the goal with a pure SPORTS-related analysis of this engraving.
Difficult here for Keith Mitchell. The terrifying dilemma of trying to get your last shot before the ominous air horn blows you off course due to inclement weather. He must have guessed that thing was about to honk. Or maybe not. Either way, SUCKS. This man is a beast with the big club by the way, he ranked first on the PGA Tour this season in overall driving, first in strokes won: off the tee and hitting it for 311 yards on average.
Unfortunately for Mitchell, the par 4 fifth hole went south and he seemed to know it the second after impact. hell reaction. This air horn added insult to injury. Had he waited seconds longer, that drive would not have been hit.
The twinkle-toed caddy stepping back to see where the ball landed was a detail I didn’t see until about the fifth time, and it really got me. Even better is the fact that there were no announcers around to make the call. Just total silence as the ball sliced right and went into the pond.
That is, until that classic caddy-player swap:
– “Did it cover?”
– “It has not.”
– “It went into the water?”
– “Yes.”
Giphy images.
I hope Keith Mitchell and his caddy dust themselves off from this icy (but sorry, very funny) exchange and shrug off a tough outing at TPC Sawgrass.
The PGA Tour plans to make their official Twitter highlights embeddable. It really pisses me off that they don’t do it. Because otherwise, you might spot this little gold nugget in which a passionate fan blessed Keith Mitchell with the nickname “Cashmere Keith.” That had to make his day at least a little brighter, right?
Cool! Oh wait, you can’t see it here. Switch to a new window to view it.
The PGA Tour is awesome and I’m just kidding and nagging.
If it’s any consolation to Mitchell (Narrator: It’s not), the fact that he tried to hit a cut shot to shape it down the dogleg’s right fairway, clearly overcooked it to lose even more distance, and quiet carried the ball 299 meters in the air is an overwhelming display of power. I care very little what the wind did. Although it’s a bad shot, you get an idea of this man’s driving skills.
But in the age-old duel between golfer and airhorn, that booming burst of boisterous noise defeated the golf-ball-whacker guy once again.
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