One Masters winner was embroiled in a huge controversy not too long after slipping on the green jacket.
The Masters is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world, if not the most prestigious.
Augusta National has played host to some of the greatest champions ever to grace the game.
There have been some really interesting goings on at Augusta throughout the years.
Perhaps one of the most famous stories in the history of the tournament was when Lee Trevino boycotted playing in The Masters for three years in his prime, after falling out with Cliff Roberts – the co-founder of Augusta National and the chairman there from 1931 until 1976.
Rory McIlroy‘s win at The Masters this year and Tiger Woods’ outstanding triumph in 2019 were two of the most dramatic finishes in recent years.
However, one event within the past decade may well go down as having the most surprising winner of the 21st century.
Danny Willett’s only PGA Tour win came at The Masters
There have been some truly memorable Masters moments in the past.
However, nine years ago produced arguably one of the most dramatic final rounds the patrons at Augusta have ever witnessed.
Danny Willett shocked the golfing world when he won The Masters in 2016, after Jordan Spieth crumbled on the back nine of his final round.
Willett had never won a PGA Tour event before his incredible victory at The Masters and amazingly, he is still yet to win another.
The 37-year-old is an experienced winner on the DP World Tour though, with eight titles to his name.
While his win at Augusta National sent shockwaves around golfing circles, it was what happened just a few months after that victory that really raised some eyebrows.
The Englishman’s brother embarked on a truly shocking character assassination of the American Ryder Cup fans.
Willett’s brother once called American Ryder Cup fans ‘classless’
Willett was a part of the European 2016 Ryder Cup team, but his brother made his task of winning points against the Americans an almost impossible one.
In a shock move, Willett’s brother – Pete – took aim at the American fans ahead of the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.
“They need to silence the pudgy, basement-dwelling, irritants, stuffed on cookie dough and pissy beer, pausing between mouthfuls of hot dog so they can scream ‘Baba booey’ until their jelly faces turn red.
“They need to stun the angry, unwashed, Make America Great Again swarm, desperately gripping their concealed-carry compensators and belting out a mini-erection inducing ‘mashed potato’, hoping to impress their cousin. They need to smash the obnoxious dads, with their shiny teeth, Lego man hair, medicated ex-wives, and resentful children. Squeezed into their cargo shorts and boating shoes, they’ll bellow ‘get in the hole’ whilst high-fiving all the other members of the Dentists’ Big Game Hunt Society.”
For what it’s worth, Willett lost his two four-ball matches on Friday and Saturday respectively.
He then lost 5&4 to Brooks Koepka in the singles on Sunday.
His brother did Willett a great disservice by saying the things that he did, and he undoubtedly regrets that now.
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