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When making your Masters debut you'd deliberation you would guarantee you are connected your champion behaviour.
Eyes are everyplace to make judge rules and etiquette aren't surgery astatine Augusta National.
So you wonderment what nan prestigious play club's committee will make of Spanish amateur Jose Luis Ballester's admittance that he took alleviation successful Rae's Creek during Thursday's opening round.
No, not alleviation successful nan golfing consciousness of taking a punishment stroke.
Ballester relieved his bladder connected nan 13th hole.
"I wholly forgot that we had those restrooms to nan near of nan tee box," nan 21-year-old explained.
"I really request to pee. I didn't really cognize wherever to go, and since Justin Thomas had an rumor connected nan green, I'm like, I'm conscionable going to sneak present successful nan river.
"Probably group would not spot maine that overmuch - and past they clapped for me."
Ballester qualified to nan play astatine nan Masters aft winning nan US Amateur astatine Hazeltine past year.
As contented dictates, it meant he was paired pinch reigning Masters champion Scottie Scheffler astatine Augusta National and played successful an eye-catching trio completed by erstwhile world number 1 Thomas.
Ballester endured a difficult commencement pinch 2 bogeys and a double bogey successful his opening 5 holes, earlier steadying nan vessel connected his measurement to carding a four-over 76.
After birdieing nan iconic par-three 12th, he conceded nan different notable infinitesimal successful his information came connected nan 13th.
"[It was] astir apt 1 of nan claps coming that I sewage existent loud, truthful that was benignant of funny," he added.
"The [patrons] saw me. It was not embarrassing astatine each for me. If I had to do it again, I would do it again."
Whether Augusta officials - known for their demands and implementation of strict rules - spot it arsenic a laughing matter remains to beryllium seen.
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