For a second, after relieving himself, Ballester thought he had avoided the public’s eye as his back was turned to the grandstand while he went in Rae’s Creek. Instead, as he finished up, he was met with a round of applause.
“Probably one of the claps that I really got today, real loud,” Ballester said after opening with a 76. “So that was kind of funny.”
His big mistake was not realizing there was a restroom near the 13th tee box. This is the first Masters for the Arizona State senior.
Using the course to relieve oneself is not all that unusual in golf; players will often duck into the woods or go somewhere away from the crowd. But there’s no hiding at Augusta National, and for Ballester, this was no time to wait.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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