'Childish' golf star slammed for extreme behavior after astonishing on-course meltdown

Professional golfer Ryan McCormick took drastic measures to quell his melodramatic on-course meltdowns connected Friday, opting to portion his ain rima to 'shut himself up'.

McCormick has dropped down from the PGA Tour to the Korn Ferry successful caller months, and is presently playing astatine the Club Car Championship successful Savannah, Georgia.

After admitting helium has been struggling to power his temper retired connected the course, McCormick turned heads by putting portion implicit his ain rima for his full circular connected Friday, successful a bid to punctual himself to not shriek and shout.

'Been having not-so-fun times this twelvemonth connected the play course,' helium explained successful a now-viral video with the Korn Ferry Tour. 'Pretty aggravated and mad. So I figured I've tried a batch of things, and I conscionable figured I'd unopen myself up. So I enactment portion implicit my mouth.'

'I was hoping possibly that it would assistance me. Can't accidental that it did oregon didn't. It surely makes you breathe. I felt similar Bane, similar Batman, muzzle myself. 

'I mean, I'm not similar proud. I don't privation to make an acquisition for my playing partners that's not fair. And, you know, it's not just to maine either oregon different people. Having a pugnacious time, and that was my solution today.'

His solution was not capable to assistance him marque the cut, though, with the 33-year-old American finishing +1 for the tournament, a changeable amended than his Thursday round, but inactive 4 shots backmost from the chopped line.

McCormick spent the entirety of 2024 connected the PGA Tour but was yet relegated to the Korn Ferry aft ranking No. 161 successful the FedEx Cup standings. 

Friday's stunt did not spell down peculiarly good with play fans, who laid into him for the 'attention-seeking' move.

One idiosyncratic wrote connected X: 'What a implicit and utter joke! Imagine being an big and doing thing this childish for the full satellite to see. No sponsor should privation to interaction the “basket case” that is @McCormick__Ryan.'

Another added: 'This is the dumbest happening I've ever seen. Anything for clicks Ryan I guess.'