PGA Tour Pro Ruins His Trousers But Not His Scorecard After Comical Fall Into Creek

Wesley Bryan made one of the pars of the year after tumbling into a muddy creek and ruining his trousers at the Sanderson Farms Championship

Wesley Bryan falls into a creek at the Sanderson Farms Championship
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Wesley Bryan had one of the more unusual pars you'll ever see as he ruined his trousers but not his scorecard after falling into a creek at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

Bryan saw a part of the Country Club of Jackson that few golfers see on the PGA Tour when he ended up the wrong side of a creek on the par-five 14th.

An errant 3-wood from the fairway went miles left, crossing the creek and landing in the woods, but Bryan found his ball and was always going to play it.

He showed a decent leap to jump across the water, before his career as a trick shot artist came in handy with a nice recovery out of the undergrowth.

That was only the start of it though, as Bryan then looked a worried man as he tried to cross back onto the actual golf course itself - suddenly the creek looked a little wider than before.

After passing on the attempted jump, he took his shoes off and went to wade across, but stumbled and sank into the murky water - ruining his trousers in the process.

"Oh God, what a disaster," said Bryan, who was being filmed by extra cameras as part of a behind-the-scenes-show the PGA Tour are filming call 'The Turn'.

Despite being covered in mud, Bryan went on to make his par to keep his scorecard clean at least - even if you couldn't say the same about his trousers.

Bryan finished off a superb first round without a blemish to sign for a five-under 67 in what is a crucial tournament for him.

The 33-year-old is struggling down in 189th in the FedEx Cup standings and is running out of events to get into the top 125 to keep his PGA Tour card.

Pulling off a special par like this despite his fall may just be the boost he needs to put a run of rounds together.

Paul Higham
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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website.  Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush. 

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