Masters champion went for 7 a.m drunken jog | Golf News

Danny Willett, the 2016 Masters champion, recalled how he was so high on adrenaline and alcohol after his victory that he went for a drunken run at 7 a.m the next morning, which he claims was the best of his life. 

Willett defied all expectations to secure the Green Jacket, largely attributable to a dramatic collapse by Jordan Spieth within the fourth spherical. Spieth, who had been main the match, faltered on the back 9 regardless of having a five-shot lead.

Following bogeys at holes 10 and 11, Spieth’s notorious quadruple-bogey on gap 12 paved the best way for Willett’s victory. The Brit, who completed earlier than Spieth, recorded a bogey-free spherical of 67, securing his place in Masters historical past and having fun with what he described as a “surreal” champions dinner.

Footage of Willett and his caddie celebrating was broadcast worldwide, and the thrill did not finish there. Unsurprisingly, Willett did not get a lot sleep that evening.

“After the jacket presentation in the Butler Cabin, they take the champion in there and meet all the members who have helped run the event and their wives,” he defined. “The chairman, Mr Payne, made a nice speech – it is fantastic the tradition that is in and around Augusta.”

“After two hours of interviews, it was a long, tiring day obviously, then got back here at 11 o’clock at night to 200 drunk, screaming Northerners, which was awesome. There were a lot of close friends I have seen all week.”

When recalling the moments after successful the Masters, he said: “You come here for breakfast and they are here saying: ‘Play well today’. But I guess at the beginning of the week none of us really thought that on Sunday night we would all be getting drunk together with the Green Jacket on. It was mental, just awesome.”

In an interview for the Life on Tour podcast, Willett described happening an early morning run and feeling weightless, “I got up at 7 am and went for a run,

“I used to be nonetheless drunk, I used to be nonetheless intoxicated, however I had a lot adrenaline. It was like I used to be floating on a cloud, to be sincere. It was the best run I’ve ever executed.”

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Since that superb win, nonetheless, Willett hasn’t been in a position to fairly match the identical degree of success, his best end after that Masters victory coming in 2019 with a tied-sixth end within the Open Championship.

As for this yr’s Masters, Willett’s opening spherical didn’t go to plan. He shot three over half and is 10 off the lead, tied in 63rd place.