Max Homa and Kevin Kisner’s bare-chested Presidents Cup guess lastly cashed on Sunday — however we’re nonetheless ready for Kisner to pay up.
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Two weeks in the past, Kevin Kisner and Max Homa made an harmless wager. If Homa have been to gap out from the green throughout the Presidents Cup, Kisner promised he’d take his shirt off in celebration.
Most of these antics aren’t commonplace most weeks in golf, however throughout workforce occasions, these norms are thrown out the window. The caddies for Alison Lee and Megan Khang proved as a lot a pair weeks in the past as they shed their shirts (and caddie bibs) in celebration of a hole-out at Solheim Cup.
The scene shortly went viral on social media, and served as inspiration for the Homa-Kisner Presidents Cup guess.
In the course of the anchor match of Sunday singles at Royal Montreal, Homa cashed in on his finish of the deal.
On his first gap of the day in his match in opposition to Mackenzie Hughes, Homa flew a wedge from 102 yards simply past the pin and ripped it again, straight into the cup for an eagle.
Kisner’s supply could seem tongue-in-cheek, however earlier this week, Kisner doubled down on the wager. On Wednesday, throughout a pre-event press convention, a reporter requested Kisner concerning the wager immediately immediately.
“If Max Homa hoops one, will you observe by means of in your tweet to take your shirt off?”
“I’m actually hoping that later within the week — I hope it’s later within the week as a result of, if I needed to take my shirt off right this moment, it might be fairly brutal on the market,” Kisner mentioned, referencing chilly early-week climate. “However, yeah, I’m all in for that.”
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Effectively, the second did certainly come as Homa dunked his strategy shot into the first on Sunday afternoon.
A couple of minutes after Homa’s eagle, NBC (who Kisner has labored for on-and-off all through the season as an analyst) minimize to a stay interview between Smylie Kaufman and a red-faced Kisner.
“You understand motivation is a tremendous factor, and I believe Max actually took it to coronary heart,” Kisner mentioned. “I’ve been with him for 2 matches, he doesn’t make one, then I’m going see him off the first tee and he hoops it. I believe he’s been yelling at each captain he’s seen since — as a result of I haven’t seen him — ‘The place is Kiz?’
“So I’m hiding over right here on the again 9.”
It appears Kisner goes to keep away from Homa so long as he can, however he might nonetheless make all issues proper by paying up throughout what’s more and more wanting like an American victory get together.
