‘The oddest thing in the world’ claimed to have happened to Adrien Dumont de Chassart at the Valspar Championship
Photo by Sam Navarro/Getty Images Disappointment for Adrien Dumont de Chassart on Sunday at the Valspar Championship seemed to begin before he even hit his opening tee shot at Innisbrook. Dumont de Chassart went into the final round of the Valspar Championship with a real chance of securing a maiden victory on the PGA Tour. Unfortunately, those hopes were all but dashed by the time he completed his opening hole.
The odd incident involving Adrien Dumont de Chassart on Sunday at the Valspar Championship The Belgian made a triple bogey eight on the par five first. Bizarrely, it was not the last time that he made one of those during the final round. Of course, Dumont de Chassart was at the centre of some controversy on Sunday in Florida, with Matthew Fitzpatrick complaining about his pace of play .
Fitzpatrick went on to win the event, but did grow frustrated with his playing partner throughout the day. Speaking on The Smylie Show , Smylie Kaufman insisted that he could completely understand Fitzpatrick’s frustrations. He also spoke about a very strange incident on the first tee of the day that may have knocked the 26-year-old off his stride straight away.
Photo by Sam Navarro/Getty Images “What drove me insane, and what drives a guy like Matt Fitzpatrick insane is when Fitzy plays and now you’re just starting to get your numbers, that’s the annoying part. It’s being ready to play when it’s your time. I think when you’re always starting your process, whether it’s when you just get to the tee and you’ve had plenty of time to get the numbers and start the conversation going, and everything just takes an extra couple of seconds, it just drives you insane by the end of the day,” he said.
“But this just didn’t start on the 11th hole, this started on the first hole. And I’ve got to give you the story behind what happened on number one. “So Fitzy tees off first.