Justin Thomas smelled like ‘a wet dog’ after RCB Heritage mishap

Justin Thomas’ No. 11 made a muddy turn at RBC Heritage on Saturday.

After the golfer’s tee shot landed in an area where it was shallow water, he chose to hit the shot from that area instead of taking a one-stroke penalty, eventually flying water and mud all over him.

“It really didn’t seem worth it after that,” he joked.

It all began when Thomas and his temporary caddy, Joe Greiner, removed the sign warning about the crocodile from the ground, put it down, and cleared the way for his shot.

He then lined up the balls in the water – the top of the ball protruding out of the wet area – and then left water, moving only his feet on the grass in front of him, attempting shots just to leave a collection of mud everywhere.

Thomas continued to wipe his arms with a towel before bogging the hole, and he joked to reporters following the round in which Greiner said it smelled like a “wet dog.”

“It really felt like the only bad swing of the day,” Thomas told reporters about his first shot on hole 11. “I hit it badly, so I thought it would be lacking water and I just got in there. Usually, when you can see a ball like that, it’s not that difficult to put it out as long as you’re speeding at least from past experiences.

“I told Joe after the fact, I don’t know if I’ve actually hit it out of water. So I definitely wasn’t going to say it in advance. I think I got a little too deep and went right under it with water and mud or whatever. I just pushed it out.”