Rory McIlroy’s four-year-old daughter Poppy holed a 25-foot putt in the Par 3 Contest to steal the show on the eve of the Masters at Augusta National.
But while Rory, Shane Lowry and the patrons around the ninth green celebrated the putt as though she’d won the Green Jacket, Poppy was less enamoured and just wanted a comforting hug from dad.
Another scene that epitomised the carefree feeling of what Jon Rahm called “the coolest thing we do in professional sport” came when the Spaniard’s son Kepa almost kicked the ball into a hole from 30 feet.
He’d been a little bored while his mic’d up dad had been talking to the media, so decided he’d try a bit of football before Jon encouraged him to go for goal.
“It’s so unique and the kids embrace it more and more each year as they get older,” added Rahm as the youngster launched himself at his dad.
There were three holes in one – US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley jumped for joy alongside his two sons after sinking his tee shot on the sixth. Brooks Koepka later matched him on the same hole, while Tom Hoge aced the fourth.
“It was up there with my favourite moments of my golf career, maybe even my life,” said Bradley.
“It was really fun to be there with my family. It was special. I’ll never forget that ever.”
