Another major week is upon us and that means Golf Channel crash-test dummy Johnson Wagner is zipping up the fire suit, taking out a second life insurance policy and getting ready to step into the breach once again.
But this time, Wagner didn’t even get a chance to dip his toe in the water before being tossed in the deep end of Royal Troon’s infamous coffin bunker. The results, as you’ve probably already guessed, were as disastrous as they were hilarious.
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Before descending the stairs to certain doom, Wagner handed the mic over to Wyndham Clark, telling him, “Let’s hear your broadcaster voice.” Both Wagner and Clark were quickly in over their heads, but Clark did his best to set the scene:
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“Johnson Wagner – hit it left in the coffin bunker, second guessed his shot, pulled it in the worst place possible.”
Wagner also gave it his all, but unlike his miraculous recreation of Bryson DeChambeau’s 18th-hole bunker shot at Pinehurst No.2 last month, he couldn’t hold it on the famed “Postage Stamp” green.
“About to make triple … could be worse,” Clark said as Wagner’s ball cruised by the cup, catching the ridge on the other side before disappearing into another sandy grave.
The good news is that Wagner wasn’t the first and won’t be the last to be humbled by Royal Troon’s coffin bunker, but it’s still a tough way to the start week. If this is the punishment Wagner is already being subjected to, we shudder to think what sort of nightmares Golf Channel producers will dream up next.
