We learned earlier this week that Rory McIlroy would miss The Open, and possibly the remainder of the golf season, after rupturing his ankle ligaments during a kickabout with his mates, but he nearly wasn't the only high-profile golfer to miss out.
2015 Masters winner and general golfing sensation Jordan Spieth has told reporters about a crazy fishing story which took place last week during a fishing trip with friends, and actually could have resulted in him being eaten by a shark.
Imagine reading that headline.
We hooked on a tuna, and I was hooked on a tuna for about 45 minutes to an hour. It was a big tuna, and then these little sharks were coming in trying to get a piece of it, and the captain was scaring them off banging on the boat and on the water, and all of a sudden it just rips back down again.
I almost got pulled in.
The line was so much heavier, and I was just like, 'Wait, these fish must have seen the sharks and just tried to avoid them'. I found some extra strength or whatever, so we worked on it again. So in total, it was two and a half hours. I had to take a break.
My arm couldn't move anymore. It was, like, shaking when I held it up. So the captain had to come in for about five minutes while I took a bathroom break, and I came back, took it back from him. So in total, it was two and a half hours.
What surfaced was a 12-foot long, 300-pound black-tip shark that had eaten this tuna and then had hooked itself, so I guess I caught both in one, because I got that shark. But there was no room for the fish on the back of the boat so we couldn't pull it on, so the captain technically grabbed the line where it's considered 'landing the fish,' let go of it quickly, and then we let some string and it whipped the hook out.
It was a cool experience. I've never had something like that. A couple of my friends were like, 'I'll take over,'and I'm like, 'You bet your ass you're not taking over. This is my fish. There's no way you're stepping on this. You're going to lose it.'
And some people didn't think it was a good idea for Rory to play 5-a-side with the lads, how about nearly falling into a lake because you hooked a shark on a fishing trip?
The common denominator in both stories is hanging out with mates, so clearly golfers should cut off all contact with their friends at least a month before their next competition. That's the only way to be safe.
via Golf Digest.
