Thomas Pieters finished in a tie for second at 12 under along with Scott Brown at the Genesis Open last week. Pieters got an assist from his girlfriend during the tournament. At one point in the midst of his 70-68-71-63 run, Pieters hit a drive off his girlfriend’s back at Riviera Country Club.
Some patrons in attendance got a nice kick out of it. Pieters, however, thought it was “not awesome.”
Pieters is one of the favorites at this week’s Honda Classic. He has finished T14 at the HSBC Champions and T2 at the Genesis Open in his only two PGA Tour starts this year. On the European Tour, he finished T23 at the Dubai Desert Classic a few weeks ago.