Erik van Rooyen melts down at the 2021 PGA Championship after sinking a ball in the water
Erik van Rooyen was just a few holes away from making the cut at the 2021 PGA Championship on Friday when things took a turn for the worse.
Chasing the +5 cut line after a handful of bad holes, van Rooyen teed up on No. 17 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course, looking for a bit of redemption while hoping to cut his score down from +6 entering the hole.
Unfortunately for van Rooyen, his ball managed to roll off the green and into the water hazard, sinking any chances of him making a comeback to the cut line.
Van Rooyen was less than pleased with the result, taking his frustrations out on his golf club - as his golf head flew off into the water - and the tee marker, which was also deposited into the hazard.
Here's a better look at van Rooyen expressing his frustrations on his club and the golf course.
Van Rooyen ended the hole with a triple bogey on the par-3 hole that pushed his score to +9, well off the cut line for the PGA Championship. Not only that, but Matt Wallace's caddie snubbed van Rooyen after nearly being impaled by the tee marker he clobbered in frustration.
he caddie in question is wearing a yellow vest and he turns around from a handshake to leave van Rooyen hanging.
A frustrating turn of events for van Rooyen, who had a chance to redeem himself on his final holes of the evening, but ended with his hopes of advancing sinking to the bottom of the water hazard instead.