Hideki Matsuyama did his best Roy McAvoy impression Thursday at the 3M Open.
Much like the west Texas driving range pro from the iconic movie, he found himself taking drop after drop after drop at the 18th.
The 2021 Masters champion sent his tee shot into the pond that guards the right side of the closing par 5, at which point he decided to drop as close to the water as he could, leaving his ball in the rough on a severe side-slope with the ball well below his feet.
At this point he had to decide whether to play safe, lay up, and try to get up-and-down for par from the fairway, or take a headcover off one of his woods and try to pull off the hero shot.