Max Homa and Kevin Kisner’s Presidents Cup bet finally paid off on Sunday — but we’re still waiting for Kisner to pay off.
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Two weeks ago, Kevin Kisner and Max Homa made an innocent bet. If Homa were to hit the fairway during the Presidents Cup, Kisner promised to take his shirt off to celebrate.
These types of shenanigans aren’t common most weeks in golf, but during team events, those norms are thrown out the window. The corpses for Alison Lee and Megan Khang proved as much a few weeks ago as they dropped their shirts (and tails) to celebrate a hole in the Solheim Cup.
of the scene quickly went viral on social media, and served as inspiration for the Homa-Kisner Presidents Cup bet.
During Sunday’s singles anchor match at Royal Montreal, Homa won before the end of the deal.
On his first hole of the day in his match against Mackenzie Hughes, Homa flew a wedge from 102 yards just past the pin and ripped it back, straight into the cup for an eagle.
Kisner’s offer may seem strange, but earlier this week, Kisner doubled the bet. On Wednesday, during a pre-event press conference, a reporter asked Kisner about the live bet.
“If Max Homa ties one, will you follow your twitter to take your shirt off?”
“I’m really hoping that later in the week — I hope it’s later in the week because, if I had to take my shirt off today, it’s going to be pretty brutal out there,” Kisner said, referring to the weather. cold start of the week. “But, yes, I’m up for it.”
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Well, the moment really came when Homa threw it into first place on Sunday afternoon.
Minutes after Homa’s eagle, NBC (for which Kisner has worked all season as an analyst) interrupted a live interview between Smylie Kaufman and a red-faced Kisner.
“You know motivation is an amazing thing, and I think Max really took that to heart,” Kisner said. “I’ve been with him for two games, he doesn’t do one, then I go to see him in the first game and he does it. I think he’s shouted to every captain he’s seen since – because I haven’t – “Where’s Kiz?”
“So I’m hiding here on the back nine.”
It looks like Kisner will avoid Homa as long as he can, but he could still make things right by paying during what is increasingly looking like an American victory party.
