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The PGA captured Maye’s reduction for “simply hitting the membership face” on his first tee shot.
Drake Maye is a person of many abilities, and golf actually belongs on that listing because the Patriots quarterback confirmed off his easy swing in his PGA Professional-Am debut this week.
However Maye was liable to a nasty shot or two as effectively, and carried a humble and relatable angle to the golf course, as cameras captured him simply praying to not shank the ball on gap 1.
“I hit it good,” Maye stated with a giddy voice off the tee field. “I hit it on the membership face, that’s all that issues, [Keegan].”
Maye’s mother and father launched him to golf at a younger age, seven or eight, in keeping with his estimation. His easy swing mirrored that, even when not each shot was excellent. On high of his apparent prowess on the quarterback place, Maye was an elite highschool basketball participant, has proven off his ping pong expertise up to now, and now has a documented above-average golf sport.
He performed the Professional-Am alongside Keegan Bradley, who’s initially from New England however formally hails from Florida since he performed most of his novice profession within the Sunshine State.
Whereas Maye acknowledged his nerves on the primary tee field, Bradley traded nervy tales, providing his first pitch at Fenway Park as “probably the most nervous I’ve ever been.”
Exhibiting extra of his human aspect, Maye struggled close to the inexperienced. He self-admittedly “can’t chip,” and that proved to be the weakest a part of his golf sport, as he struggled on two consecutive chips that didn’t attain the inexperienced, earlier than seemingly conceding the outlet altogether.
And in one more very relatable second, Maye discovered himself singing alongside to Ella Langley’s hit single, “Choosin’ Texas” whereas strolling down the green in the direction of his ball.
The funniest second of Maye’s spherical got here courtesy of a spectator giving him the scare of a lifetime. Maye hit a wayward shot into the tough close to a crowd of followers, and whether or not he really hit anybody is up for debate, however one spectator took it upon himself to lie on the bottom taking part in lifeless a foot or two away from the place Maye’s ball landed.
Maye isn’t the primary Boston sports activities famous person to seem in a PGA Professional-Am. Jayson Tatum tried his luck at the event up to now when it rolled by way of Memphis. Maye’s golf sport fared higher, however each took time to offer the followers in attendance a special occasion. Maye was captured signing a PGA hat for a younger fan this week on the finish of his mic’d up video.
The MVP runner-up from 2025, Maye is seemingly set for a loaded offense in 2026. Romeo Doubs is already signed, A.J. Brown’s commerce is the worst-kept secret within the NFL, and he’ll nonetheless have Hunter Henry, Rhamondre Stevenson, TreVeyon Henderson, and others at his disposal as effectively.
The NFL will announce its 2026 schedule on Thursday, April 14. Till then, Maye and New England’s Week 1 opponent shall be a thriller. However even when it’s revealed, Maye will nonetheless have loads of time to work on his golf sport earlier than the Patriots’ pre-season actually will get underway later this summer season.
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