Alison Lee and Megan Khang played badly.
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Alison Lee swings. The ball lands on the green. The ball turns. The ball falls into the hole.
The crowd goes wild. Caddies are the best.
What just happened in the world?
After Lee, making his first Solheim Cup appearance in nine years for Team USA, birdied the second hole at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club from 86 yards, he and teammate Megan Khang ripped their shirts off in the aftermath.
You have to see this one to believe it.
An eagle gave Lee and Khang a 1 Up lead in their fourball match on Saturday afternoon with the Swedish duo of Anna Nordqvist and Madelene Sagstrom. But, perhaps improbably, the celebration of their caddies was planned a few times earlier.
According to Golf Channel’s Kay Cockerill, Khang’s player, Jack Fulghum, missed in the second gear. The best part is that if one of the American players is out during the game, the caddies will pay $500.
Cockerill reported that Lee immediately objected.
“No, when we go out, guys [the caddies] take off your shirts,” said Lee.
Just a few minutes later, Lee’s cup fell into the cup and his singer Taylor “Shota” Takada and Fulghum had to pay.
At first, Takada runs to Lee, shouting before Khang joins in the celebration. Takada keeps running for a while before disappearing from the NBC camera.
That’s when Fulghum walks by, Khang’s bag in one hand, his shirt and bib in the other with the kind of sheepish grin you can only have when you lose a bet in the most fun way possible.
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When Takada came back from shooting, his shirt was gone as he went to hug Fulghum. Khang burst out laughing.
“Oh wait a minute,” said NBC anchor Terry Gannon, surprised, but also happy at this point. “Stop right there. Enough is enough.”
It was later that Cockerill arrived to share the story behind the celebration.
“Low and behold, five minutes later, they’re down the fairway doing just that,” Cockerill said. “They couldn’t believe they proposed that and it happened in one place.”
And as NBC’s Tom Abbott pointed out, Lee’s version of the bet saved each caddy $500 as well!
Team USA will look to continue that streak throughout Saturday’s games. The Americans went into the fourth of five rounds leading the Europeans 8 points to 4 as they look to reclaim the Solheim Cup for the first time since 2017.
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