Jose Luis Ballester, who went viral at Masters for unsavory moment, joins LIV Golf

The reigning U.S. Amateur champion, Jose Luis Ballester, has made the prime to caput to LIV Golf. 

The Spanish youngster is acceptable for his nonrecreational debut successful Virginia successful the Saudi Arabia-backed league. 

LIV Golf announced that Ballester, who goes by Josele, signed a multi-year woody to articulation the league, wherever helium volition beryllium a portion of the Fireballs squad led by his chap compatriot Sergio Garcia. 

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Jose Luis Ballester plays his changeable from the archetypal tee during the archetypal circular of the Masters Tournament.  (Peter Casey-Imagn Images)

Ballester besides joins Abraham Ancer and David Puig connected the Fireballs squad. Luis Masaveu, though, loses his full-time slot with the team. 

"We are precise excited astir Josele joining the team," Garcia said successful a statement. "Personally, I person known him since helium could prime up a play nine and helium has worked with my begetter arsenic his manager passim his play career."

JOSE LUIS BALLESTER APOLOGIZES FOR APPARENT UNSAVORY ACTIONS DURING FIRST ROUND ACTIONS AT MASTERS

Not lone does the 21-year-old person a transportation with his caller squad captain, but helium is besides connected with Jon Rahm, different Spaniard connected LIV. 

Their transportation besides involves Arizona State, the alma mater for some golfers arsenic good arsenic Phil Mickelson, who has been a look for LIV Golf since its inception. 

Ballester was capable to articulation the Korn Ferry Tour, which is simply a measurement beneath the PGA Tour, aft finishing 3rd successful the PGA Tour University standings this year. However, Golf Channel reported connected Monday that helium declined rank connected that tour, opening speculation that helium mightiness beryllium heading to LIV. 

Josele Ballester of Spain tees disconnected connected the 1th spread connected time 1 of the acciona Open de España presented by Madrid 2024 astatine Club de Campo Villa de Madrid connected Sept. 26, 2024, successful Madrid, Spain (Mateo Villalba/Getty Images)

Ballester has already participated successful a major, though, playing successful this year’s Masters astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful April. He didn’t marque the cut, but helium did person a viral infinitesimal aft admitting helium urinated successful the celebrated Rae’s Creek, which sits connected the par-5 13th spread arsenic the last limb of the three-hole "Amen Corner."

Ballester said it was an emergency, but helium caught a ton of flak connected societal media for what galore believed was him being disrespectful astatine 1 of the astir historical courses successful the world. 

"I'm like, ‘I truly request to pee.’ Didn't truly cognize wherever to go, and since [Justin Thomas] had an contented connected the green, I'm like, ‘I’m conscionable going to sneak present successful the stream and astir apt radical would not spot maine much,' and past they clapped for me. Probably 1 of the claps that I truly got contiguous existent loud, truthful that was benignant of funny," Ballester, who changeable a 4-over 76, said aft his archetypal round.

"They saw me. It was not embarrassing astatine each for me. If I had to bash it again, I would bash it again," helium said.

Jose Luis Ballester tees disconnected connected no. 5 during the archetypal circular of the Masters Tournament.  (Kyle Terada-Imagn Images)

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Ballester said that helium apologized for relieving himself successful Rae’s Creek to Augusta National officials. 

Ballester volition articulation his caller LIV Golf peers astatine Robert Trent Jones Golf Club connected June 6 for his debut circular connected tour.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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