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By Julio Cesar Valdera Morales
Contributing Sports Writer
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On golf courses around the world, players have used virtually every aid to try to improve their game. It can range from technical issues to superstition. But it is very, very unlikely to have seen anywhere what Ryan McCormick did Friday at the Korn Ferry Tour's Club Car Championship.
The 33-year-old used nothing less than duct tape to keep his mouth shut during the round. His goal: to deal with the frustration he's been experiencing lately.
"[I've been] having a tough time, and that was my solution today...muzzle myself," McCormick explained after his performance.
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As funny as this fact may seem at first glance, it is a stark demonstration of how hard life can be for a professional golfer. McCormick himself explained it in a nutshell.
"At this point, I've tried about everything, I've read a lot of books, I've talked to people... just too angry on the golf course, so I have run out of ideas, and I thought about the tape thing a couple of weeks ago, so just unfortunately came down to that today."
Worst of all, the West Long Branch, New Jersey native did not even have the consolation of knowing that such a bizarre move would have helped him advance in the event. McCormick missed the cut by four strokes after carding rounds of 73 and 72.
Still, the St. John's University graduate was able to see the good in the bad.
"It [putting tape over his mouth] certainly makes you breathe, I mean, I felt like Bane, like Batman," he said.
McCormick has had a tough 2025 season so far. He has missed the cut just once in six starts on the Korn Ferry Tour, but has withdrawn from two events. His best finish has been a tie for 45th at the Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island.
During his professional career, he has played primarily on the Korn Ferry Tour. He has taken part in 107 tournaments, with one runner-up finish and 10 other top-10s as his best results.
He played his only full season on the PGA Tour in 2024. He made the cut in nine of the 25 tournaments in which he played, and his only top-10 finish came at the Myrtle Beach Classic, where he tied for fourth.
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