Three beers is apparently the perfect amount for this golfer.
Nick Bienz, a Golf Galaxy employee, survived a playoff qualifier to play in this week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic after downing a few cold ones.
Bienz, 27, shot 7-under 65 thanks to a 12-foot birdie on the 18th hole at The Orchards Golf Club in Michigan, tying four other golfers looking to make it into the PGA Tour event.
A perhaps slightly wobbly Bienz survived the eight-hole playoff, qualifying for his first-ever PGA Tour-sanctioned event with a little buzz on.
“I have to call my boss and call off work tomorrow for sure,” Bienz said after the round, per Golfweek. “I’m supposed to be there at 7:30 in the morning (Tuesday) and I don’t think that’s going to happen.”
Bienz will be one of 156 golfers at Detroit Golf Club on Thursday and playing for a purse of $9.2 million.
He’ll tee off at 2:22 p.m. ET in the last grouping of the day alongside Rafael Campos and Anders Albertson.
“This is by far the craziest day of my life,” Bienz wrote on X. “Thank you so much to everyone. Let’s have a freaking week!”
Bienz appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday ahead of his big weekend in Detroit.
“Everybody needs a little swing oil,” Bienz said. “It’s just about finding the right balance. For me, it just happened to be three.”
