Okay, folks! Buckle up for this one.

Ben Griffin has donned many hats in his life. He has been a property manager. He has been a loan officer. Somewhere in between all these, he was also a struggling pro. Now he is a PGA Tour winner with three titles under his belt. And now add another one to that: No. 1 umbrella-thrower on the PGA Tour (sorry, Viktor Hovland).

Sharing a picture of Ben Griffin, a spectator from Riviera tweeted, “@KylePorterNS Ben Griffin hit one onto the range [driving range net] and now he’s trying to convince people a ball stuck in the net is his. He threw his umbrella, and it got stuck. Now he’s got the camera girl trying to identify it. #normalsport.”

Perplexed? Well, Ben Griffin sent his tee shot on the second hole flying towards the left, and it got stuck on the net that separated the fairway from the driving range. The official shot map on the PGA Tour says “280 yards to unknown.” But Griffin reached the “unknown” and found his ball.

He threw an umbrella, which got stuck. But it proved a point: his ball can also get stuck on the net if an umbrella can. Furthermore, he employed a camera girl who zoomed in on the ball, and voila. It was a Maxfli.

The next tweet from the spectator revealed, “Update: the camera girl identified it as a Maxfli, and he was granted relief 🤷‍♂️,” confirming that the PGA Tour had allowed Ben Griffin to use the umbrella as evidence that his ball could’ve indeed gotten stuck on the net.

Ben Griffin is reportedly the only PGA Tour pro who uses Maxfli. In fact, in pro golf, Maxfli has only one more taker: Lexi Thompson. The entire fiasco caught a lot of attention, as photos from the scene showed a large group of fans gathered around the range net, all focused on the umbrella dangling in the mesh.

Like the onlookers, netizens were surprised that the three-time PGA Tour winner was granted relief after such an unconventional identification process. Ben Griffin was, however, given a one stroke penalty, but it saved him from re-teeing. He eventually made a double.

The 29-year-old is known to never give up, as he always likes to fight his way to earn himself a favorable position. He did so last season after fans criticized him for not winning an individual title on the PGA Tour.

The scene also drew comparisons to a bizarre moment from the previous week, when Viktor Hovland lost an umbrella in the iconic cypress tree on the 18th hole at Pebble Beach. In that case, Hovland and his caddie attempted unsuccessfully to locate the ball nestled somewhere inside the ancient tree’s branches, forcing him to re-tee and ultimately make bogey.

Griffin’s situation followed a similar script, except this time, technology made the difference. Fans responded to the picture with their hilarious takes on the situation.

Netizens are surprised by the chaotic scene involving Ben Griffin at Riviera Country Club

Like most behind the ropes, no one in the comments expected Ben Griffin to receive a relief in the bizarre situation. And they shared their thoughts on the PGA Tour’s weird ruling.

Happy to learn this could occur in an official event, one of the fans said, “Good stuff GC.”

The fact that the ball was stuck in the nets was wild enough. Had it passed through it on the other side, then Griffin would have been penalized with a stroke. Fans were just happy that the pros are given such leeway to save themselves in such critical situations.

Underdog Golf wrote, “Umbrellas getting stuck in strange places becoming a weekly occurrence on the PGA Tour.”

The fans have been stuck under the umbrellas all through the West Swing of the PGA Tour due to bad weather. Even the Genesis Invitational began with three hours of rainfall in the first round. It’s good to see that the umbrellas are not causing any stress to pros and fans this time around. Last week, Viktor Hovland‘s umbrella also got stuck on a tree on one of the courses at Pebble Beach.

Someone wrote, “The Boomers make #content too!”

Other than the camera girl, everyone else was also seen using their phones to take pictures of the umbrella. The entire situation was chaotic enough that everyone thought they should record it to show it to others.

Then there were a few fans who just laughed at the situation with “🤣🤣🤣,” and “😂😂.”

Even they couldn’t believe that Griffin was trying to claim that it was his ball near the umbrella. The fact that the PGA Tour ruled in his favor made the situation even more hilarious.