Golfer is disqualified for using the putter he bent by smacking himself on the head

Zac Blair is having a rough day. After missing a birdie in the Wells Fargo Championship on Friday, the 25-year-old golfer hit himself in the head with his putter out of frustration. Then he used the same putter to tap the putt in.

Only, when smacking the putter against his head, Blair slightly bent it — and thus used a "non-conforming club" that had been damaged "other than in the normal course of play" to knock the ball in, which disqualified him according to the PGA's rules.

Blair, at least, had a sense of humor about the whole thing, tweeting a GIF of Woody Austin doing a head bang in reply to the PGA's announcement of his disqualification:

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Now has anyone asked how his head is doing?