AUGUSTA, Ga. – Zach Johnson had some choice words that appeared directed toward Masters patrons after carding a triple-bogey six at the par-3 No. 12 on Friday.

Johnson, who was sitting right on the cutline at 4-over at the time, hit his tee shot left and into the woods. He re-teed and went well right of the green. His ensuing chip rolled well past the hole. Two putts later came a tap-in for a six.

Johnson apparently did not take kindly to applause from the crowd, some distance away from the green. Cameras clearly picked up Johnson turning and yelling “(Expletive) off.” He then tossed his ball into Rae’s Creek guarding the green as walked off.

When asked about the incident following the round, Johnson said he didn’t hear the fans and claimed he was angry at himself.

“That I swore at the patrons? That’s laughable. That’s completely laughable. I can’t hear the patrons, number one. Number two, I just made a triple bogey on the 12th hole that evidently is going to make me miss the cut, which at the time I knew was pretty sensitive in the sense that I needed to keep making pars.

“If I’ve said anything, which I’m not going to deny, especially if it’s on camera, one, I apologize, and two, it was fully directed towards myself entirely because I can’t hear anything behind me. Does that make sense?”

Johnson did end up missing the cut at 7-over, off by one shot.

Lamprecht misses cut

His first Masters is over, but Christo Lamprecht won’t forget it soon.

The Georgia Tech amateur finished at 8-over par in his debut after rounds of 74 and 78. Under very windy conditions, Lamprecht bogeyed three of the final four holes.

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