Alejandro Tosti was troubled by the duration of 2025 Texas Children's Hospital Houston Open leader Min Woo Lee went to play at the eighth hole.
Lee's tee shot sailed right and went under a bush Sunday during the final round on the par-5 eighth hole, and he took more than seven minutes from the time NBC first showed Lee at the ball to when he hit it. Lee was on his knees at one point seeing whether he could play from under a bush, and he eventually took an unplayable lie and hit a punch shot beneath a tree back out into the fairway.
The last group spent over thirty minutes at the eighteenth hole, largely due to Lee's approach shot. Tostino took exception to this situation.
NBC’s cameras captured Tosti summoning an officiator and voicing frustration over how lengthy Lee’s shot-taking process was. Following closely behind the last pairing, Jim "Bones" Mackay disclosed that Tosti had also confronted Ryan Fox during their opening hole, describing Tosti as being “somewhat discourteous” when he complained about taking a drop following his approach which landed in the stream beside the green.
"Given Min Woo's situation with this lead as he aims to secure his first victory, it's sure to be quite intriguing to see how things unfold on the back nine," Mackay stated.
Further along at the 12th hole, footage showed Tosty lagging significantly behind the last grouping of players. Bones commented that Tosty was moving "agonizingly slowly," even suggesting that his deliberate pacing was impeding the progress of those ahead. This delay, according to him, put Lee—who was vying for his inaugural PGA Tour victory—at an unfair disadvantage. By the time they arrived at the 12th green, Tosty trailed Lee by seven strokes.
At last year’s Houston Open, Tosti had several disagreements with Tony Finau during a round over turn-taking issues. On Sunday, as he attempted to close the gap behind leader Lee in the final round, Tosti once again found himself at the heart of an incident captured on video.
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