Brady holes wedge shot for birdie as pants split

6:21 PM ET

Bob HarigESPN Senior Writer

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• Senior golf writer for ESPN.com
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• Covered golf for more than 20 years
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• Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University

Tom Brady has looked anything but the cool, calm quarterback and everything like a scared high-handicap golfer during The Match: Champions for Charity.

But he still managed to come through in a big way on Sunday afternoon.

After getting taunted by announcer Charles Barkley and taking a beating on social media as his tee shots flew all over the Medalist course, the former New England Patriots and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback holed a wedge shot -- while his microphone slipped and his pants split -- to make a birdie on the 7th hole at the Hobe Sound, Florida course. The shot came after he needed to take a penalty stroke after an errant tee shot.

This shot from @TomBrady though 😳 #TheMatch

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- ESPN (@espn) May 24, 2020

Playing with Phil Mickelson as his partner, the birdie in the best-ball part of the competition only ended up tying the hole as Tiger Woods made a two-putt birdie -- his eagle putt lipped out -- to help him and partner Peyton Manning remain 3-up in the match that has raised more than $10-million for COVID-19 relief efforts.

Brady's birdie also brought a $100,000 donation from Brooks Koepka, who while watching the broadcast pledged that amount if Brady could par any of the remaining holes on the front nine. He threw in another $100,000 if Brady were to par either of the last two holes on the front side.