Argentinian amateur Mateo Pulcini celebrated his birdie on the 18th by cupping his ears to the crowd, emulating Enzo Fernandez’s taunt after his equaliser in their World Cup semi-final victory over England.Pulcini, the only Argentinian in the field at Royal Birkdale, sunk a 40-footer on the final hole and, despite his celebration, received huge cheers from the grandstand.‘They haven’t quite worked out where he’s from,’ remarked the television commentator.‘I was expecting a few boos on the 1st tee, and they came, some of them,’ revealed a smiling Pulcini, whose birdie at least put an enjoyable finish to an otherwise dismal opening round of five-over. ‘There were almost none, but I love that, I really don’t mind. It’s part of the fun.‘The people were being great. They were cheering for me as well. My score wasn’t good at all. I wasn’t having a good day, but this on 18 make it a little bit better.Argentinian Mateo Pulcini rolls one in and gets an applause.Commentator on the English crowd:”They haven’t quite worked out where he’s from.” pic.twitter.com/qXVSdN3Oar— Brendan Porath (@BrendanPorath) July 16, 2026 Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez celebrated his equaliser against England by cupping his ears Argentine golfer Mateo Pulcini birdied the 18th hole at the Open Championship in Southport‘I didn’t want to do anything like trying to, what’s the word, making fun of like the match that you guys lost because the tournament here has been unbelievable, and that celebration came from a 40-foot putt. I was pretty excited, and that came to my mind, and I did it.‘I wasn’t even going to put football with golf, but then I made a 40-footer so I was excited.’But which was a better feeling, his 40-foot putt or Argentina’s victory? ‘Enzo and Lautauro’s goals, for sure,’ said Pulcini, who had the Argentina flag on his cap. ‘Today wasn’t being the best, so I’ll take those two goals!‘I told Matt Wallace that we were winning 2-1. I need to cross paths with him. I was right.’Pulcini watched the game while having an asado, an Argentinian barbecue, and had the same view of England’s capitulation as everyone else watching on television.‘I didn’t miss a single second of it,’ he said. ‘It was a great game. At the beginning it was like England was having a good game. ‘And then once England made the goal, they bucked up, like Argentina was doing the same thing last match. They scored goal, and then they started defending, but you cannot defend against Messi.’