WATCH: Tour pro misses from four (!) inches, four-putts 17 at TPC Sawgrass
PGA Tour pro Nick Watney carded a devastating quadruple bogey at the famed par-3 17th at TPC Sawgrass during the first round of The Players.
As far as clangers go, this one is right up there from Nick Watney during the opening round of The Players Championship.
We're sure you know by now that No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass is simply not for the faint of heart.
Watney showed us exactly why. The pro found a watery grave with his tee shot. His third shot was safely on the green from the drop zone.
From there? It just didn't get any better. This was awful to watch. And dare we say be so bold as saying even worse for the 41-year-old.
Watney proceeded to then take four putts on the famed green including one of those from an four inches.
You know the ones we are talking about? The type you think you're just going to clean up but somehow inexplicably miss.
To make matters worse for Watney, his tee shot at No. 18 found the fairway and then bounced back into the water. It led to a bogey.
Do you think his head was scrambled?
Watney started on the back nine and you could tell it simply wasn't his day right from the off. He carded a triple bogey to start.
He clawed one back at 15, made par at 16 before making his way over to the dreaded hole that strikes fear into the heart of everyone.
But as I type this, the pro has just made an eagle at No.2 to return to 5-over par for the championship.
The projected cut looks as though it could be level par or possibly even 1-over.
Watch the calamity here:
We've ALL been there pic.twitter.com/1LFlLIYhfZ
— Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) March 9, 2023
More GolfMagic articles from the 2023 Players?
- Rory McIlroy rocks up to Sawgrass with a book about introverts
- Matt Fitzpatrick doesn't want LIV players back
- Scottie Scheffler hilariously reacts to no-cut proposals
- Horschel wants LIV players to 'jump through hoops' if they want back in
- PGA Tour pro blasts Jay Monahan, Rory McIlroy
- Fan does a blackflip for Rory McIlroy
- PGA Tour boss insists they aren't copying LIV
- Will LIV players get to return? Jay Monahan: 'No'
- Rory McIlroy, Rahm, praise LIV Golf
- Cameron Smith's absence 'awkward'
- The end of an era for WGCs
- PGA Tour membership not unified, says Rory McIlroy
- Several pros skip PGA Tour members meeting
- James Hahn slapping us in the face, says McIlroy
- Hole-in-one on 17 at TPC Sawgrass!
Next page: McIlroy divides opinion with latest remarks
Ben joined the GolfMagic team in September 2021, initially as a content executive.
These days, he assumes the position of content manager.
