This was surreal to watch.
Jin Young Ko was in contention at the L.A. Open late Saturday when he approach at the par four 17th found the creek/barranca that runs along the green.
The 17th green at Wilshire Country Club is shored up by a seven-foot concrete wall.
In a total moment of poor judgement, Ko’s caddie, David Brooker, went into the creek-bed/barranca, sunk up to the top of his shoes in mud, looked up at the seven-foot wall then somehow decided to talk his player into trying what was easy to see as a near-impossible escape.
In another moment of bad judgement, Ko went in and tried the shot. Of course it hit the wall and bounced back into an even worse watery, muddy lie. She tried again and again hit the wall.
By the time she finished, she wound up with a quadruple bogey eight and took herself out of any hope of contending on Sunday.
“I’m absolutely stunned,” said television commentator and former Women’s Open champion Karen Stupples as the situation unfolded.
Gotta throw a lot of blame on Brooker for convincing his player to try the ridiculous shot.
“Seventeen was big mistake,” said Ko after the round. “But this is golf. I don’t have regret.”
But Brooker probably does and he’s now got an invite to the DogLegNews Dog House where the dogs don’t care if they get wet and muddy.
One Comment
baxter cepeda
This is like the opposite of Rorys BFF caddie, whom everyone criticized until he had a chance to be the voice of reason at Quail Hollow. In This case Brookers sailing is so smooth because of Kos talent he is literally on cruise control; but then when he has to be the voice of reason one time he comes off as the opposite.
Ko never should have hit either shot from in there. Best she could do is slap it out of there far from the hole. If she dropped, she could have gone flag hunting; probably made the same score without the unnecessary risk.