The PGA Tour needs to add a disclaimer to that commercial that proclaims:
These Guys Are Good!
The Tour needs to add the disclaimer:
Except when they play the 17th at the Stadium Course.
On Friday, it took down some of the best names in the game.
Jim Furyk had the life sucked out of him when he hit not one, but two balls in the water. He came into the hole looking like he’d easily make the cut. He was even par for the tournament. But a quadruple-bogey seven sent him home early.
Phil Mickelson made a charge during his second round and got really close to the lead. He was four-under for the tournament going into 17 and he drowned his tee shot. It resulted in a double-bogey five and dropped him back to two-under, where he would finish.
Jordan Spieth must have thought he was playing the 12th at Augusta National. He found the water on Friday and the resulting double-bogey assured that he would miss the cut for the third straight year at the tour’s flagship event.
Some dude name Zac Blair hit three in the water and made nine.
Billy Horschel hit it in the water.
So did a lot of players, the water ball count was pushing 50 at 18 for the first two days.
One player who didn’t have a problem with 17 was Masters champ Sergio Garcia.
He aced the hole on Thursday and fate smiled on him again on Friday. His wedge shot looked like it was headed for the water when a hard wind gust caught it, it sailed far enough to hit the wooden bulkhead short of the green and his ball kicked forward, coming to rest 48 feet from the hole. Sergio two-putted from there for par.
No problem.
Sorry fellas.
