16 on a Par 4?
I don’t think there is an avid golfer around today that hasn’t shared a similar experience on the golf course as Kevin Na. I read this article today off online news and had quite the chuckle. It is one of the moments where you laugh a little and also feel bad for the person because most every golfer has had this happen at some point in the playing process.
Kevin Na is a professional golfer who was playing in the Texas Open today. Looks like he managed to get a 16 on a par 4.
”It’s all a blur,” Na said.
Here’s what he does remember: his tee shot that sailed into the woods, where Na eventually found the ball. He called it unplayable and teed off again, but not with better results. Along the way he whiffed one stroke, ricocheted another off his thigh, tried two shots left-handed and watched the ball barely sputter forward on another stroke.
All while still in the woods.
”One bad hole can basically shoot you out of the tournament,” Na said. ”That’s what I just did.”
Do you remember a blow up hole that you once had? Something embarassing? Funny? Ridculous? Please share with us.
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Comment by Joe Ciccone on 15 April 2011:
related to this story, something I think most golfers like NOT to remember when telling stories of their scores.
First let all remember that when you report to someone you shot an 86
today, there were a couple of holes you never actually finished, taking double par on those holes (6 on a par 3…8 on a par 4 etc)
My personal pet scoring peeve is when a guy misses a short putt he expected to make, then without being told to pick it up, takes another shot, sometimes not being in putting position…and THAT misses too,
naturally it’s also Not counted in that bogus 86 round.
It seems women take scoring rules more seriously than us men do.
Comment by Prescy Keogh on 17 April 2011:
I shot 103 in a stroke round three and half years ago. The 20 shots from a par 5 (a hole to ruin everything). From then on I embraced that hole and become my favorite.