It was an inauspicious start to Friday’s round for Matthieu Pavon.
Pavon jumped on the radar of tour fans last year when the Frenchman captured the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open and finished third at Pebble Beach the following week. This season has not been as prosperous for he 32-year-old; though he’s made the cut in 10 of 15 starts, he’s failed to finish better than T-41 and entered the RBC Canadian Open at 153rd in the FedEx Cup standings.
That spot won’t improve after his second round. After opening with a 70 on Thursday, Pavon made a 12 on his first hole Friday afternoon at TPC Toronto, dropping to the bottom of the leaderboard.
According to ShotTracker, Pavon began with some tree trouble on the left side of the par-4 10th, before firing his fourth, sixth and eighth shots into a pond.
To Pavon’s credit, he bounced back with birdies on the next two holes.
For those scoring at home, the highest single-hole score in professional golf history is believed to be a 23 from Tommy Aaron at the 1927 Shawnee Open, after Aaron allegedly hit 10 balls out of bounds.
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
