If hole-in-ones are the unicorns of golf—mythical creatures that golfers wait their entire lives for a glimpse of—then what does that make a par-4 ace? When in Scotland, it’s tantamount to the Loch Ness Monster. Just ask Corey Conners, who nearly saw old Nessie on Friday at the Genesis Scottish Open as his incredible tee-shot on the drivable par-4 5th trickled agonizingly by. Grab your grainy, out-of-focus camera and check it out.
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Wild, wild stuff. We’ve seen a few close calls over the years—notably Dustin Johnson at Kapalua in 2018 and Max Homa at this year’s PGA Championship—but there has only been one recorded par-4 ace in PGA Tour history. That came courtesy of Andrew McGee at the 2001 Phoenix Open, when McGee drove the 17th green while Tom Byrum was still putting. McGee’s ball caromed off the blade of Byrum’s putter and into the annals of golf history.
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That history was nearly duplicated on Friday as Conners’ tee shot on the 347-yard par-4 landed 20 yards short of the green, bounded onto the putting surface and found its way to the back ridge, where it fed down toward the pin as if drawn by a magnet. Conners’ remarkable shot slid just by, but the promise of the possibility was perhaps more tantalizing than the feat itself could have been.
Conners would tap in for eagle, helping to make up for an early bogey as the Canadian went out in 33. That’s a fine start, but something tells us that when Conners closes his eyes to sleep tonight, he’ll still be thinking about what could have been.
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This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
