It’s been a rough month for Joel Dahmen. After bricking a three-foot par putt on the 71st hole to choke away a certain victory at the Corales Puntacana Championship in April, Dahmen has missed three straight cuts.
When you come to the final hole needing a hole-in-one to make the cut at the US Open, you come to the final hole without a prayer. There’s no chance you’re going to walk off with an ace, right?
Travis Smyth, the 28-year-old Asian Tour pro from Kiama in New South Wales who played part of last year on LIV Golf, may not claim the claret jug this year, but he can always claim a Hoylake tournament first.
Allison Koehnke, a 36-year-old from Salem, Oregon, made the first hole-in-one of her life on Friday on the stunning, cliffside par-3 16th hole on Sheep Ranch.