The shot of one golfer’s life turned into the highlight-reel of his life thanks to some fortunate timing. Look, you need a little luck to make an albatross, but to make one while cameras happen to be rolling? Well, that’s a belated St. Patrick’s Day miracle.
There’s a saying on the PGA Tour – or at least, it was the longtime motto – that “these guys are good.” That being said, what you’re about to see is ridiculous.
I’m here to examine the most prominent debates, and then, using the solemn power vested in me by the Golf Digest byline, to declare a victor once and for all. The decisions that follow will be binding.
Although this is just the fifth albatross in Players Championship history, it’s the third consecutive year in which the feat has been accomplished at the PGA Tour’s flagship event.