A 51-year-old has pulled off the quite extraordinary feat of making three holes-in-one during the 36-hole club championship at Croham Hurst Golf Club in Surrey.
The Golden State Warriors basketball star has accepted a sponsor’s exemption to tee it up in a San Francisco Bay-area event again on August 9-12 after an impressive debut last year.
Was Bryson upset about his shoulder bothering him? Was he disappointed with the angle of his one-plane swing? Or did the USGA outlawing his on-course compass push him over the edge?!
Ian Poulter complained last month about partisan fans verbally abusing him at the US Open. Over the weekend, a marshal at the Scottish Open took the tour star to task for the same thing.
Carnoustie’s 499-yard finishing par 4, AKA “Home,” played as the toughest hole on the golf course in the 2007 Open with a whopping 4.61 scoring average. We’re guessing it will play just a bit easier if conditions stay like this.
On the 471-yard 10th hole at Gullane Golf Club, Mickelson smoked an iron that barely got off the ground before running – and running some more – down the course’s baked fairway.