Adam Sarson uncovered this moment of frustration from someone on the third tee, and after some late night sleuthing, deduced that it was Compton who got so disgusted
with his tee shot that he decided to toss his club and punt the air.
After the tree he nailed
with his tee shot spat the ball back to the fairway, JT finished the hole with panache.
There is a deep fairway bunker on the left, so most will favor the right side
with their tee shot.
At the Arnold Palmer — designed Four Seasons Costa Rica Golf Club at Peninsula Papagayo, the signature sixth hole features a dramatic 446 - yard par - 4
with a tee shot that plays 61 metres (200 feet) downhill to a receptive valley - shaped fairway.
Not exact matches
Rickie showed up there
with a two -
shot lead and proceeded to stuff his
tee shoot to about 10 feet and all but lock it up at TPC Scottsdale.
For now, the best course near the historic town of San Jose del Cabo is worth the effort, if only to play Norman's staggering drop -
shot, par - 3 sixth, its green 100 feet below the
tee,
with panoramas of 10 miles of beach.
Woods made the turn at 1 - under 35 and took his erratic swing
with him, as his
tee shot went — yep — left again and traveled some 170 yards.
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This year, Mark Brooks hit his
tee shot on Thursday a few inches into the sinister sand, nearly holed his delicate explosion and then trudged across the green to rendezvous
with his ball — 25 feet below the hole.
The
tee shot on 12 is bad enough,
with the green looking as shallow as a windowsill and a grassy bank in front consigning most short
shots to the creek.
After hitting his
tee shot on # 16 at the Traveler's Championship into the water, Bubba Watson was not pleased
with his caddy.
On a sunny but blustery day on home turf a short drive from his Jupiter, Fla., residence, Woods got off to an uneven start when, even
with an iron off the
tee on the par - 4 second hole, he hit an errant
shot into a hazard.
The Bear Trap nearly derailed his round when Woods rinsed his
tee shot on No. 15 and ended up
with a double bogey.
On the par - 3 17th,
with the vaunted trio watching from the
tee 171 yards away, she rolled a 20 - foot putt uphill and squarely into the hole for birdie and a one -
shot lead.
Bowen then arm wrestled the 18th hole for a national TV audience, blocking her
tee shot into the right rough, hitting a tree limb
with her second, punching a three - iron to the fairway and finally sending a nine - iron over the water to the green.
Ben Crane is another player who's making a run at the leaderboard
with a 6 - under through 14 holes, just five
shots back of Matteson, who's yet to
tee off.
With the conditions supposedly toughening up for the afternoon
tee times, I said earlier today that I'd be shocked if Martin Kaymer (12 - under) didn't go to sleep on a mutli -
shot 36 - hole lead at The Players Championship.
After an errant
tee shot on the 18th hole during the third round at Pebble Beach, Phil Mickelson was tasked
with finding his golf ball.
The most uncomfortable
shot may have been the middle
tee ball, which was a cold shank that damn near hit the decorative island
with a tree on it way off to the side.
He ended up making the cut by two
shots, but after an 81 on Saturday he was last in the field, which meant the onetime leader was first off the
tee on Sunday and played
with a marker.
Though she sprays a lot of
tee shots (she's ranked 48th on the tour in fairways hit), she recovers nicely
with help from her irons (third in greens hit) and her putter (first in birdies).
Only seconds earlier the usually steady Nelson, who had gone to nine under
with a birdie at 11, came off an iron
shot on the 12th
tee that splashed into the infamous Rae's Creek, far short of the green.
All three of these holes play over-par and no matter how much pressure you're feeling to make a move, just coming through it clean
with no dropped
shots and getting to the 13th
tee, an enormous birdie chance, is paramount.
Fowler struggled to take advantage and
shoot ahead, losing balls left off the
tee, missing a couple birdie opportunities up on the greens, and stalling out
with the rest of the pack.
We're not talking about a novelty appearance, an Annika or Suzy Whaley
teeing it up
with the men, only to remind us,
with their shorter drives and spinless approach
shots and loose short games, why golf tournaments are gender - specific.
Woods, who may or may not have hit some
tee shots past those of Dustin Johnson during their casual Friday round
with Brad Faxon and President Donald Trump, can certainly still bring it, at least in non-competitive settings, as driving the green on the par - 4 seventh hole at Albany and draining a 15 - foot putt for eagle during Wednesday's World Challenge pro-am proved.
Adam and I were paired
with him at the Open Championship last year, and from his first
tee shot on, I thought, This kid is special.
Laskin was part of the local First
Tee contingent at Pebble Beach and was selected to be one of six junior golfers to be paired
with a senior teammate for a five - hole alternate -
shot skins game.
Where he goes from here is a
tee time on Saturday after posting a 1 - under 71 on Friday to go
with Thursday's 73 heading into the third round at even - par — two
shots north of the projected cut line and just seven
shots behind Friday's mid-afternoon co-leaders, Louis Oosthuizen and Kyle Stanley.
Looking fit and robust in shirts and sweaters spray - painted on to his buff body, the four - time major winner of two PGA Championships, a U.S. and a British Open can boom it out there
with the Bubba Watsons and Dustin Johnsons of the world (see: Sunday's
tee shot to the green on the par - 4 third).
Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed will anchor the
tee sheet at 5:50 p.m. ET, the No. 1 player in the world
with his former Ryder Cup partner, who
shot up the rankings to No. 10 thanks to a strong close to the year playing on the European Tour.
Then, just as it appeared that Kuchar might grab the upper hand after his playing partner lost a drive some 100 yards wide right of the fairway on the 13th hole, Spieth took an unplayable lie that required line - of - sight relief and — 20 minutes after
teeing off — left him
with a
shot from the driving range.
True, Spieth had whittled his own lead down from five
shots through nine holes to three
with back - to - back bogeys on Nos. 10 and 11, but the shock heard «round Augusta came when he splashed first his
tee shot and then his third strike into the brook.
Hagelin was able to beat the Caps defense to a puck along the end boards, and while Gaborik positioned himself
with a screen in front of the net Richards was able to
tee up on a big
shot off Hagelin's assist.
The sport that had been absent from the summer games since 1904 got off to a rather slow start Thursday,
with a smattering of spectators applauding Brazil's Adilson da Silva after the first Olympic
tee shot in 112 years.
Playing on the European Tour at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, Rory stepped up to the Par 3 15th hole
with a nine iron and absolutely drained his
tee shot.
That doesn't mean it's easy, however,
with a very sloped fairway creating some interesting second
shots, especially for players who go left off the
tee.
The closing hole requires players start
with an accurate
tee shot.
With the
tee moved back 20 yards and the bunker on the right side of the fairway elongated by 30 yards, a mid-iron — rather than a wedge — will be the choice for approach
shots.
I expect another strong run at Riv
with some amazing
shots on the way to another late Sunday
tee time.
Bubba hit bombed fades and low burners off the
tees, sniped approach
shots right on top of pins, hit a delicate chip or two to get up - and - down, and converted
with the putter from both ridiculous distances and clutch moderate lengths.
The spotlight coverage will focus on those three classic finishing holes, a risk - reward par - 5 that presents equal chances for an eagle chance or a water ball, the island par - 3 17th green and the long par - 4 18th
with that intimidating
tee shot with a huge lake all down the left side.
One will focus on a featured group in the morning wave and then move to a second group in the afternoon wave of
tee times, while another stream will show you all the action at the par - 3 17th (
with some additional
shots from Nos. 8 and 18).
Tiger
tees off on Saturday at 1:10 p.m. ET so Golf Channel's pregame show from 1 to 2 p.m. should feature live look - ins of most, if not all, of his
shots before they take over
with early round coverage.
After a birdie at the par - 5 16th, Garcia seemed poised to overtake the bane of his existence, or at least reprise their Saturday outing in a playoff, after Tiger, leading by two
with five holes to play, drenched his own
tee shot on 14 and fell into a four - way tie at the top.
Unperturbed, legions of fans gathered outside the ropes to the right of the walkway
with their sole intention being to rile up the U.S. players as they make their way to the golf's most epic opening
tee shot.
Rory's
tee shot on the par - 3 8th comes up about 50 feet short, and
with Reed just off the green to the left about 25 feet away, it looked like the crazy run was over.
• Approach
shot: Tiger takes advantage of his nice
tee ball
with an even better second
shot, settling pin - high and about 6 feet to the right of the hole.
With a two - stroke lead and four to play, Kerr hit her
tee shot on the par - 3 15th into the bunker.
Briefly, it seemed to work as Kane hit the outside of the post
with a
shot on the turn before
teeing up Dembele on the edge of the box soon after but the midfielder scuffed wide.