Ahn Byung-hoon, 30, suffered the bad luck of losing 8 strokes only in the 17th hole, which is considered the symbol of the tournament on the first day of the Players Championship, the ‘5th Major Tournament’ of the American Professional Golf (PGA) tour.
Ahn Byung-hoon recorded 11 strokes in the 17th hole (par 3) of the first round of the Players Championship held at TPC Sawgrass (par 72) in Pontevedra Beach, Florida, USA on the 12th (Korean time).
It is the’Octuple View’ that forgets 8 strokes.
Hole 17, the’Island Hall’ where the green floats like an island on the lake, is a hall that represents the Players Championship.
The view of the green in the middle of the water is a pleasure to viewers, but it is a burdensome place for players to play, as if the tee shot misses a little, the ball falls into the water and can act as a big variable in the game result.
In the 17th hole set at 143 yards that day, Ahn Byung-hoon drowned three more times in the drop zone after the tee shot fell into the water.
There was a ball that bounced on the green several times and then fell off, and there was a ball that seemed to settle and then slipped down into the water.
In the end, Ahn Byung-hoon, who put it on the green after 9 strokes, finished the 17th hole with two putts.
According to the Golf Channel, Ahn Byung-hoon’s 11 strokes is the record for the second most at-bats in this hole.
In 2005, Bob Tway’s 12 at-bats avoided the dishonor of being number one in the most at-bats.
Ahn Byung-hoon, who was recording 1 over par from hole 1 to hole 16, collapsed at hole 17 and lost two more shots in the aftermath of drowning in hole 18 (par 4), which is the next hole. Stayed at the bottom.
Ahn Byung-hoon said he was upset with the humor of adding his account by sharing it when the Golf Channel posted a post on Twitter with a video of his game and’Tag a friend who is likely to hit 11 in hole 17′.
Afterwards he said, “Everyone has bad days in life.
You have to learn from it.
Still, the 17th hole tee shot was terrible.”
Kevin Na (38), a Korean-American, also lost 5 strokes after being drowned three times in the 17th hole.
Kevin, who finished with a 9-over par 81 in the first round with four additional boogies, abstained afterwards due to back injuries.
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