Pro throws 2 into water, gets ‘big break’ after interesting rules discussion
Jason Day (with club), Charley Hoffman (back-spinner) and Sepp Straka (bluecaps) on Sunday.
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Charlie Hoffman’s first pitch? There is no doubt that this matter was doomed early on.
But he asked a second time.
Would Jason Day and Sepp Straka mind walking about 175 yards or so to check it out?
It all sets the stage for an exciting final round of the PGA Tour’s American Express event on Sunday. On the 208-yard, par-3 13th hole on the Pete Dye Stadium course, Hoffman hit two water balls off the tee. There was back and forth. There’s also the matter of rules – which could very well put Hofmann’s fate in the hands of his playing partners. There is an answer.
Hoffman started the hole tied for second and third with Straka before double-sculling his tee shot into the water that ran the length of the left side of the hole. He backed up a few yards, tried again, then sailed left and fell into the water again.
But that one perhaps Across a small patch of turf that juts out of the water – and also close to the green?
With that, he can just drop in there. With it, he can avoid hitting the third ball where two have already been flushed.
Hoffman talks to his caddy. Andy Barnes. He spoke with his partners, Day and Straka. Golf Channel microphones captured some of the conversation.
“It’s in,” Hoffman said of his shot.
Day said: “Yeah, it sucked. It was like landing…”
“Landed near…” said Hoffman
“It’s like the one on the wall,” Day said. [that separates the water from the hole]. …”
“I won’t do anything without your approval,” Huffman said.
“I’m 75 percent sure it’s crossed,” Straka said.
Of course, it’s not 100.
So Hoffman asked:
“I think we need to make sure it’s passed. … Do you want to go up there and take a look?
Straka said they would.
This move will speed up the game – if Hoffman joins them and determines that his ball didn’t go over, he’ll have to quickly get back to where he hit it previously. There’s also a high level of trust involved – Day and Straka will likely just decide Hoffman’s fate while also considering their own upcoming shots on the green. His playing partner’s call for certainty — rather than a decision he made on his own — drew praise from Golf Channel analyst Johnson Wagner.
Straka and Day came up. They looked around. Day pointed back at Hoffman.
Hoffman gave a thumbs up and walked up.
“That was a big break, otherwise he would have hit the same ball a third time,” Wagner said on the broadcast.
Course analyst Billy Ray Brown said: “Jason and Sepp thought there was a slightly raised profile on the left side of the green. I think it went through there before it went into the water. It was just a little short on the putting surface. of the left side.
Hoffman hit a long two-shot float on the spot that put him on the green, where he then two-putted for triple bogey. After five holes, he shot a 1-under 71 and finished tied for fifth.
“Once your playing partner makes the decision for you,” Brown said of the drop, “it removes any doubt.”
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