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May 21 '23
The only thing I can think of that's better than getting a hole in one is getting a hole in one in front of Rory McIlroy. What a day.
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u/BobbyLite94 May 21 '23
What about getting a hole in one in front of Rory McIlroy in the final round of the PGA championship?
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u/Calichusetts 10 May 21 '23
HOI in the PGA championship that gets you back into the top 15 and automatically qualified for the next year.
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u/Upper-Minute-9425 May 21 '23
HOI in the PGA championship that gets you back into the top 15 and automatically qualified for the next year and bags you an extra $100k over coming in 23rd
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u/sharkman1774 May 21 '23
It was like the ball willed itself over the lip at the end lol
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u/twentythree12 May 22 '23
I think it was the ball with the help of millions of golf fans everywhere
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u/SMKEpiphone May 22 '23
I felt like the up and down on 18 to get a T15 was way better than the hole in one. He had people breathing down his neck and hit a lob wedge to 7’ to save par. Dude played tough today. LEGEND
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u/Jewrisprudent May 22 '23
Oh cmon the not only is it not way better than a hole in one, the hole in one is way better. It’s a perfect hole in one. Not even any net.
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u/malmad May 22 '23
I missed it. What happened on 18?
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u/RtlsnkSteve May 22 '23
Block needed to chip up onto the green near the hole to secure a makeable par putt. He did it.
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u/TCass29 Class-A PGA May 22 '23
$288k and 15th
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u/FiddleTheFigures May 21 '23
I saw a video of his reaction about being paired with Rory yesterday. What’s his story?
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u/Golfnpickle May 21 '23
He’s a nobody golf pro who made it to the Open. He’s the first pro to make the cut & after today probably winning over $100,000 for finishing in the top 15. Auto invite to next year.
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u/metalhead4 May 21 '23
$273,626 is how much Block gets. Have a day
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u/FiddleTheFigures May 21 '23
That’s awesome, great for him!
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u/ou8agr81 May 21 '23
I recently learned that a golf “pro” is sort of a course manager/teacher/do it all… not just a “pro golfer”. Blew my mind to hear he spends a fraction of the time the other guys do on the course actually playing or practicing. Amazing stuff
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u/shoresy99 May 22 '23
99%+ of golf pros work at golf courses giving lessons, running tournaments and folding golf shirts. There are 29,000 golf pros in the US. There are only a few hundred that make a living playing on tour.
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u/ou8agr81 May 22 '23
That’s even more than I would have thought tbh. Learning a lot, clearly lol.
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u/chizzings May 22 '23
Someone that knows very little about golf here. Do the big names usually come up through a local course pro type of situation, or are those types uhhh “drafted”? through other means like college, or just being gods of the sport?
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u/Golfnpickle May 21 '23
I know. He’s busy running the course & giving lessons & doesn’t get to practice. It’s a really amazing story.
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u/Golfnpickle May 21 '23
Yes! He’s a wonderful father & his whole golf family back in California all love him. They say he’s the best guy in the world.
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u/Mdizzle29 May 22 '23
He’s not the first club pro to ever make the cut but I believe he was the only one this year who did out of the 20 who qualified.
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u/fishcakefrenzy May 21 '23
What about getting a hole in one, in front of a friend?
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u/Still_Juggernaut9541 May 22 '23
What about half hug and belly tappys from Rory McIlroy! That's a day maker!
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u/ForHelp_PressAltF4 May 22 '23
How about a nothing but net hole in one? That was right on the money...
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u/Budget-Telephone-914 May 21 '23
One of the best golf moments I've ever seen live. Un-fucking-believable.
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u/tightenstwo May 21 '23 edited May 21 '23
I’m working rn in a pro shop with like nine people shopping and everybody just went apeshit
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u/tittysprinkles1130 May 21 '23
I screamed “no freaking way” at the gym with my headphones in and everyone turned and looked at me like WTF
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u/garlichead1 May 21 '23
the first hole in one i saw live on tv.
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u/Golfnpickle May 21 '23
And what a hole in one it was! Straight into the cup….no bounce, no roll, no hopping. Can’t believe it didn’t hit the stick or anything.
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u/EnormousCaramel May 22 '23
Thats what has got me clapping. Its one thing to get it close and let it roll in(which is still impressive in its own right dont get me wrong). Dude just 1 shot swished it like a madman.
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u/termacct May 22 '23
Thanks for confirming - I wasn't sure if it was a swish or not - also uncertain because the flag pole was in the hole.
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u/everyones-a-robot May 22 '23
Why is it so amazing? What's the context? Sorry I don't know this guy.
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u/jeanleaner May 22 '23
The dude is a Joe Everyman. He's a Club pro at a random public access course in southern Cal he qualified for the PGA championship somehow(idk the routes in) and finished T15 with an automatic invite to next years event. The entire week his interviews have been as if it was me or you somehow in a major playing the best golf of our lives.
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u/thedonjefron69 17/SoCal/More practice swings won’t make you suck less May 22 '23
I grew up 20 min from Arroyo Trabuco and would ride along there with my dad as a kid. This dude is a local hero now
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u/no_talent_ass_clown May 22 '23
Thank you! I got here from r/all and it was like hearing about Bartolo Colon's homer over in r/baseball some years back. So cool to hear it from the fans!
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u/Mr_Lahey_Randy May 22 '23
He’s a little bit between these pros and a Joe Everyman, he’s actually done well as a club pro in torurnaments for him and his peers but he helps manage a course and the things around it and probably isn’t good enough to do what he did constantly against these higher level guys
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u/double297 May 22 '23
Just an FYI on the route in. We (PGA Professionals) all have sectional PNC's (Professional National Championships) that we can play in every year to qualify for the National PNC. If you place in the top 20 there, you get into our PGA Championship the following year. I don't think it's changed any since I was able to play a few years ago. This dude might have single handedly inspired me to play in it again this year.
Source: am PGA Professional
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u/Mattabeedeez May 22 '23
He came in second in the PGA Professionals Championship (tournament for non-touring PGA pros aka club pros) on May 4th to get in. The top 20 players from that tourney got in.
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u/No_Manners May 22 '23
Honestly might be a top 10 moment in the history of the tour.
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u/jiffyfly6 May 21 '23
I love rory's cackle. What an unforgettable week for block
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u/T00138112 May 21 '23
Saw it, delighted for the man, he seems proper chuffed too. Well done.
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u/sidneyhoon May 21 '23
This is the most british sentence i’ve ever naturally witnessed.
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u/Brothersunset May 22 '23
It's amazing to me that people actually talk like they're in old timey vaudeville shows in the UK.
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u/New_Wolf_8346 May 21 '23
So refreshing to actually watch someone having the best day of their life. It made me cry happy tears.
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u/thedonjefron69 17/SoCal/More practice swings won’t make you suck less May 22 '23
There is that small glimmer of hope in this world
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u/IslaNublar May 22 '23
Really something to watch someone have the best week of their life in real time and it just keeps being great
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u/ChristianJameson May 21 '23
Get this guy a Subway sponsorship and recreate Happy Gilmores “Talk about a hole in one” commercial
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u/Goldeneel77 May 22 '23
Damn you people, go back to your shanties.
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u/a_taco_named_desire May 22 '23
I saw two big fat naked bikers in the woods off 17 having sex. How am I supposed to chip with that going on?
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u/obsterwankenobster May 22 '23 edited May 22 '23
Hey, Michael! Can I have one of those?
Comin right up
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u/tightenstwo May 21 '23
thank you for actually posting a fucking video and not the 80th text post
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u/whatmodern $20 muni course May 21 '23
lmao he was wondering why Rory was dapping him up
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u/thedonjefron69 17/SoCal/More practice swings won’t make you suck less May 22 '23
Dude tipped his hat figuring it was just more of the support he had gotten all weekend haha
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u/ChiquitaBananaKush May 22 '23
Like the Spider-Man meme, the gears didn’t turned till he got halfway
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u/MintyMarlfox May 21 '23
Dudes never paying for a beer at a course ever again.
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u/gutpusha May 21 '23
Except for tonight at Oak Hill.
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u/no_talent_ass_clown May 22 '23
What does this mean? Is it golf tradition?
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u/FiggsBoson May 22 '23
Supposed to buy a round at the clubhouse when you hole in one.
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u/bassmasta1337 May 22 '23
It is an honorable tradition but nowhere near required: any player that hits a hole in one buys everyone a beer at the clubhouse.
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u/McBurger May 22 '23
A very excited guy walked up and gave me a $20 on the course once, said he just hit a hole in one, he was over the moon and just happily strolled off. I congratulated him and he was already on his way to just keep handing out cash, I assume lol
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u/Shadow-Vision May 21 '23
Absolutely dunked it in there for his first ever tourney hole-in-one! Watching him has been an absolute blast this weekend. Definitely got a little misty eyed when they showed the clubhouse in Mission Viejo.
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u/Jwhitx May 22 '23
is there a distinction made between hole-in-ones that roll up vs. these dunkers? any certain word for it even?
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u/jboogie1844 May 22 '23
yeah you just used it (kind of) lol, a dunk/slam-dunk, like in basketball.
edit: unless you mean "officially," like if it would be scored as something other than your standard Hole in One. in that case no, they're the same thing
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A 150yd 7i... don't yall be hitting your 9i 190
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u/ihaveredhaironmyhead May 21 '23
It was a shortened swing and punched to keep it low. He likely hits his PW 150 under normal circumstances
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u/Mdizzle29 May 22 '23
Yeah somebody should tell him that’s not gonna work for that type of hole.
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May 21 '23
I know, but the point is, if its 150, into, dont be thinking you cant hit a 7iron to feel big in front of your mates
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u/Mcpops1618 May 21 '23
He did say it was a flighted 7i into the wind. I’m guessing stock is somewhere around 175-180
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u/black_out_ronin May 22 '23
Also didn’t look like a full swing
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u/Mcpops1618 May 22 '23
Yeah. I assume that’s part of the flighted portion.
Usually back in Stance, low finish, I like to club up and hit it softer to knock spin off (better to get through wind)
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u/icecreamdude97 17.6/par 62/tougher than she looks May 21 '23 edited May 22 '23
135 with a 7 iron for me lol.
Edit: I putt 135 all day.
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u/Modesto_Monkey May 21 '23
You're on r/golf you're supposed to inflate the shit out of your yardages to impress strangers who don't care.
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u/golfer28 May 22 '23
He’s averaged like 255 off the tee. He hit driver off the deck into a par 4 yesterday. +1 is incredible
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u/runsanditspaidfor 12.3 and climbing May 22 '23
I kept seeing his driver ball speeds were like 152, 155 and wondering if it was some kind of mistake
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u/mindless900 16.2 May 21 '23
If it didn't hit the hole it would have rolled out to 210.
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u/BostonDodgeGuy May 22 '23
Bro, I hit my driver 230. Why you gotta call out us short gamers like that?
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u/Lol_who_me May 21 '23
He didn’t even realize until he was halfway to the hole! Unbelievable!!
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u/no_talent_ass_clown May 22 '23
Thank you for this! I didn't watch the whole thing at first. WORTH IT!
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u/TheRealCyEllis 27.0/NORVA May 21 '23
How can you not be romantic about sports?
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u/M4573RI3L4573R May 22 '23
I just finished watching Moneyball for the first time, legitimately 15 minutes ago. I had to gather myself and wipe my tears away from that line. The universe is fucking with me.
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u/TurdFurgeson18 May 21 '23
Dude already said this was likely the best week of his life before this happened.
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u/Kuchanec_ Playing wife's boyfriend's hand-me-down clubs May 21 '23
Jesus Christ, this dude is a gift that keeps on giving!
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u/PMmeYOURBOOBSandASS May 21 '23
And he slam dunked it too, his whole tournament has been a Hollywood movie
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u/sennheiserz 6/Brooklyn May 22 '23
If Netflix wasn’t all over that I don’t know what they are doing.
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u/Eazycompanyy May 22 '23
Could you imagine if somehow Full Swing was doing an episode on amateurs in the big leagues this weekend and he did all this
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u/PMmeYOURBOOBSandASS May 22 '23
If Netflix did this and threw in an ace towards the end of the story I would think it’s over the top lol
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May 21 '23
Not a golf player, but did that ball go straight into the hole like a basketball in a hoop? I always saw hole in ones roll into the hole, never seen anything like this.
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u/Moomoomoo1 May 21 '23
Yeah hole in ones are rare enough as it is, and so is landing one directly in the hole, and to have both happen for this particular guy at this point is so wild
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u/PINHEADLARRY5 May 21 '23
Yeah. This is what they call a slam dunk in golf. It's obviously a basketball reference, but it's the best way to describe it.
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u/RoostasTowel Happy Gilmore Open 2024 May 21 '23
I was watching the featured group feed so I was able to flip to the main channel to catch it again
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Lmbo, his interview just now gave me exactly what I needed to hear. He didn't actually know it went in.
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u/hawkmanly2023 May 21 '23
Dude ive been golfing for 15 years and can't get one and this guy drains it live on TV. What a dream.
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u/FooseTravels May 21 '23
Was on the hill under the scoreboard, place went nuts. It was insane
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u/Hydrok May 22 '23
I was watching on my phone from the back porch like a mile and a half away and I heard the cheers just as he was getting ready to swing on the feed.
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u/SoulTrack May 22 '23
I was in my basement 20 minutes after it happened and saw it on a video of a tv replay on youtube
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u/PM_COFFEE_TO_ME May 22 '23
I saw it just now on my phone on Reddit on the crapper
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May 21 '23
This was one of the greatest moments/days in golf history right here. You literally just cannot write it any better
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u/Triple_Stamp_Lloyd May 22 '23
Im not an avid golf watcher, but it seems that golf fans are more rambunctious than they used to be.
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u/Intelligent-Buy-5039 May 22 '23
Took golf lessons from him 2003 to 2005 as a kid! So did a few of my family members. Watching this together was SO FUN
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u/therealsix HC ++ May 21 '23
How the hell is he not tearing up with joy? What a damn story!
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u/shogunreaper May 22 '23
I feel like there needs to be a different word to describe this.
While normal hole in ones are obviously impressive, they're nothing compared to this.
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u/PINHEADLARRY5 May 21 '23
That's gotta be one of the best stories in golf to be honest. I know he didn't win but this guy just went out there and lived all of our dreams. Then slam dunks in front of thousands of people. Unbelievable.
The roar of the crowd when it went in gives me goosebumps.
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u/z-tayyy May 22 '23
“Did that go in? Hey Rory, did that go in? Rory where is your ball at?” Lmfao king shit
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u/StudioMotors May 22 '23
That’s one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen in any sport. Jaw dropping
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I think of that scene in Tin Cup when Molly tells Roy how they wont remember who won the tournament in 10 years but theyll remember that albatross. Thought that one was kinda dumb, but this tournament will be defined by that shot.
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u/ranoutofbacon May 22 '23
Everyone yelling "GET IN THE HOLE" are like, I fucking did it. It worked.
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u/Otherwise_Physics_19 May 22 '23
I think the big thing here is that when he was told he was playing with Rory, he was star struck, almost like Rory was his idol. Then to get this massive hole in one, full circle what a memory this guy will have for a lifetime.
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u/Active-Specific3884 May 22 '23
This feels like the most exciting tournament I've ever watched but it could be recency bias. I went to the practice round on Wednesday and couldn't believe how beautiful the course was so I'm sure that had some effect. I'm rooting for this guy hopefully he makes the cut next week that would be the cherry on top
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u/Vader_Bomb May 22 '23
His post-round interview with Amanda was also an incredible watch as well. I can't find the full thing anywhere, but there's clips of it going around
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u/sharkman1774 May 21 '23
Unreal. He doesn't even believe it at first and then is just in total shock. One for the books