Pga Tour Winner Makes Quadruple-bogey After Nearly Driving Green At Bank Of Utah Championship

Few sports are arsenic perplexing arsenic golf. 

In nan first information of nan Bank of Utah Championship astatine Black Desert Resort, Davis Thompson stepped up to nan 308-yard, par-4 14th (his 5th spread of nan day). He astir drove nan green, smashing nan shot 302 yards, but a bid of misfortunes ensued. 

The 2024 John Deere Classic winner’s tee changeable landed near of nan putting surface, 48 feet from nan hole, connected nan shaved upslope adjacent to nan green. 

Though there’s nary video, ShotLink says Thompson’s 2nd changeable only precocious 6 feet, possibly rolling backmost down aft failing to scope nan greenish safely. And his 3rd changeable only went different 6 feet. 

His 4th changeable turned retired to beryllium moreover worse, trickling backmost to astir nan aforesaid spot arsenic his first chip. Then, that attempt was only 6 inches. 

Finally, nan 26-year-old sewage his shot connected nan green, rolling 26 feet past nan hole. He would two-putt from location and motion for a quadruple-bogey 8. 

It’s not what anyone wants, but each golfer has been there. Luckily for Thompson, he rallied for a first-round 2-over 73, closing his time pinch 4 consecutive birdies, giving him a chance to make nan cut.