During Thursday’s television broadcast of The American Express, Golf Channel’s Johnson Wagner showed how to play in a 5-meter-deep bunker on 16th Street.vol hole on the PGA West Stadium Course.
William Mouw must have missed this. Oh, what he wouldn’t give for the lucky “skull shaft” that settled on the green.
Mouw, who had a score of 6 under par in The American Express, fired his second shot from 275 meters into the bottom of the huge bunker.
The third shot went onto the green.
The fourth shot hit the bunker.
The fifth shot remained in the bunker.
His sixth shot stayed in the bunker.
His seventh shot went over the green.
His eighth shot went into the bunker.
He hit his ninth shot well down the right wing without even trying to hit the green.
His tenth shot still missed the green as it sailed through the gate.
His eleventh shot FINALLY went to putt, but 20 yards from the hole.
He two-putted for an 8-bogey 13, dropping him to No. 2 in the tournament.
What’s more, he made two shots in the water on the par-3 17th en route to a 29-foot triple bogey to go from 6 under to 5 over in two holes.
Mouw, a 24-year-old PGA Tour rookie, finished with a par of 81 courtesy of his top-30 finish in last year’s KFT rankings.
