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Tour Pro Takes 16 Strokes to Finish Hole

Kevin Na scored a 16 at the ninth hole of the Texas Open in San Antonio on Thursday, the worst score on a par-4 hole in PGA Tour history. But it could have been worse.

 

He nearly signed for a 15 after the round, which would have disqualified him for signing an incorrect scorecard. A lengthy video review confirmed his actual score.

 

After his 16 at No. 9, Na shot three under on the back nine for a round of 80 with r9 fairway wood. Given what he had been through, that was not too bad. He was 13 strokes behind the leaders, J. J. Henry and Stewart Cink. But he did beat three other players.

 

Na's record was two strokes less than the 18 that John Daly scored on the par-5 sixth hole at Bay Hill in 1998.

 

Na's problems began when he hit his tee shot way right on the ninth hole at the T.P.C. San Antonio. He declared his ball unplayable, picked it up and returned to the tee. But his second tee shot was no better. Thinking his ball might be lost, he hit a provisional into position in the fairway. He then had the misfortune of finding his tee shot among the vines. Had he not found it, he would have been hitting his fourth shot from the fairway with clubs in his golf bags.

 

When the round was over Na adjourned to review the videotape. "I got done with the hole and I said, 'Ryuji (Imada), I think I made somewhere between a 10 and a 15 but I think it's close to a 15.' They gave me 14 in the beginning and that sounded about right. Then, after the round, they said 15. We went and checked the camera and I counted it myself and it was 16. I just wanted to know exactly what I made. I'm the only one that's going to be able to know."

Alas, Na is now part of the high single-hole score lore. Plenty of other golfers have reached the mid-teens on a single hole; some of them have even done it on par-3 holes; some of them are even Hall of Famers.

 

Tommy Armour scored 23 on a par-5 in 1927; John Daly took an 18 on year at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The most recent instance of a golfer approaching 20 strokes on a single hole - at least, that we know of - happened on the Japan Tour in 2006. A golfer named Mitsuhiro Tateyama scored 19 on a par-3.

 

For a few more names in this unfortunate roll call, see our post about Tateyama's misfortune. It includes some more single-hole blowups. What's more, there are more new TaylorMade r11 driver coming at the golf course. It is funny for the golfers. 

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