What Kevin Kisner did on the 14th gap throughout Tuesday evening’s match could go down because the funniest second in TGL historical past, though this new enterprise is just two weeks outdated.
After hitting his method shot into the greenside bunker, Kisner, who’s semi-retired and doesn’t play competitively typically, hit an entire shank. His rocket-hosel rifled off his wedge and bee-lined in the direction of the flagstick. It ricocheted off the pin, making a loud smack, and his ball lastly settled past the Inexperienced Zone.
Tiger Woods couldn’t assist himself as he doubled over in disbelief. Golf followers had by no means seen him chuckle more durable. Fellow teammate Max Homa shared related sentiments, laughing so onerous that he might barely breathe.
It’s a very good factor the pin was in Kisner’s approach, although, or else his shank would have seemingly ended up within the SoFi Heart crowd, which might have prompted a lot misery.
“We truthfully didn’t assume that anybody might probably get hit in right here,” Woods stated.
“However that was one of many funniest moments I’ve ever seen, Kis hitting that shot like that. We had been simply dying.”
In typical Kis-fashion, he dismissed his shank by nearly holing his comeback chip. He hit a beautiful third shot that landed on the inexperienced, trickled down the slope, and regarded destined for the opening. It could have been an unbelievable par, however his try lipped out on the final second. He needed to accept a bogey 4, not a nasty rating, all issues thought-about.
But, Kisner’s and Woods’ crew, Jupiter Hyperlinks Golf Membership, turned in a moderately poor efficiency of their debut. They misplaced to the Los Angeles Golf Membership by a rating of 12-to-1, as Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala hit a bevy of stable approaches whereas Justin Rose poured in loads of putts.
Not less than Kisner gave everybody an incredible chuckle amid the blowout.
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By. Observe him on X @jack_milko.
