Video: Jhonattan Vegas makes a silly-good par on the par-3 17th

There’s only so much you can glean from looking at a golfer’s scorecard. A par on a hole may look like another ho-hum score, but unless you witnessed it for yourself, you likely have no idea if it was a two-putt par, or a hole-out from a greenside bunker.

The fact that Jhonattan Vegas walked away with three on the treacherous par-3 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass on Thursday was certainly viewed as a success. But if you saw the way he went about recording the score, you’d understand why the three probably should’ve had an asterisk mark next to it for the luckiest par of the day.

Vegas, who finished his first round of the Players Championship at 4-under, was certainly living right on the island hole. After hitting what he assumed was a tee shot destined for the water, Vegas watched as the ball landed within a couple feet of the hazard, took a soft bounce and rolled onto the walkway leading to the green.

Lucky shot, right? It was until Vegas chipped his next shot past the hole into the fringe … and then rolled in his putt for par.

Yep, just another ho-hum three. It may not be the most memorable par on the hole in tournament history, but it was a pretty impressive one nonetheless.

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