Sergio Garcia of Spain celebrates his hole in one on the 17th during the first round of the THE PLAYERS Championship on May 11, 2017. (Getty Images) PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Year of Sergio Garcia continued on Thursday at The Players Championship when the reigning Masters champion made an ace on the island-green […]
Masters Par-3 Contest canceled for the first time in its history
April 6, 2017 by
The Masters Par-3 Contest was canceled before it really got started. (Getty) For the first time since it began in 1960, the Masters Par-3 Contest was canceled on Wednesday. With severe storms coming through the Augusta National Golf Club and the southeastern United States, play was initially stopped at 10:10 a.m., calling into question if […]
Koepka, Fowler embrace TPC Scottsdale’s raucous par-3 16th
February 3, 2016 by
You talk a short walk from the 15th green into a walkway under the stands. You weave your way through a tunnel of green. The modest hum of thousands of fans, anticipating your arrival, can’t be ignored. Then then catch you walking onto what is, for 50 weeks each year, a benign par 3. Not […]
Michael Thompson makes a hole-in-one on the long par-3 8th at the Players Championship
May 10, 2013 by
When most golfers arrive at TPC Sawgrass’ par-3 8th hole they are just hoping to find the putting surface. At 231 yards, No. 8 can play just as tough as the famous 17th and a three there will make you plenty happy as you walk off the green. Not Michael Thompson. The 2013 Honda Classic […]
Ben Crenshaw checks in from 1995 with an ace at the Par-3 tournament
April 11, 2013 by
All right, this is just great. Ben Crenshaw, the two-time Masters winner and certainly one of the most beloved figures in Augusta this week, gave the fans one more big thrill at the Par-3 tournament on Wednesday. Crenshaw won another piece of crystal with his ace on the 7th, a shot that required both style […]
Webb Simpson cold-shanks his tee shot on Medinah’s par-3 8th
November 11, 2012 by
Webb Simpson’s had a memorable Ryder Cup, going 2-1 over the first two days. But during his singles match on Sunday, he had a moment he’ll likely want to erase from the memory bank at the end of the day. Holding a 1-up lead on the par-3 8th, Simpson cold-shanked his tee shot and watched […]
Video: Jhonattan Vegas makes a silly-good par on the par-3 17th
May 11, 2012 by
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 […]
