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Kevin Na's 15 or 16+ on a Par 4

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Canuck Well Established Member

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Valero Texas Open's first round featured player is Kevin Na and the poor bugger just made a 15 or 16 on the 9th Hole Par4. Poor guys was freaking out and just trying to get out alive. If you can find a video clip its a must see.

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Tiger Spuds Great Member

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Awful, cringeworthy stuff. He looked like a 25 handicapper trying to hack it out of the woods.

Now he's considering quitting because his hand's numb from hitting a rock and there's itchy stuff on him..

Big baby.

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ControlJunkie Great Member

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Here ya go: http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2011/04/kevin-na-gets-lost-in-the-woods-at-tpc-san-antonio.html

 
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Rebel_Golfer Well Established Member

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Had to chuckle as the camera followed he and his caddie after the hole. Basically it went like this:

Na: "How to we even count all that?"

Caddie: "I have no idea, I lost count."

Na: "Me too..."

LOL...

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He may be my new favorite pro.  Proof that they really are human beings!

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Uncle Peter Dedicated Member

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Originally Posted by Rebel_Golfer

Had to chuckle as the camera followed he and his caddie after the hole. Basically it went like this:

Na: "How to we even count all that?"

Caddie: "I have no idea, I lost count."

Na: "Me too..."

LOL...


Poor guy! It's great that he was able to laugh it off slightly and avoid a total meltdown.

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Canuck Well Established Member

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I have to say a huge hats off to Kevin Na for how he handled himself after the 9th hole. Battling back to shoot +7. It goes to show you what a good attitude and not giving up can do. He will have a shot at making the cut with a good round tomorrow. He could have easily just walked off the course and WD with an injury. Big Thumbs up for Kevin Na!!

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Shindig Incredible Member

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I'm slightly disappointed to hear it's a one-putt.  So much for "I missed the putt for a 14!"

Seriously, I like Kevin Na, even with his awful pace of play on a normal scoring day.  He's one of four Tour Pros I've been told I look like (I used to track how often and by player), and the first that anyone told me I look like.  I hope he comes back from this and does well.

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I have to apologize to Kevin. I played him on my fantasy team. It's like the kiss of death to golfers.

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Roblar Dedicated Member

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I think I owe Kevin Na a big "Thank you!"  He just made me feel so much better about hitting into the creek twice in a row on the 12th the last time I played.  If stuff like that can happen to the pros -- I really don't have to beat myself up so much when it happens to me. "Cheers Kevin!"


B-Con Great Member

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Apparently this is called an "[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Armour]Archaeopteryx[/url]". At least Na was laughing. His caddie didn't look amused, but I don't know anything about his personality. We can say that we've never shot a 16 before, but how many of us deserved to? How many would've actually played the ball out of the woods like that, especially if we have a group on our heels? I bet I've deserved to shoot a 16 before, especially back when I had a horrible combination of a bad slice and no chipping ability.

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albatross Great Member

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I was at the Masters last week and we followed Na's group for several holes on a couple of different days.  I'm going to predict his caddy looks for new work because me and my buddy kept saying that he was acting so annoyed with Na.  They kept bickering and just didn't seem to get along out there.  I know they are supposed to be buddies but it sure didn't seem like it at Augusta and now this debacle.......

Can't help but laugh at this though.  "The deer don't even go in there."


Dave H Dedicated Member

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Did anyone catch the part they showed on a later tee where the caddy was like "next time I say let's go back to the tee, let's go back to the tee"?

that was part amusing and part painful to watch.


uttexas Great Member

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Watched the 1st round last night.  He played a provisional and I saw that he called a rule's official over once he found the original drive. My understanding of rule 28, is that the player can deem his ball unplayable.  Not sure why he didn't play his provisional.  The provisional was in the rough, but not in jail, like the original drive.

The player may deem his ball unplayable at any place on the course except when the ball is in a water hazard . The player is the sole judge as to whether his ball is unplayable.

If the player deems his ball to be unplayable, he must, under penalty of one stroke :

a. Play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 20-5 ), or

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