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To: Red Badger

Wow!


14 posted on 06/13/2025 1:08:54 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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I heard it was only the fourth recorded 2 on a par 5 at a U.S. Open since 1980, stats before that not so easily available. I recall Louis Oosthuizen scoring a 2 on the par five second hole at the Masters about a decade ago. There was one at the Canadian Open last week also. They probably happen once or twice a year on the PGA tour and DP world tour, so having two in two weeks is a bit rare.

Another way to make an albatross is to achieve a hole in one a short par four, I believe this has only happened once in PGA tour history but I’ve seen any number of close calls, a short par four for top pros is 320 to 350 yards, for average players that would still require an approach shot but the top players can nowadays reach greens at that distance.

There’s one such hole at the Oakmont site of the U.S. Open (the 17th) and so it could yield a hole in one, so far about 5% of the tee shots at this hole have reached and stayed on the green. A lot are going off into rough and surrounding bunkers.


15 posted on 06/13/2025 1:15:04 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (For two countries with so many lawyers, there ain't much justice in Canada or America (yet))
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