Pro bizarrely hits ‘2 inches behind ball’

Cam Davis, in a single movement, let go of his fairway steel together with his proper hand, appeared down on the floor and thumped it together with his membership.

If you’re questioning what the heck occurred on his tee shot on Congaree Golf Club’s closing gap, Davis had the look of somebody who was too.

“You don’t see that very often from world-class players,” announcer Steve Sands stated on the Golf Channel broadcast. “Ball didn’t even make it to the fairway.”

That it didn’t. The 204-yard shot got here up about 25 yards quick throughout Saturday’s third spherical of the CJ Cup. Though if that doesn’t transfer you, this will likely: 

— Over 234 tee photographs on the 439-yard, par-4 18th, nobody had additionally hit it shorter. Seamus Power’s ball traveled 207 yards throughout the first spherical, although it seems to have hit a tree, in accordance with the PGA Tour’s ShotLink website. The common tee shot on the opening, in the meantime, has gone 286 yards. 

— The stats will also tell you Davis can drive it; final season, he averaged 308.5 yards per poke.  

— Davis can be contending, even after a late collapse during which he completed bogey-bogey-birdie-bogey-bogey-bogey. After a birdie at 12, he was two-under for the day and two again of the lead. He’ll begin Sunday’s ultimate spherical 5 behind chief Rory McIlroy. 

So what occurred on the tee shot?

A puff of sand from the bottom after impression could inform you. 

“Oooh man, he hit about 2 inches behind the ball,” analyst Trevor Immelman stated on the published. “That was a little weird, wasn’t it?” 

Indeed. On the published, Immelman even joked with on-course reporter John Wood, a former caddie, a few yardage estimation for the second shot. 

“The ball didn’t even get to the fairway,” stated Immelman, who was additionally Davis’ captain on the Presidents Cup’s International staff. “Not even sure John could get a number on this. Give us your best caddie eyes over there, John.”

“I’m going to go 237,” Wood stated.

“OK,” Immelman stated.  

“Could be 238, though,” Wood stated. “I haven’t caddied in a while.”

They each laughed. It was 214, according to the Tour’s leaderboard site. 

From there, Davis hit left of the inexperienced, pitched on and two-putted for a bogey 5. It was a part of a two-over 73 and an eight-under complete.

But that quantity should be in play.

“I go down to eight-under, so that’s 13 players within five shots of the lead,” Immelman stated on the published when requested who might contend on Sunday. “And tomorrow, weather is going to be the warmest it’s been all week — high of 78. Not much wind at all. So the golf course is going to be much more gettable than it was in round three.”

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Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In his position, he’s liable for enhancing, writing and creating tales throughout the golf house. And when he’s not writing about methods to hit the golf ball farther and straighter, the Milwaukee native might be taking part in the sport, hitting the ball left, proper and quick, and consuming a chilly beer to scrub away his rating. You can attain out to him about any of those subjects — his tales, his sport or his beers — at nick.piastowski@golf.com.