Humiliated golf star racks up a 12 at the RBC Canadian Open in disastrous opening hole
French ace Matthieu Pavon suffered the nightmare in Toronto but incredibly it isn't the worst score on a hole this year
Mashed-up Matthieu Pavon was left devastated after carding a disastrous 12 at the RBC Canadian Open.
The French star suffered the calamity on the opening hole, the 10th on the course, of his second round at TPC Toronto.
Pavon's anguish began with a wild tee shot into trouble and, having got his ball back into play, he hit a fourth into the water.
The 32-year-old reloaded and promptly hit his sixth into the drink before doing exactly the same again with his eighth after yet another penalty drop.
Pavon finally managed to get his 10th shot onto the putting surface before taking two-putts to sign for a dozen.
Such is golf, the shattered star bounced back with two straight birdies, but the damage was well and truly done.
It was painful for Pavon, but he did go one better than William Mouw, who ended up with a 13 during his second round of The American Express in January.
He made an octuple-bogey, tripped up by the notorious 18-foot-deep greenside bunker. It took him 13 shots to play the famed par five, most of which were caught by TV cameras.
Mouw said: 'I'm definitely not the first to get captured by the bunker and make a big number and I certainly won't be the last.'
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