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BBC News
18-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
The golfer who scored 10 on one hole in The Open
Shaun Norris stepped on to the fourth tee at Royal Portrush one over for The Open. A run at the leaderboard was still within his minutes later, the South African's scorecard was wrecked and his brain scrambled as he wrote the numbers one and zero on his card. 1-0. 10. (Ten). Double-figures. Six more than par. Norris took 10 shots to complete a hole that should have taken four. Sure, the fourth was considered the fifth most difficult hole on Friday - it caused him a mischief on Thursday too - but not this what happened to the 43-year-old over those 504 yards? How did the hole unfold? Three pars to start had Norris in decent fettle as he took aim towards the far end of the course. Then an errant lash of his driver darkened the ugly spray from the tee screamed out of bounds on the right and he was forced to fish another ball from his compose yourself, avoid that fairway bunker on the left... What bunker? That bunker you've just landed in. The one you took two to get out of on that stage, Norris was in the sand, three shots deep, and had 230-odd yards to the green. Not great, but not catastrophic. Not yet."What was it, the fourth shot? It caught the lip," he explained. "Then I hit the same club and tried to do the same."He told BBC Sport that he tried to "chase something" and, three increasingly infuriated swipes later, he was still in the same bunker. It was beginning to look like he might never emerge. Like this was his life now. Finally, fuelled by the fury of a man who's world was falling apart around him, he found just enough elevation to escape, his ball apologetically bounding 39 yards down the emerged behind it. A man who had probably lost track of how many times he'd hit the ball, what hole he was on, and even what his name was. "My mind went a little bit numb," he records showed he had played seven. The pin was still the thick end of 200 yards away. Too far, as it turned approach settled 20-odd yards short left. But somehow he gathered himself to chip to seven feet and hole the putt."Shot 10. Ball holed. Double bogey or worse," recorded the official Open shot was worse. Much, much worse. How did Norris respond? Norris would go on to finish five and destined to miss the cut. Eight of those shots were lost on the fourth across his two days on the Antrim coast. A couple of pars and he would have been well-placed for the weekend. Brutal. It took him six to complete the fourth on Thursday but, just like in the first round, he caught a grip of himself to respond with birdie on the three birdies after the turn - including one from 30 feet on the last - repaired some more of the damage, at least to his self-esteem if not his scorecard."Apart from one hole, I actually played quite nicely," he insisted. "One hole killed me, but I was happy with the way I fought back. "Take that hole out this week and you never know what happens." Given the fourth hole took three shots from him in the 2019 staging of The Open at Portrush, and it would be entirely understandably should Norris want it torn the South African, clearly, is a man of substance."I'll take it on again," he insisted. "I'll accept the challenge. But I'll play it a little bit differently next time."
The Irish Sun
18-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
The Open golf star suffers a meltdown and takes FOUR shots to escape a bunker and cards 10 at hole No4 at Royal Portrush
ROYAL Portrush claimed a scalp when Shaun Norris needed FOUR shots to escape a bunker. The South African went out of bounds from the tee on the fourth hole in the second round of The 153rd Open. 2 Shaun Norris during Friday's second round Credit: Getty So that saw him take three off the tee. He then hit his third stroke into a fairway bunker. The poor fellow needed four attempts to escape the sand, when he eventually found the fairway. But he came up short and left on the approach to the green to find the rough and then chipped on before tapping in a simple putt. READ MORE ON THE OPEN So Norris ended up taking TEN strokes on the par 4. He was +1 for the tournament before starting the hole. He walked off the green at +7 and in serious danger of missing the cut. But somehow he did recover his composure and went on to birdie the next hole. Most read in Golf CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS Golf fans watching the action unfold, though, took to social media with their reaction to the SEXTUPLE bogey. One wrote: "If this isn't the most Open Championship coded thing ever then I'd be hard pressed to find what is. I present Shaun Norris's scorecard from the 4th hole." Awkward moment fart noise stuns Open commentators into silence before pair burst out laughing The Open 2025 ONE of the most anticipated Opens in years is finally here. Can THE OPEN 2025 LIVE - Follow all the latest updates from Royal Portrush TIPS AND FREE BETS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW... The Open 2025 schedule and tee times TOP STORIES... Another said: "From level par to 6 over in the blink of an eye. Links golf in a nutshell." The American superstar dumped three balls in the water at the 155-yard par 3 12th. 2 The map of his hole makes for grim reading Credit: The Open Shaun Norris' nightmare hole Shot 1: 264yds to Out of Bounds, 250yds to pin Shot 2: Penalty incurred Shot 2: Drops ball to Tee, 498yds to pin Shot 3: 266yds to Fairway Bunker, 233yds to pin Shot 4: 0yds to Fairway Bunker, 232yds to pin Shot 5: 0yds to Fairway Bunker, 231yds to pin Shot 6: 0yds to Fairway Bunker, 232yds to pin Shot 7: 39yds to Fairway, 196yds to pin Shot 8: 173yds to Rough, 23yds to pin Shot 9: 21yds to Green, 7ft. 5in. to pin Shot 10: Ball Holed: Sextuple bogey
Scottish Sun
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
The Open golf star suffers a meltdown and takes FOUR shots to escape a bunker and cards 10 at hole No4 at Royal Portrush
The South African needed four attempts to escape the sand, and ended up taking 10 strokes on a par 4 FOUR-MIDABLE The Open golf star suffers a meltdown and takes FOUR shots to escape a bunker and cards 10 at hole No4 at Royal Portrush Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ROYAL Portrush claimed a scalp when Shaun Norris needed FOUR shots to escape a bunker. The South African went out of bounds from the tee on the fourth hole in the second round of The 153rd Open. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Shaun Norris during Friday's second round Credit: Getty So that saw him take three off the tee. He then hit his third stroke into a fairway bunker. The poor fellow needed four attempts to escape the sand, when he eventually found the fairway. But he came up short and left on the approach to the green to find the rough and then chipped on before tapping in a simple putt. READ MORE ON THE OPEN OPEN MINDED Golf star who is Buddhist monk tearing it up at Open thanks to Zen-like focus So Norris ended up taking TEN strokes on the par 4. He was +1 for the tournament before starting the hole. He walked off the green at +7 and in serious danger of missing the cut. But somehow he did recover his composure and went on to birdie the next hole. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS Golf fans watching the action unfold, though, took to social media with their reaction to the SEXTUPLE bogey. One wrote: "If this isn't the most Open Championship coded thing ever then I'd be hard pressed to find what is. I present Shaun Norris's scorecard from the 4th hole." Awkward moment fart noise stuns Open commentators into silence before pair burst out laughing Another said: "From level par to 6 over in the blink of an eye. Links golf in a nutshell." Tiger Woods famously hit an atrocious ten at the 2020 Masters - the worst score of his career. The American superstar dumped three balls in the water at the 155-yard par 3 12th. 2 The map of his hole makes for grim reading Credit: The Open
The Sun
18-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
The Open golf star suffers a meltdown and takes FOUR shots to escape a bunker and cards 10 at hole No4 at Royal Portrush
ROYAL Portrush claimed a scalp when Shaun Norris needed FOUR shots to escape a bunker. The South African went out of bounds from the tee on the fourth hole in the second round of The 153rd Open. So that saw him take three off the tee. He then hit his third stroke into a fairway bunker. The poor fellow needed four attempts to escape the sand, when he eventually found the fairway. But he came up short and left on the approach to the green to find the rough and then chipped on before tapping in a simple putt. So Norris ended up taking TEN strokes on the par 4. He was +1 for the tournament before starting the hole. He walked off the green at +7 and in serious danger of missing the cut. But somehow he did recover his composure and went on to birdie the next hole. Golf fans watching the action unfold, though, took to social media with their reaction to the SEXTUPLE bogey. One wrote: "If this isn't the most Open Championship coded thing ever then I'd be hard pressed to find what is. I present Shaun Norris's scorecard from the 4th hole." Another said: "From level par to 6 over in the blink of an eye. Links golf in a nutshell." Tiger Woods famously hit an atrocious ten at the 2020 Masters - the worst score of his career. The American superstar dumped three balls in the water at the 155-yard par 3 12th. 2 Shaun Norris' nightmare hole Shot 1: 264yds to Out of Bounds, 250yds to pin Shot 2: Penalty incurred Shot 2: Drops ball to Tee, 498yds to pin Shot 3: 266yds to Fairway Bunker, 233yds to pin Shot 4: 0yds to Fairway Bunker, 232yds to pin Shot 5: 0yds to Fairway Bunker, 231yds to pin Shot 6: 0yds to Fairway Bunker, 232yds to pin Shot 7: 39yds to Fairway, 196yds to pin Shot 8: 173yds to Rough, 23yds to pin Shot 9: 21yds to Green, 7ft. 5in. to pin Shot 10: Ball Holed: Sextuple bogey
Reuters
08-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Norris opens up four-shot lead at Joburg Open
March 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's Shaun Norris carded a 67 to take a four-shot lead on 14 under-par at the end of Saturday's third round in the DP World Tour's Joburg Open on a difficult day of scoring at the Houghton Golf Club. Norris carded a 63 on Friday despite being troubled by an ear infection and held a one-shot advantage going into the weekend. He has extended that lead despite a double-bogey on the par-four third hole and another dropped shot on the 15th. France's Adrien Saddier (70) and South African Jacques Krusywijk (68) share second place at 10 under-par, with the German Nicolai von Dellingshausen (69) a further stroke back. Norris, 42, won the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek in December, his second victory on the DP World Tour after the Steyn City Championship in 2022.
