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Phil Mickelson Amazes Golf Fans With Barefoot Shot
Phil Mickelson Amazes Golf Fans With Barefoot Shot originally appeared on The Spun. Phil Mickelson is with the LIV Golf Tour in Indianapolis this week and decided to try something different when his ball hit the water. Rather than take a one stroke penalty, Mickelson decided to play the ball where it lie. But since it was in a marshy part of the course, Mickelson would have had to risk getting his shoes and pants wet to take the shot. So Mickelson simply took them off. He planted his left foot in the mud and used his wedge to not only get the ball out of the water, but onto the green to save his hole. Mickelson's fans loved it It doesn't get much better than seeing a new way to hit a ball during a round. Mickelson's many fans had all kinds of fun with it on social media: "We already knew Phil Mickelson can walk on water, now he can chip through it," one user wrote on X. "Phil may be the best ever at pulling off shots that just look impossible," wrote another. "Phil is a magician with a wedge," a third remarked. "King of wedge play, and note: I didn't see him get one drop of water on himself… truly a magician around the greens ..!!!!" "Why is Phil always in these difficult situations pulling off miracle shots??" "Sometimes the worst shots give you the opportunity to make a great one." 2025 was a rough year for Mickelson in the majors. He was cut from the Masters, PGA Championship and U.S. Open and finished outside the top 50 at the Open Championship. It was the first time in his entire career that he was cut from three majors in the same season. Phil Mickelson Amazes Golf Fans With Barefoot Shot first appeared on The Spun on Aug 15, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Aug 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Sun
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Baffled Rory McIlroy hits TWO balls with ONE shot in incredible never-seen-before incident at The Open
RORY MCILROY incredibly hit TWO balls with one shot in never-before-seen scenes at The Open. The Northern Irishman, 36, made a stunning start to his third round at Portrush with three birdies in his opening four holes. 2 2 But on the par-4 11th hole, he somehow managed the bizarre feat. McIlroy's drive drifted right of the fairway and landed in the heavy rough. He played his second shot attempting to get it on the green. But as he whacked his ball out of the thick grass, a second ball popped up from the undergrowth. The rogue ball had been plugged in the grass and lost for goodness knows how long. It then dropped in front of McIlroy and rolled into his foot as he watched his actual ball fly towards the green. He looked down to see the unlikely intruder sitting there. A baffled McIlroy picked up the ball and held it up to the crowd and his caddie. He said: 'I was on a golf ball.' McIlroy then tossed the second ball into a bush. Unfortunately, he went on to drop a shot and record his first bogey of the round. But McIlroy bounced back on the next hole to sink an eagle. Golf fans on social media were all talking about the freak incident.
Daily Mail
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Charlie Woods stuns golf fans with crazy scorecard as he eyes first ever AJGA tournament win
Charlie Woods has gone viral after enjoying a remarkably chaotic round at a tournament in Florida. The 16-year-old, the son of golf legend Tiger Woods, is this week competing at the Team TaylorMade Invitational at Streamsong Resort. Woods Jr. is in serious contention for a first ever victory in an AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) tournament. He sits in a tie for second heading into the third and final round. Woods is on nine-under-par - one shot off the lead. But the teen's tournament began with a crazy opening round that included only three pars. Woods, who is ranked No 604 in the AJGA rankings, hit eight birdies and an eagle but somehow carded a two-under-par 70 after also shooting five bogeys and a triple bogey. His scorecard had soon flooded social media, prompting a number of hilarious replies from golf fans, one of whom joked: 'Hell of a way to post 2 under!' Woods hit eight birdies, an eagle, five bogeys and a triple bogey during his opening round 'Those scores look more like a phone number than a golf scorecard,' another said. while a third added: 'I bet his dad would've approved of his course management/risk management' One fan even compared Woods to another former prodigy who has developed a habit of carding crazy scorecards. 'Jordan Spieth is that you???' they wrote on X. But Woods Jr. catapulted himself into contention in the second round, carding a tournament-best seven-under-par 65. The 16-year-old hit another nine birdies - with just two bogeys - to put himself on nine-under-par for the tournament. He is one shot behind Luke Colton of Texas ahead of Wednesday's final round. This is Woods' fifth AJGA event and his previous best finish was a tie for 25th. Earlier this month, he fell at the first hurdle in his bid to qualify for next month's US Open. The 16-year-old was one of 10,202 golfers who entered the 125th US Open and Woods Jr. took part in one of the regional qualifying events, teeing it up at Wellington Golf Club in Florida. But Woods' score of three-over-par was not good enough to progress.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
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2025 PGA Championship: Jon Rahm drills fan in the head with errant approach shot Saturday at Quail Hollow
Jon Rahm got a very unlucky bounce on Saturday afternoon, and it came at a price for a fan sitting near the 11th green at Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina. Rahm's approach shot at the par-4 in the third round of the PGA Championship flared well left of the green. Instead of just landing in the thick rough, though, Rahm's ball actually appeared to hit a fan directly in the head. The ball drilled a fan who was crouched down, clearly trying to take cover from the ball, and then ricocheted over to the other edge of the green after making a noise that left the CBS broadcast crew stunned. Rahm went over to check on the fan after the fact, and gave him a hug and a signed ball. Thankfully, the fan appeared to be OK and all is well. Rahm then had to chip back onto the green, and he two-putted for bogey. That dropped him back to 4-over. Advertisement The shot, though far more dangerous, was reminiscent of something that Jhonattan Vegas did on Friday. Vegas, who took a two-shot lead into the weekend, bounced his tee shot off a rake at the par-3 17th and ended up landing safely on the putting surface. The key difference, though, is that Vegas both only hit a rake and he saved his par. No fan was injured in that sequence. Despite the incident at the 11th, Rahm was in the midst of a bit of a push on Moving Day. He opened the third round with a pair of birdies in his first three holes, and he made to to 5-under on the week after a birdie at the 10th. At the time, that brought him within two shots of the lead — though he fell back to three with the bogey at No. 11. Regardless, things could have been much worse for Rahm. And, more importantly, that fan is still in good shape.
