Jj Spaun took two points from Green 9 on Sunday to escape a brutal lie and make birds.
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JJ Spaun’s second hit in the 9th hole Sunday in the player championship left much to be desired.
Spaun, then on 10 under and a back of the superiority, exploded his access to the par-5 deep to the right right, placing an unsafe chip in the green. So how did he find himself playing his next purpose from ROADS Just a few minutes later in TPC Sawgrass? This is the question that had the world of golf that buzzing Sunday afternoon.
Answer, according to the Dear NBC Sports’ reporter on the course Jim “Bones” Mackayturned into a pair of spray heads – and Golf rules.
NBC cameras were trained away from Spaun as he reached and appreciated the blow, but when they returned to find Spaun on the street, Mackay quickly retired to explain the situation.
Spaun’s ball came to rest with a spraying head in his attitude, which meant that he could get free relief from a man -made obstacle. The golf rules set out he could fall Inside a ball club length and none closer to the hole. As it did, according to Mackay, other The sprayer’s head went inside a club length of the first spaun fall – it means, if he threw the ball into the head of the sprayer, he could get other Pour, also inside a club length and not closer to the hole.
“It was interesting,” Bones told the NBC team. “Jj got up there and his ball was in a terrible lie. He was standing in a sprayer, but still nowhere near the road, so he got relief. Inside that length of the club was another sprayer, so he deliberately threw it into the sprayer, took a second length of the club away from it and entered the right road.”
When both points were made, Spaun found himself free from Gnarly Greenside completely completely. Instead, his ball rested on the edge of the road, placing one up and down to make a bird -placed bird. As the spaun operated technically within the letter of law, as it relates to golf rules, some fans were quick to emphasize that its points radically changed the nature of its third green shooting for easier. What otherwise it may have been a challenging parenthem was transformed into a relatively routine bird.
4 of Spaun’s in the 9th hole also withdrew it with Rory Mcilroy, the leader of the day, with nine holes left to play, which is where things remain while players expect a rain delay on Sunday afternoon. You can watch the video of the event, which was caught by Normal sport‘S Kyle Porter, in the link below.
