“While you suppose it’s going,” he stated, “then it just about by no means does.”
True sufficient. However that didn’t cease his British Open-winning father from anticipating the ball to wind up within the cup.
“Normally loads of instances anyway, you hear it was form of a mis-hit or no matter,” Stewart Cink, 48, stated. “This was not a mis-hit. This was precisely the best way I’d have drawn it up. It was like a dream shot.”
And as he watched the ball journey, the spectators sitting shut by turned a giveaway about its trajectory on the inexperienced.
“They knew it was in, and so they all bought up,” he stated. “Once they bought up, I knew it wasn’t lacking.”
No. 16 has seen a burst of hole-in-one exercise lately, with 9 golfers now having aced it since 2016.
“It’s very particular,” Tommy Fleetwood stated after he holed a tee shot on No. 16 final 12 months. “Doing it at a significant is nice, doing it competitively is nice, however at Augusta might be simply one other edge.”
However Cink, who had been enjoying distinctive golf just lately, would have sacrificed the triumph for an opportunity to play on Saturday and Sunday.
“I’d throw the outlet in a single ball proper within the water if I might make the minimize and compete for 2 extra rounds, however I’m lacking the minimize,” he stated. “That stings greater than the outlet in a single. It doesn’t increase my spirits like lacking the minimize hurts my spirits. I completely detest not enjoying right here on the weekend, and it hurts.”
The shot, although, did make for a simple birthday current for Reagan.
He bought to maintain the ball.
