Nick Dunlap had an adventure on the second hole of Detroit Golf.
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As golfers, we often play with other golfers who hit so far off the map that you can't even see where they hit their next shot. Heck, sometimes it's not just our teammates, it's us too.
But when you're watching a PGA Tour event, you usually have a vantage point to see where the pros are coming from. But Nick Dunlap apparently wanted to make everyone feel like they were playing with their fraud buddies on Saturday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Only it ended up being much better for Dunlap than for those in the gallery.
On the 2nd hole during the Rockets' weather-delayed third round at Detroit Golf Club, Dunlap airmailed the green from 173 yards.
His ball landed near the long fairway green and bounced one fence between the fairway and the 3rd tee of the Detroit Golf Club North Course. Ironically, the 3rd hole is the only hole on the North Course this week's tournament route that he does not play, instead opting for the nearby 1st hole of the South Course. But it is not out of bounds.
So, while hidden in the gallery by the hedge, Dunlap grabbed his sword and drew it.
The result? The ball flies from nowhere, lands on the green, checks and drops just four feet.
The chip shot quickly went viral, but the PGA Tour's Twitter account had perhaps the best caption, writing: “Please redo this shot, @Johnson_Wagner.”
As expected, Wagner, who has made a name for himself by recreating some of the biggest times this year on the course, was on the Golf Channel call.
“Holy cow!” Wagner said. “That was unbelievable. That will be a pretty good estimate for Nick Dunlap if he can get in.
And this wasn't a million dollar move by ending up with 10 cents. Dunlap made the par putt to stay at eight under for the tournament. He later bogeyed four consecutive holes on the front nine to turn in a 32 and get to 12 under, just two back.
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