Kevin Na locks holes in a weird way

Na entered from hole 10, scoring six birdies and one bogey over 14 holes. On the par4 sixth hole, he played 237 yards to the right of the fairway, adding 123 yards on the second shot but the ball went into the rough. With thick grass and instead of a wedge, Na turns the putter upside down, using the tip of the clubhead to chip the ball. Korean-American golfer birdie thanks to his creativity and precision on the third shot:

PGA Tour recorded Na when pecking the ball, 8.4 meters from the goal.

This type of hole closing is similar to the famous player Vijay Singh on hole 16, the last day of The Players Championship 2001. Even though he scored an eagle at the time, Singh finished second and Tiger Woods won the main event of the PGA Tour.

After a creative birdie yesterday, Na bogey on the last hole, closed a 66-stroke round on par71 and stood T12 at -9 after 36 holes, four strokes from the top of the table. Luke List jumped to the top with 63 strokes, including a string of five birdies in the middle of the round. For the whole game, the 36-year-old, who has never won the PGA Tour, scored eight birdies and no bogey.

Na was born in 1983, won five championships through 17 years of playing the PGA Tour. The US arena currently records Na reaching $ 35.2 million in prize money after 437 events, of which 300 times have been eliminated.

On July 7, Na announced that she would not attend The Open Championship 2021 from July 15 to July 18 in Sandwich, England due to the restriction on movement during the epidemic season. He is the first American player to actively give up the oldest major competition, which is owned and exclusively organized by Royal & Ancient (R&A). This year’s tournament in the 149th tournament with a prize fund of 11.5 million USD at Royal St. George’s.

Quoc Huy