He has a hole in one. Then another one, the second one against Tiger Woods, no less.
But Holden Bautista’s exploits are not over yet.
Soon, the 11-year-old boy defeated the 15-time major champion.
There are good days. And then there are days like Bautista had last weekend. Let’s start with the trump card. It’s a rare thing and they also set up what happens later.
Bautista is competing in the TGR Jr Invitational, hosted by Woods. On Sunday, on the Woods-designed Hay short course at Pebble Beach, he made his first Hole-in-One. On hole No. 8, he made his second shot and TaylorMade, one of Woods’ sponsors, shared a video of it.
Bautista punches. He talked to his ball. He walked in. Bautista ran everywhere. There were screams. Nearby is Woods. They finally met and Woods shook his hand.
“Proud of you,” he said.
“Thank you,” a smiling Bautista said.
“Keep at it,” Woods said.
In a way, he did.
Later, Woods hosted a reception. There was a Q&A.
And Bautista was given a mic. TaylorMade and golf personality Tisha Alyn captured and shared that, too. Here was the exchange, along with the reactions.
“Well, one, have you ever gotten two hole in ones in one round?” the 11-year-old asked.
There was laughter. Woods closed his eyes. Bautista continued.
“I, I mean, you’re the GOAT.”
Woods lowered his head. He shook it. There was more laughter. Bautista continued.
“I … you’re like, you’re the GOAT, and I, I … and it would be … I feel like it would be expected.”
Woods opened his eyes. He shook his head. He was smiling. There was more laughter. » Bautista continued. “But it’s okay, it’s okay. Now I feel like I’m putting you in the spotlight.
There was applause. Finally, Woods spoke.
“Did he just blurt that out on the mic to everyone?”
Indeed. Everyone did great. Right after that, in the video shared by Alyn, Bautista had another question to ask the host, and that question was also very good.
“Also, after something like a Hole-in-One or Chip-in,” Bautista asked, “what is your mentality going into the next hole?
At first, Woods joked, then offered advice.
“Yeah, we have to go, two in one,” he said. “Okay, I’ll give you that. Uh, no, but seriously, more seriously, when I get a high score on an eagle or a hole-in-one or I get a low score on a 10, it’s almost like I’ve said earlier, it’s about staying here now.