Canadian Taylor Pendrith recorded the first albatross on The Sentry course since the tournament shifted to the Koholaa site in 1999. This was a fantastic show however the fans couldn’t watch it in good video quality.
There was no videostream of Taylor Pendrith’s group, and he was not among the players the cameras were watching. While there was plenty of excitement, the Canadian’s historic play was not caught on video in the best quality, and the audience complained about that.
One X (formerly Twitter) user posted the following:
“And you guys only had security camera footage”
Another user said:
“Not having cameras rolling is embarrassing”
Let’s take a look at some other reactions on X:
“I bet you could hire 18 guys each to sit and film a hole for a limited field event. Probably pay em 20 an hour and a couple beers and you’d almost have half of the quality YouTube golf has,” one fan posted.
“Looks like that 1 billion dollar investment is paying dividends for the product,” another fan said.
“Lovin this picture quality”, another user wrote.
“What kind of footage is this? Is this old Tom Morris making an albatross?”, another fan posted.
A few days before The Sentry, the circuit inaugurated the PGA Tour Studios with the presence of Tiger Woods. The facility aims to improve the audiovisual content produced, related to the different events and players.
Taylor Pendrith’s albatross and more
Taylor Pendrith’s albatross came on the par-5, 520-yard 5th hole. The Canadian hit the fairway with his 279-yard tee shot. From there, it was 203 yards to the hole, but it was not an easy shot as he had to send his ball over a dogleg right of the fairway to reach the green.
Taylor Pendrith was being aggressive from the start and tried to get the hole with the second shot. His decision really worked for him hitting a really good shot to get the ball around five feet from the hole and then to hit pin and fell in perfectly.
Taylor Pendrith got an albatross, made four birdies and no bogeys until the 16th, and that put him into a tie for fourth. But he got sick on the 17th and fell more than 10 positions in the ranking.
In the second last hole, which is 548 yards par 4, Taylor Pendrith hit the ball into the waste area to the right of the fairway and had to take a hit. He found the fairway with his third shot, came to the green at the fourth but took double bogey since he needed two putts to reach the hole.
Pendrith improved with each day, producing a 2 under 71 on the first day and bouncing back to shoot nine birdies one bogey (8 under) on the second day. Woods was better off in the third round when he made an eagle, six birdies and two bogeys – all six under the round.