William Mouw had a moment to forget at The American Express, with the Korn Ferry Tour graduate making a 13 at the par 5 16th on PGA West’s Stadium Course.
At The American Express on Friday, that’s exactly what happened to PGA Tour rookie, Willian Mouw, who produced an octuple bogey 13 at the 16th hole of the PGA West’s Stadium Course.
Finding the centre of the fairway with his tee shot, Mouw was left with 275-yards into the flag but, striking his approach, the 24-year-old pulled it left and into the massive bunker that runs down the side of the hole.
Sitting at 18-feet deep, the bunker is one of the deepest on the PGA Tour and, striking his third, Mouw did well to get out of it. However, the shot was thinned over the green and, with his chip shot, his fourth, the American put himself back into the bunker.
What followed can only be described as a slight meltdown, as Mouw kept the ball in the bunker for his fifth and sixth shots, with his seventh finishing back over the green. From there, Mouw then chipped it back into the bunker and, for his eighth, laid up to the front of the green.
Now playing nine at another chip over the green came and his 10th lay on the side of the fairway. Later, the first time PGA Tour rookie would two putt for an octuple bogey 13 and triple bogey on the par three 17 meant he grossed 81 to be 152nd.
On the other extreme of the chart, there is Charley Hoffman and Rico Hoey on the top leaderboard, though the pair sits at 16 under for the tournament. They both began with a 65 then fired a nine-under-par 63 that put them one stroke ahead of the trio in third place.