Texas native Jordan Spieth buried a hole-in-one in his house state, sending the Valero Texas Open crowd right into a frenzy on the sixteenth gap Thursday afternoon.
Spieth wasn’t too glad when he walked as much as the 16th tee box, after his double-bogey on the par-5 14th pushed his opening spherical on the event to 4-over.
Nevertheless, that each one modified when he struck an ideal fade off the tee and despatched his ball flying straight to the flag 183 yards away.
Spieth and the group watched because the ball bounced completely on the inexperienced and made its means towards the opening. It by no means deviated from its line, which was proper within the coronary heart of the cup because it fell in for a hole-in-one. It was the third of his PGA Tour profession.
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Jordan Spieth of the U.S. performs a tee shoot on the sixth gap in the course of the first spherical of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio April 4, 2024, in San Antonio. (Brennan Asplen/Getty Pictures)
The group went wild, and although he didn’t play his finest golf Thursday, he threw his palms within the air to rejoice. Maybe it was a sigh of aid.
Spieth started his opening spherical with a bogey on the primary gap and picked up one other one on the fourth earlier than back-to-back birdies on 5 and 6 received him again to even. However the curler coaster continued with a bogey on seven and one on 9 put him at 2-over in his first 9 holes.
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He had one other bogey at 11, although a birdie on gap 12 negated that. The opening-in-one, although, appeared to place Spieth heading in the right direction to complete robust. He birdied 17 earlier than making par on 18 to finish with a 1-over 73.
Jordan Spieth of the US celebrates after making a hole-in-one on the sixteenth gap in the course of the first spherical of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio April 4, 2024, in San Antonio. (Raj Mehta/Getty Pictures)
With golf’s first main of the 12 months subsequent week — the 2024 Masters — many who’re invited prefer to take per week off to arrange for Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership. Spieth, although, enjoys taking part in in his house state and clearly needs to remain in event mode earlier than heading all the way down to Georgia.
Spieth is probably going hoping to select up the place he left off Thursday as a substitute of the up-and-down scoring he noticed in his opening spherical. His end has him tied for 76th.
It’s been a wrestle the final two outings for Spieth, who was reduce from each The Gamers Championship and the Valspar Championship in back-to-back outings. Nevertheless, he’s thirty seventh in FedEx Cup factors (501) after two high 10 finishes this 12 months, together with a third-place end at The Sentry to open the brand new 12 months and a sixth-place end on the WM Phoenix Open.
Jordan Spieth of the US celebrates after a hole-in-one on the sixteenth gap in the course of the first spherical of the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio April 4, 2024, in San Antonio. (Raj Mehta/Getty Pictures)
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Spieth has a inexperienced jacket in his closet because the 2015 champion at Augusta Nationwide.
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