Sometimes, golf ceases being a sport and instead becomes a kind of existential tussle played out on incongruously splendid lawns. This happened to golfer Russell Knox on the infamous 17th at Sawgrass. The hole is nicknamed the 'island green', although as one pedant on Wikipedia pointed out, it is 'technically a peninsula'. Wilson approached the hole in contention for the lead, just five shots behind Jason Day. By the end, he was well out of contention, shooting a sextuple-bogey nine. It's a pretty tough watch:
Russell Knox. 🙈 https://t.co/cx1COrlUU6
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 14, 2016
A hard Knox life.
It was an extremely difficult day generally at Sawgrass yesterday. Shane Lowry dropped well back out of contention, with both Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia complaining about how quick the greens were playing. Garcia tweeted the following acerbic skewering of the course:
Today at @THEPLAYERSChamp those were without a doubt the quickest browns, I mean greens 😉 I've ever played in my career! ⚡️⚡️fast😵🤕
— Sergio Garcia (@TheSergioGarcia) May 15, 2016
Garcia had serious trouble with the greens all day: watch him agonisingly five-putt a par four here.
See Also: Watch: Dustin Johnson's Brother Had To Jump In The Water At Sawgrass For The Stupidest Reason
