Round 3: Wells Fargo Championship
May 7 2011
4:05 pm
Holmes makes albatross history
No one had ever had a double eagle at Quail Hollow … until Saturday. J.B. Holmes just pulled it off on the par-5 15th, which measures 566 yards. After a 344-yard drive, Holmes’ 5-iron from 212 yards tracked right into the cup. The shot got him to 8 under, just three shots back of leader Pat Perez. Ironically, Holmes had never even eagled the hole in 14 previous tries: He’d made nine birdies and five pars.
Holmes then birdied the par-4 16th to get to 9 under.
The double eagle is the second on TOUR this year. Alex Cejka double eagled the par-5 10th in the opening round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on just his second shot of the tournament.
Holmes’ Shot Tracker trail:
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So where’s a cameraman when you need him?
He did WHAT….and there’s NO VIDEO!!?????
I have a Video of It
then post it to youtube! as fast as possible ;)
That’s what happens when they only show Phil.
Frank Chirkinian would not have missed getting video of that shot.
I was there and believe me it was the prettiest shot you could imagine. We were amazed no camera men where there either. When we asked his caddy how far he was from the hole he said about 216 yards well guess what he was 213 the shot bounced on the green twice and rolled right in. As they approached the green everyone stood up and staring cheering. I think he was even amazed. Great shot Mr Holmes
Great article…
Exceptionally well written read!!
Thank god some bloggers can write. My thanks for this read!
Markedly well written piece of writing!!
Any news about A defector’s unexplainable disappearance?