A safety spacer denied Jordan Spieth a hole-in-one this week, and the professional golfer will have to make do with his millions of dollars in career earnings and numerous major championships.
Spieth was playing at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas, on Thursday in the Maridoe Samaritan Fund Invitational, a mini-tournament with entry fees and prize funds being donated to a caddy fund.
The club had placed spacers in the holes as a safety precaution, which allows golfers to not have to reach as far in the hole to retrieve their ball. Similar measures are in place at most golf clubs nationally that have re-opened after coronavirus.
On the par-3 17th, Spieth nailed the 110-yard shot in the cup, but the ball bounced off the spacer, out of the hole, and then — to add insult to injury — the ball rolled off the green and into the water.
Jordan Spieth had a “hole-in-one” today on Maridoe’s 17th hole.
Why the quotations? His ball hit the spacer in the hole and richoceted into the water.
— Brentley Romine (@BrentleyGC) April 30, 2020
While the official rules might beg to differ, Spieth said he’s counting it as an ace.
“It never left the flag,” Spieth said. “I knew it was going to land somewhere around the hole. It’s my first one in probably three or four years. I kind of had a three- or four-year streak where I had a few and I’ve been shut out for a while. I’m going to count it. It was one of those where it most likely would have stayed in. Hopefully it’s a good omen.”
I’m going to agree with Spieth on this one. Why not? Take your ace, my man.
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