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The sixth hole at Bay Hill claimed another victim Saturday, this time Jake Knapp making 12

The par-5 sixth hole at Bay Hill spares no victims.

The par-5 sixth hole at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Florida, spares no victims.

On Friday, it was Tommy Fleetwood falling to the famous hole that wraps around a lake, carding a 10 and resulting in him missing a weekend tee time.

The hole claimed another player on Saturday: recent PGA Tour winner Jake Knapp.

The smooth-swinging Knapp stepped to the tee and blasted his first two balls in the water, and his third didn’t find the water but was still too far right and went out of bounds. On his fourth tee shot, he finally put one in play, but it took him three more shots to get on the green.

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Two putts later, he was in for a 12. Yikes.

Jake Knapp’s shot tracer on the par-5 sixth hole at Bay Hill. (Photo: PGA Tour)

Knapp went from even on the day to 7 over in the span of one hole. Fortunately for Knapp, his 12 isn’t even close to the highest score on the hole. John Daly famously had an 18 in 1998.

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Tommy Fleetwood made a 10 at Bay Hill’s famous par-5 sixth hole. Here’s how he did it

Somewhere, Arnold Palmer is smiling.

The par-5 sixth hole at Bay Hill Club & Lodge is one of the more famous par 5s in golf.

There’s only about 350 yards between the tee box and the green, but between that is a giant lake that snuggles the left side of the fairway from tee box to green. It’s an incredibly difficult tee shot and approach, but players can be rewarded with two strong shots.

The same can’t be said for Tommy Fleetwood, who carded a 10 on the hole Friday during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Fleetwood’s tee shot found the fairway, but he hit not one, not two, but three approach shots into the lake before finally finding the putting surface with his eighth shot.

Two putts later, and Fleetwood walked away with a 10.

Tommy Fleetwood carded a 10 at Bay Hill on No. 6. (Photo: PGA Tour)

It was a struggle for Fleetwood on the opening nine, as he carded a 9-over 45. Even for the best players in the world, Bay Hill can be a beast.

The 10 isn’t even close to the highest score on the hole. John Daly famously had an 18 in 1998.

Somewhere, Arnold Palmer is smiling.