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Did Barstool’s Riggs make a hole-in-one at Bandon Dunes? And what’s the rule on a ball being lodged against the flagstick?

Riggs set Twitter ablaze when he inferred that he’d made an ace at the famous Oregon resort.

Barstool Sports’ Sam “Riggs” Bozoian missed this week’s edition of the Fore Play podcast because he was off playing Bandon Dunes.

So although he wasn’t part of the twice-weekly podcast, he lit the Twitterverse (X-verse?) ablaze on Friday when he posted that he’d just made an ace at the famous Oregon resort that houses five of the top 14 courses on the Golfweek’s Best top 100 U.S. public-access layouts list.

Via social media, Riggs said he was buying drinks for those on hand at Bandon Dunes after he posted this photo, which infers that he made an ace:

It’s tough to see in the photo if any part of the ball is below the lip of the hole. But if it’s not, rule 13.2c of the USGA Rules and Interpretations explains this scenario in detail.

13.2c. Ball Resting Against Flagstick in Hole

If your ball comes to rest against the flagstick left in the hole, and any part of your ball is in the hole below the surface of the putting green, your ball is treated as holed.

If no part of your ball is in the hole below the surface of the putting green:

Your ball is not holed and must be played as it lies.

If the flagstick is removed and your ball moves (whether it falls into the hole or moves away from the hole), there is no penalty and it must be replaced on the lip of the hole.

According to the National Hole-In-One Association, a tee shot hit by an amateur golfer on a par 3 goes into the hole one out of every 12,750 times.

Watch: Tiger Woods challenged Riggs to a long-drive contest — and then won from his knees

The Fore Play Pod called it “the greatest moment in Fore Play history.”

The Fore Play Pod called it “the greatest moment in Fore Play history.”

That moment was Tiger Woods vs. Barstool Golf, a collab between the GOAT and the popular golf influencers, a dream come true for Riggs and the boys.

“We did it,” the crew said. “We finally filmed a video with Tiger Woods and it went better than anyone could have imagined. We’ve never been more proud to be a part of Team TaylorMade and know this is just the beginning with the Big Cat.”

There’s an 18-minute video on YouTube – which has close to 500,000 views in about nine hours – but the highlight of the day came when Tiger and Riggs held a long-drive contest, with Tiger taking his swipe from his knees.

We should’ve known it was serious when Tiger showed up his signature red shirt and black pants.

“You’re a sicko,” Riggs told him right after the knee bomb.

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