The 10 highest single-hole scores on No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass

It’s in the unique category of golf conversations, where one only needs to mutter “Island Green,” and the person or persons will immediately understand where they’re headed-No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass. Few holes in golf are as famous, a mistake (it …

Rex Caldwell, 1983: 9

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1983 produced two unwanted PGA trivia answers for Rex Caldwell. First, at the ’83 Phoenix Open, he was part of an eight-hole sudden-death playoff that was won by Bob Gilder. It’s tied for the second-longest sudden-death playoff in PGA history. Then he carded a nine during the second round of the Players Championship, the highest-ever score at the time. Caldwell’s ’83 ended on a better note, though, when he outlasted Lee Trevino at the LaJet Coors Classic for his first (and only) PGAS Tour win.