Worst shots by a Tour player

[cabinessence]

Greg Kraft chunk
Lorena Ochoa, 18th hole, 2005 US Open

At the 1998 Masters I saw Jose Maria Olazabal skank a low duck hook into the trees about 150 yards out on #11. If I had hit that shot I would have vomited.


I also seem to remember someone else almost chunking away a tournament around the time of Greg Kraft.

 

[Scotty01292]

2006 US Open - 18th Hole - Final Round - Colin Montgomerie

 

[flomarilius]

Van de Velde.. I win

 

[warbirdlover]

Saw Dave Stockton dribble one off the tee like a beginner maybe 40 yards (driver) in a big senior's tourney a couple years ago. I think he was in the lead. Totally dubbed it and then proceeded to make par on the hole.

 

[LeftyHoges]

Every one of Greg Norman's 78 in the '96 Masters....

 

[Rockford35]

I remember Darren Clarke's shank....on Swingvision...LOL.

YouTube - SwingVision - Darren Clarke Shank

R35

 

[Augster]

Ochoa's cold top hitting a wood out of a bunker yesterday on the last few holes.

As the old wise man says, "Wood in bunker, wood in head."

 

[BigJim13]

I remember Darren Clarke's shank....on Swingvision...LOL.

YouTube - SwingVision - Darren Clarke Shank

R35

YES!!! He even laughed about that one....

 

[cabinessence]

I remember Darren Clarke's shank....on Swingvision...LOL.

YouTube - SwingVision - Darren Clarke Shank

R35

Now that's what I'm talking about! Just because you choked doesn't mean it was an especially horrible or embarrassing shot (e.g. Colin Montgomerie at Winged Foot).

 

[lildudejds]

i demand more videos.

 

[Dave Ireland]

I think Van de Velde was more a bad decision than a bad shot. The US Open champ Cabrera had a 150 yard scuttle off the 17th in Wentworth a few weeks back

 

[IrishGolfer]

Many years ago I saw Tom Kite hit a 30 yard "pure" shank once at the Irish Open, he just stood there for ages in total shock and disbelief. Kinda made me think that these guys aren't Gods.

Watching my mate Thomas Bjorn hit 3 or 4 drives in a row into the river at the 17th at the K Club was poor.

Clarkey's shank at Troon was special, especially on Slo Mo but....

....the winna MUST be the People's favorite hammer thrower Mark Calcavekia, who hit an outstanding shank on 17 at Kiawah Island in the Ryder Cup. Outstanding socket action in the middle of an agonising implosion of form down the stretch !!

 

[Eracer]

Many years ago I saw Tom Kite hit a 30 yard "pure" shank once at the Irish Open, he just stood there for ages in total shock and disbelief. Kinda made me think that these guys aren't Gods.

Watching my mate Thomas Bjorn hit 3 or 4 drives in a row into the river at the 17th at the K Club was poor.

Clarkey's shank at Troon was special, especially on Slo Mo but....

....the winna MUST be the People's favorite hammer thrower Mark Calcavekia, who hit an outstanding shank on 17 at Kiawah Island in the Ryder Cup. Outstanding socket action in the middle of an agonising implosion of form down the stretch !!

That's the one I was trying to think of. I knew it was The Calc, but couldn't remember the tourney.

My vote is for the 2001 US Open at Southern Hills. Stewart Cink casually fans an 18-inch putt, believeing he has no chance to get into a playoff with Brooks, who three-putted the eighteenth, and Goosen, who himself missed a two-foot putt to seal the victory.

Cink's shot goes down as one of the worst ever, because he gave up.

 

[dave.]

There is only ONE winner.............

The shanks and fluffs have happened to everyone,although Ochoa seems to have her fair share,and Van de Velde had never been in that position before,the pressure must have been enough to make anyones brain fry,and of course Norman has hit a few shockers,Doug Sanders had a horrid putt,etc etc etc etc,but................

1986,the Nicklaus Masters,or should we say,the one Seve threw away.

15th,big drive,only a 5 iron in and instead he took a four and hit it easy.................at least 60 yards left,a horrendous fat hooky chunk into the lake.

He just handed it to Jack

No qu

 

[Sandpiper3]

I loved Paddy fluffing the ball out of the rough with a hybrid, cant remember if it was a US Open or a PGA Champ in the past couple years.

That shank by Clarke was terrible.