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20-handicap player achieves feat never accomplished by PGA Tour pro

Ask any handicap golfer their dream shot, and in most cases, it will be the elusive hole-in-one.
Some may even say recording an albatross – three under par – is their flight of fantasy.
Imagine, then, recording both in a five-hole stretch.
The Irish Examiner recently highlighted that very feat, performed by Rowan McCarthy, a 20-handicapper playing Wembley Golf Course in Perth, Australia.
A member of the Irish Perth golf society, McCarthy, who now posts as @shankmagic on Instagram, told the Irish Examiner, “On 12, the hole-in-one, it was a beautiful 7-iron, 169 metres, that drew towards the hole, hit the front of the green and leisurely rolled towards the hole and dropped in dead weight.
“Then on 15, the albatross, it was 185 metres with a 5-iron, downhill, using the bank adjacent the green, ran towards the hole, hit the flag and dropped. I might have caught that one a bit thin.”
According to the golfer himself, “Statistically, the chances of a hole in 1 are 12,000-to-1 and an albatross is 6 million-to-1. The odds of one of each in the same round…who knows? Some say it is 72 billion to one. It is a day I will never forget.”
It was certainly an eventful round with five pars, six bogeys, two doubles and three treble-bogeys accompanying the two obvious standout holes!
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McCarthy told the Examiner that the thought of giving up had crossed his mind, knowing he would never top what he had just achieved, but ”I love it too much”. “That thought did enter my head” he admitted, ”but the craic, the banter and the friendships I’ve made,” he admitted. “I play off 20, hit thousands of bad shots over the years, there is lots of room for improvement and this will spur me on.”
As such, he hopes the new social media address will ‘influence and give hope to the average golfer that anything is possible.’
One thing that might not is the traditional hole-in-one bar bill!
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Bryson’s current situation with Cobra revealed as he uses TaylorMade driver at Saudi International

At this week’s Saudi International, Bryson DeChambeau surprised golf fans by putting TaylorMade’s Stealth Plus 2 driver in the bag. Bryson has been a long time staffer at Cobra Golf and it was a shock to see the 28-year-old with a driver from a different OEM to begin his season.
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Per Dan Rapaport of Barstool Sports, a Cobra rep has confirmed that Bryson is simply out of contract with the brand, but that the two parties are currently in discussion about this year and the future.
Regarding Bryson gaming the TaylorMade Stealth this week in Saudi Arabia…a Cobra rep confirms that Bryson DeChambeau is not currently on staff with Cobra as his contract was up at the end of 2022.
“We are in discussions about 2023 and the future.”
— Dan Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport) February 3, 2023
In our forums, our members have been discussing the changeup from DeChambeau, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- FifeRiviera: “Honestly Cobra woods are the single most underrated pieces of equipment on the market.”
- Lacey Underall: “Just my guess – everyone on LIV will be an equipment free agent soon.”
- KimmerBH: “Never been a fan of Bryson but I do miss seeing him play every week along with some others that went to LIV. He was definitely entertaining to watch, I’ll give him that.”
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‘Sums up my life in the golf industry’ – Paige Spiranac on polarizing Phil Mickelson tweet

After a long break from Twitter, Phil Mickelson was extremely active on Twitter yesterday. His resurgence resulted in the golf world reacting for most of the day.
Paige Spiranac used one of Phil’s tweets to “sum up” what it was like to be a female in the golf industry.
Sums up my life in the golf industry lol pic.twitter.com/5bVIYUqxEW
— Paige Spiranac (@PaigeSpiranac) February 3, 2023
The tweet seemed to be a joke, and to be clear the tweet Phil shared wasn’t directed towards Spiranac, yet some Lefty detractors weighed in calling the tweet “misogynistic.”
The full context of the tweet is here:
Here’s the context pic.twitter.com/urNM5XfdTE
— Tyler Mathieu (@TylerMathieu15) February 3, 2023
We can be sure that as long as Mickelson is this active on Twitter, the app will be buzzing with golf personalities and their reactions.
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‘The hypocrisy is astounding’ – Phil Mickelson takes aim at RBC for missing logo at Saudi International

This morning, Cameron Young played the first round of this week’s Saudi International at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club.
As noticed by Twitter user “EPatGolf”, the 25-year-old PGA Tour player was missing the RBC logo that is typically on his sleeve.
https://t.co/8rD4cuBwiX pic.twitter.com/QK6X5VuL0F
— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) February 2, 2023
Patterson speculated that the reason for the missing logo was RBC’s reluctance to be associated with golf being played in Saudi Arabia.
Never a stranger to controversy, Phil Mickelson weighed in on the topic, accusing RBC of hypocrisy.
RBC was part of the team that brought Aramco public and they made many $ millions on the deal. The hypocrisy is astounding ?
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) February 2, 2023
Mickelson has been extremely active on Twitter lately and replied to a Danny Woodhead tweet just a short while ago about a potential LIV vs PGA Tour match with Tiger Woods and Phil as captains, even managing a little dig at his long-time foe.
It sounds great,but we would dominate them so soundly and it would be over so quick that tv would have to fill an hour of dead time. That’s why it’s not happening at this time ????
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) February 2, 2023
Tell him he can use a cart
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) February 2, 2023
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Jan 31, 2023 at 5:52 pm
It actually has happened on tour at the 2008 Fortinet championship, then known as the Frys.com Open. Nick Thompson did it. https://mobile.twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1571136923803926528
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