‘We might have a slight rain delay here’: Wild moment thousands of delighted fans toss their beer into their air after golfer Sam Ryder lands a stunning hole-in-one
- Ryder’s wedge shot on the 124-yard hole landed just right and short, bounced a couple of times, spun left and tumbled in
- The rowdy fans on the 17,000-seat hole threw drinks in the air in celebration and littered the turf with bottles, cans and cups, leading to about a 15-minute delay
- CBS – which airs the tournament – showed off the shaking grandstands filled with people more ready for a rager than a round of golf
- ‘We are covered in beer and other liquids I believe,’ CBS broadcaster Amanda Balionis said on the telecast. ‘We might have a slight rain delay here’
With scenes reminiscent of Caddyshack, golfer Sam Ryder brought down the house with a hole-in-one on the stadium 16th hole Saturday in the WM Phoenix Open.
Ryder’s wedge shot on the 124-yard hole landed just right and short, bounced a couple of times, spun left and tumbled in.
The rowdy fans on the 17,000-seat hole threw drinks in the air in celebration and littered the turf with bottles, cans and cups, leading to about a 15-minute delay.
CBS – which airs the tournament – showed off the shaking grandstands filled with people more ready for a rager than a round of golf, with liquids in the air and dozens of containers on the course.
‘We are covered in beer and other liquids I believe,’ CBS broadcaster Amanda Balionis said on the telecast. ‘We might have a slight rain delay here,’ she added.
Sam Ryder of the United States reacts to his hole-in-one with Brian Harman of the United States on the 16th hole during the third round of the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale
Fans cheer in the stands on the 16th hole after the hole-in-one
Ryder’s wedge shot on the 124-yard hole landed just right and short, bounced a couple of times, spun left and tumbled in
The rowdy fans on the 17,000-seat hole threw drinks in the air in celebration and littered the turf with bottles, cans and cups, leading to about a 15-minute delay
Ryder was elated to have nailed the 16th at the Phoenix Open after his round ended.
‘I don’t know how I could pick a hole over this one,’ said Ryder, eight strokes behind Theegala after an even-par 71. ‘I don’t think there’s any hole that has the electricity that this one has.’
Ryder’s first tour ace was the 10th at No. 16 since the tournament moved to the course in 1997 and first since Francesco Molinari in the third round in 2015. Tiger Woods did it in 1997 before grandstands ringed the hole.
‘It just ended up being a perfect 54-degree wedge,’ Ryder said. ‘Everything always plays a little shorter in there, adrenaline or whatever it is.’
Space City Gym in Humble, Texas, won $1 million for Ryder’s ace through ‘WM´s Million Dollar Shot’ contest.
The gym was one of 20 WM small-business customers randomly selected as a contest finalist, with each of the 20 finalists randomly assigned a threesome of players
Ryder reacts to his hole-in-one with his caddie
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