What is the highest score recorded on the 17th at TPC Sawgrass during the Players Championship?
Category: Golf History
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Clue
He ran out of fingers as well as a number of golf balls.
Answer
The highest score on the 17th at TPC Sawgrass, the Island Green, is 12, recorded by the 1986 US PGA Champion, Bob Tway.
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The par 3 17th is 132-yards long and has an "Island Green," This hole can scare even the most skilled of professionals.
Whilst Bob Tway was no doubt disappointed with a 12, he did substantially better than Pittsburgh grocery shop owner Angelo Spagnola who recorded a 66 on the hole. Ouch!
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