PGA Tour Player Misses Ball! Kevin Na wiffs!

[89qazws]

The ball was not yet in play on that hole which is why he did not get penalized, if he had done this on the fairway or green it would have been a penalty. This is very similar to what happens when you accidently knock the ball off the tee before you hit and all your buddies say "one", since there was no intent to strike the ball, there is no penalty. Since there was no intent to strike the ball and the ball is not yet in play, even if he had made contact there would have been no penalty.

[rrtmlt]

Cheating cunt. Should be hung up and shot

[Maxwas93]

I hate when Kevin na is high up on the leaderboard because then u have to watch him do this 4 times per hole. If I would pair with I would go nuts

[123Aodhan]

makes me feel so much better

[themothmanreturns]

@123Aodhan why? he didn't try to hit the ball!! it is not a stroke! you really think a professional would miss the ball?

[Daisukae]

Yahoo! brought me here.

[pri27golfer]

@Daisukae Did it? Can you send me a link to where Yahoo posted it?

[pri27golfer]

@Daisukae never mind, I found it.

[sunflowerblues06]

Craig Stadler whiffed a tee shot on the 16th hole of the 1984 US Open - a true whiff. He was so disgruntled he quit the round after the miss. He was being heckled by a fan before the whiff, and he blew his cool.

[gracethedog48]

Whether it was intentional or not, it's not a stroke. The only way a stroke would be added is if he actually made some sort of contact with the ball......he didn't......so whether he intentionally missed it or not, it's still not a stroke.

[SHSGOLFER2014]

@gracethedog48 Not true. The rule states if he had intent to hit the golf ball, it counts.

[LorrDx]

@gracethedog48 No dick head, SHSGOLFER2014 is right. If the golfer addresses the ball and takes a swing and misses, it counts as a stroke because the intent of the shot was there.

[themothmanreturns]

@gracethedog48 no you're wrong, if you try to hit the ball and miss it counts as a stroke. in this instance, similar to tiger at augusta, it doesn't count as he is not deemed to have made an attempt to strike the ball. under normal circumstances, if you miss the ball its a stroke!

[LJChantlerAF]

Has no one noticed that he was the joint leader? I think that says everything......

[ATomb212]

This should have been a stroke, he set up with the club face behind the ball.. which means he meant to hit it.. You can't just decide at the top that you don't wanna hit it and swing though it. There is a reason why tiger stresses his body and muscles to stop his swing on a dime.. SO HE DOSENT SWING THROUGH IT.. Bullshit that this didn't count.

[lewishong9]

pump fake

[49gofer]

sometimes when i'm shaving i like to put lots of shaving foam on and pretend i'm santa

[pjbbae]

get real. this guy hits in the 60s. wake the fuck up.

[monster29044]

Fail

[tiggeroo69]

This is exactly the same is Tiger at Augusta. He didin't try to hit the ball. It does not count as a stroke. Anybody who thinks otherwise is an idiot and knows nothing about golf

[pri27golfer]

@tiggeroo69 No. It's not exactly the same as Tiger at all. Tiger is Tiger and Kevin Na is Kevin Na. Kevin is much less controlled and actually swings through the ball, but 10 inches above it. Tiger controls his swing and stops before he gets through the ball. I'm not saying it was a whiff, but if Kevin continues to do this it may end up in him topping the ball in an attempt to miss it, which would count as a stroke.

[tiggeroo69]

@pri27golfer I'm just saying that in this instance there is nothing wrong. I would love to see Kevin Na top the ball. He's an ignorant prick

[Repete255]

@pri27golfer yes that would count as a stroke thanks for the obvious yes tiger is tiger and all that stupid shit but what he is saying is that it is essentially the same thing they both did not feel comfortable so they did something to prevent what is determined as a stroke by the rules and what Na does is allowed so no he wont fucking top it hes a pro and as almost incorporated this into his game.

[jordan123golf]

@pri27golfer It still does not count as a stroke. A ball is not considered in play until a stroke has been made, so when the ball is sitting on the tee, it's not yet in play. A waggle of the club, or shaky hands, or any similar move that results in bumping the ball off the tee is not a stroke. Intent is the key - remember, a swing is only a stroke if the intent is to hit the ball.

[Calebpiverlewis]

@bayareashake your kidding right hes a pga pro that admits that he missed it. Their professional golfers if he had actually missed under the rukes of golf thats a stroke but since he meant to miss it there is no stroke. Look howw far off he was from the ball come on now

[syzygy502]

I remember Tiger Woods at the Masters a few years ago on hole 13 and a bird came across his shadow and he managed to pull a full downswing and stop it before going across the ball.

[sneakyfellow]

he meant to do that, pga professionals do not whiff the ball, Im a + handicap and i cant remember ever missing the ball unless its a flop shot you go right under.

[BayAreaShake]

Not even PGA golfers are perfect. It happens. I was watching Davis Love during a practice round at Harding Park and he topped a drive that went about 100 yards. From the look of his fustration, it looks as if Na really whiffed it, but no harm no foul.

[barbertb15]

He didnt whiff it. He is one of the very few pros who determine if they like their swing by the backswing. If he doesnt like it then he either stops or "jukes" the ball.

[zzdoghog]

@barbertb15 Actually that's a whiff and it counted as a stroke. Don't post if you don't know what youre talkin about

[nickzivs]

@zzdoghog Actually you're the one who is wrong. They never counted his intentional "whiff" if you'd like to coin it that as a stroke nor have they ever because he was able to voluntarily check his swing on the downswing and therefore never advanced the golf ball even though the clubhead proceeded passed (over top) of it. It's not like baseball ... so long as you don't make contact regardless of whether you were lined up to tee off or not it's not a stroke unless the ball is struck.

[OzBooger]

if you have intent to hit the ball it is a stroke (whether you miss or not), otherwise it is not

[pri27nerf]

@zzdoghog no it didn't count as a stroke... so why don't you not post unless you know what you're talking about....

[leggysoe]

@zzdoghog wasn't a whiff, idiot

[mess4sure]

no it´s not a shot!

The intension to hit it counts as a shot

He swings 8 inches above it

so ... i guess nooo!

[FowlerFan1986]

I wonder if he just felt something weird in his back swing and bailed out. I think that is still a stroke though isnt it?

[pri27golfer]

@FowlerFan1986 he claims he pulled back and had no intention of hitting the ball, but when you get to the ball with that kind of power you've got to think he simply just wiffed. There was no stroke added.

[brennan435]

@pri27golfer He was too far in his backswing..so he kinda had to swing hard but he had to miss the ball while doing it because he didn't feel his backswing was right so he didn't wiff it.

[63Bueno]

@pri27golfer

he didnt whiff dude....get real....the worst gof shot u will ever see a pro hit is a cod top...besides hitting a flop shot in rough where the ball is sitting up, u cant name me a single occasion in PGA Tout history where a guy has ever flat out whiffed....that shit doesn;t happen on that level, its obvious Kevin was not trying to hit the ball here..

[pri27golfer]

@63Bueno the video title is for views, I know he did not wiff. That's why I said there was no stroke added.

[63Bueno]

^^^

this

[OzBooger]

@pri27golfer you say that now after everyone grilled you for saying it was whiffed haha

[anchorman991]

@63Bueno youtube.com/watch?v=QLwpNM5cSe­4 Phil mickelson goes right underneath a flop shot!

[MrLon2011]

@anchorman991 He said besides a flop shot...

[twinprime]

@63Bueno There is this whiff from Hale Irwin on a 4-inch putt in the 3rd round of the 1983 Open, too long ago yousay? How about Phil Mickelson hitting a hybrid but barely advance the ball on the 12th at Torry Pines?. Oh maybe the ball moved a few inch so not a whiff? How about Davis Love III's whiff at the 2006 PGA Championship? :))

Moral of the story is, don't say things with such certainty unless you are... certain :)

[jordan123golf]

@pri27golfer A ball is not considered in play until a stroke has been made, so when the ball is sitting on the tee, it's not yet in play. A waggle of the club, or shaky hands, or any similar move that results in bumping the ball off the tee is not a stroke. Intent is the key - remember, a swing is only a stroke if the intent is to hit the ball