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Weiskopf hits five balls into water hazard
Posted: Tuesday April 09, 2002 7:16 PM
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Tom Weiskopf checks out one of his grips during the 1980 Masters Tournament, which he blew in the final round giving the tournament to Seve Ballesteros. The Augusta Chronicle |
By David Westin
The Augusta Chronicle
Before the 1980 Masters Tournament, Tom Weiskopf had played 48 tournament rounds, or 864 holes, at Augusta National Golf Club and had put one ball in a water hazard.
In the first round of the 1980 Masters, though, Weiskopf put so many balls in one water hazard that he set a record for high score on the 12th hole that still stands.
Weiskopf dumped five balls in the water on the par-3 hole, emerging with a 13. The record had been 11, made by Dow Finsterwald in 1951.
The ordeal started after Weiskopf hit a 7-iron tee shot on the 155-yard hole into Rae's Creek, which guards the front of the green.
After taking a penalty drop in front of the water, Weiskopf put four more balls in the water.
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Using a sand wedge, he kept trying to hit a precise shot, one that would clear the bank and the bunker in front of the green and cozy up to the pin.
"The first sand wedge shot was from a good lie," Weiskopf said. "The others were from a grassless area. It's difficult to hit from a hole."
Each time a ball went in the water, Weiskopf hardly moved. He just reached out for another ball fromcaddie Leroy Schultz and dropped it where the last ball had been.
"I was determined to stand there until I made the shot," Weiskopf said.
Through it all, Weiskopf, one of the most excitable players of his day, showed no emotion. At his locker afterward, he was equally calm.
"If I just look like I'm upset, I get fined by the commissioner," he said, referring to then-commissioner Deane Beman.
With the 13 on No. 12, Weiskopf shot an 11-over-par 47 on the back nine for a 13-over 85. Of 62 career tournament rounds, ending after the 1984 Masters, the 1980 round was his highest score at Augusta National.
"It's extremely embarrassing, not to mention disappointing," said Weiskopf, who had finished as a Masters runner-up in 1969, 1972, 1974 and 1975. He's still tied for most runner-up finishes in the Masters.
In the second round of the 1980 Masters, Weiskopf shot 79 and finished at 20-over 164 for 36 holes, missing the cut by 18 shots. He beat only two other players in the 91-player field.
It was the first time Weiskopf had missed the cut since making his Masters debut in 1968.
| RECORD HIGHS AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL |
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| Hole |
Score |
Player, Year |
| No. 1 |
8 |
Olin Browne, 1998; Scott Simpson, 1998; Billy Casper, 2001 |
| No. 2 |
10 |
Sam Byrd, 1948 |
| No. 3 |
8 |
Douglas B. Clarke, 1980 |
| No. 4 |
7 |
Dave Eichelberger, 1965; Jim Colbert, 1972; Nathaniel Crosby, 1982; Doug Ford, 2000 |
| No. 5 |
8 |
Bill Campbell, 1957; Sam Parks, 1957; Chick Harbert, 1960; Jerry Barber, 1964 |
| No. 6 |
7 |
Jose Maria Olazabal, 1991; Arnold Palmer, 1997 |
| No. 7 |
8 |
DeWitt Weaver, 1972; Richard L. Von Tacky Jr., 1981 |
| No. 8 |
12 |
Frank Walsh, 1935 |
| No. 9 |
8 |
Jack Selby, 1948; Richard Davies, 1963 |
| No. 10 |
8 |
Joe Kirkwood Jr., 1951; Craig Wood, 1954; Ben Crenshaw, 1979; Bill Hoffer, 1984 |
| No. 11 |
9 |
Dow Finsterwald, 1952; Bo Wininger, 1958; William G. Moody III, 1980 |
| No. 12 |
13 |
Tom Weiskopf, 1980< |
| No. 13 |
13 |
Tsuneyuki (Tommy) Nakajima, 1978 |
| No. 14 |
8 |
Nick Price, 1993 |
| No. 15 |
11 |
Masashi (Jumbo) Ozaki, 1987; Ben Crenshaw, 1997; Ignacio Garrido, 1998 |
| No. 16 |
11 |
Herman Barron, 1950 |
| No. 17 |
7 |
Bill Campbell, 1951; Ernie Vossler, 1956; Lionel Hebert, 1961; Angel Miguel, 1963; Jim Jamieson, 1974; Keith Fergus, 1981; David Tolley, 1983; Ralph Landrum, 1984; John Harris, 1994; Doug Ford, 1995, 1997; Steve Scott, 1997; Darren Clarke, 1998; Fred Funk, 1998; Sandy Lyle, 1999 |
| No. 18 |
8 |
Denny Shute, 1959; Homero Blancas, 1970; Masashi (Jumbo) Ozaki, 1994; Ian Baker-Finch, 1995; Arnold Palmer, 2000 |
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