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PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Playing a traditional less-than-lucky number, Keegan Bradley hit golf's magic number.
A hole-in-one.
Bradley nailed the ace in Sunday morning's final round of The Players Championship, sinking his tee shot at the par-3 13th.
It was the 40th ace on record since the event moved to The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, and it rocketed Bradley up the leaderboard to a closing 2-under 70 to leave him 4-under for the tournament.
Aimed with a 7-iron at the Sunday middle-left pin location of 153 yards, Bradley's ball hit in the center, bounced a couple of times while rolling left and dropped into the cup.
"That pin kind of funnels in if you hit a good shot," Bradley said. "If you leave to the right you're in deep trouble so you have to be pretty aggressive. I hit it and it just rolled right in."
At the time of the weather suspension, Bradley stood in a tie for 21st place, setting up another healthy payday at The Players: He has placed in the top 30 here in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 but missed the cuts in 2023 and 2024.
Bradley's ace is the 13th on record at the par-3 hole and the first since 2019, when Sungjae Im converted the hole-in-one.
Other golfers to make a 1 on the hole are Chip Beck (1992), Phil Mickelson (1995), Jay Don Blake (1996), Craig Stadler (2002), Jose Maria Olazabal (2004), Justin Leonard (2006), Jesper Parnevik (2006), Henrik Stenson (2006), Fred Couples (2006), Robert Garrigus (2008) and Chris Stroud (2013). Only the Island Green on 17, with 14 aces, has recorded more holes-in-one.
The hole-in-one lifted the 38-year-old Bradley, winner of the PGA Championship in 2011, to 6 under for the tournament before bogeys on the 17th and 18th.
For Bradley, the ace was his second on the PGA Tour this year. He also converted at No. 3 at the Genesis Invitational.
The Palm Beach Post contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Players Championship 2025: Keegan Bradley final round, TPC Sawgrass
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A hole-in-one.
Bradley nailed the ace in Sunday morning's final round of The Players Championship, sinking his tee shot at the par-3 13th.
It was the 40th ace on record since the event moved to The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, and it rocketed Bradley up the leaderboard to a closing 2-under 70 to leave him 4-under for the tournament.
Aimed with a 7-iron at the Sunday middle-left pin location of 153 yards, Bradley's ball hit in the center, bounced a couple of times while rolling left and dropped into the cup.
"That pin kind of funnels in if you hit a good shot," Bradley said. "If you leave to the right you're in deep trouble so you have to be pretty aggressive. I hit it and it just rolled right in."
At the time of the weather suspension, Bradley stood in a tie for 21st place, setting up another healthy payday at The Players: He has placed in the top 30 here in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 but missed the cuts in 2023 and 2024.
How rare are holes-in-one at No. 13?
Bradley's ace is the 13th on record at the par-3 hole and the first since 2019, when Sungjae Im converted the hole-in-one.
Other golfers to make a 1 on the hole are Chip Beck (1992), Phil Mickelson (1995), Jay Don Blake (1996), Craig Stadler (2002), Jose Maria Olazabal (2004), Justin Leonard (2006), Jesper Parnevik (2006), Henrik Stenson (2006), Fred Couples (2006), Robert Garrigus (2008) and Chris Stroud (2013). Only the Island Green on 17, with 14 aces, has recorded more holes-in-one.
The hole-in-one lifted the 38-year-old Bradley, winner of the PGA Championship in 2011, to 6 under for the tournament before bogeys on the 17th and 18th.
For Bradley, the ace was his second on the PGA Tour this year. He also converted at No. 3 at the Genesis Invitational.
The Palm Beach Post contributed to this report.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Players Championship 2025: Keegan Bradley final round, TPC Sawgrass
Continue reading...
