Bermuda Championship: how Dominic Bozzelli made 9 on par 3

It was a day, and particularly a hole, that Dominic Bozzelli would rather forget at Thursday’s Bermuda Championship. Find out how it happened.

In today’s edition of how in the world did that happen, we feature Dominic Bozzelli. On Thursday at the Bermuda Championship, Bozzelli had one of those rare feats that happen in golf every now and then. Unfortunately for Bozzelli, this was not one of the good rare feats.

The day started off slowly, but calmly, for Bozzelli. He parred the first hole, then birdied the par-5 second hole to get himself under par on the day. He followed that with four consecutive pars to remain in red figures.

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On the par-5 seventh hole, Bozzelli hit his drive in the fairway, but his second shot landed in a greenside bunker. His third landed in the rough and he was unable to get up-and-down, settling for a bogey. He would also bogey the par-3 eighth hole to drop to 1-over par. That’s where he finished his front nine.

Things continued to be calm for Bozzelli as he made the turn. He would par the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th holes to stay at 1-over. But he ran into some trouble after that.

On the par-4 14th hole, Bozzelli hit his tee shot into the rough. His second shot went wayward and he took a penalty. His fourth shot, from the rough, didn’t get out of the rough. He would get on the green in five and would make his putt for a double-bogey six. He was 3-over at that point.

Bozzelli parred the 15th hole before his adventure on the 16th hole happened. And it was quite an adventure.

For reference, the 16th hole is a par three that sits along the ocean, which is down the left side and behind the hole. Keep in mind that this is a par three as we count Bozzelli’s shots on the hole. His tee shot went into the rough. His second stayed in the rough. As did his third. And his fourth. On the fifth, he finally got out of the rough, but his ball went into the water.

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Bozzelli took a drop, in the rough, and played his seventh shot onto the green. He needed two putts to get down. The end result was a nine on a par three. Not only that, but a nine on a par three with only one penalty stroke. That’s tough to do.

Bozzelli finds himself in last after one round in Bermuda after a round of 81 that he would like to forget. But golf fans won’t soon forget his nine on a par three.

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