WGC-Workday: How Rasmus Hojgaard Made 10 with No Penalties

On Sunday at the WGC-Workday Championship, 19-year-old Rasmus Hojgaard of Denmark had no chance of winning. He had very little chance of making the Top 20. He was just hoping to finish the event with a solid round of golf to leave the tournament with a bit of momentum.

But that simply was not going to happen on this day. Hojgaard’s round started poorly and just got worse as it went along.

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Hojgaard should have known from the very beginning that this would not be his day. His opening tee shot found a fairway bunker on the par-4 first hole. He was able to get back into the fairway with his second shot but his third shot left him about 75 feet for par. Turns out Hojgaard would need three to get down from there, making a double bogey on his first hole of the day.

He followed that with a bogey on the second hole and he was 3-over through two holes. He would par the third hole, but suffered bogeys on the fourth and fifth holes to slip to 5-over through five holes.

Then, Hojgaard did something that is difficult for any golfer, regardless of playing ability, to do.

On the par-5 10th hole, Hojgaard hit his drive way right and into the native area. He was able to advance his second shot, getting back into the fairway. His third shot got him within 20 yards of the green. But his fourth shot traveled just nine feet. His fifth shot went just eight feet. His sixth shot actually left him further from the hole.

He finally got on the green with his eighth shot. His ninth shot was a putt that came close but missed. He would tap in for a 10. And that’s a 10 with no penalty strokes. Hojgaard actually hit the ball 10 times on one hole. He was 10-over par at that point.

Most players would have packed it in at that point but give Hojgaard credit. He actually birdied the next hole. He finished his front nine with a 9-over par 45.

On the back nine, he birdied the 10th and 12th holes but he ended up shooting 82 for his Sunday round. The only thing anyone will remember, though is how he made a 10 without a penalty stroke.