Smalley's tee shot was a bit too strong and seemed destined for the water, but then his golf ball, miraculously, held up on a wooden plank that runs around the perimeter. And it then kept holding up.

And if he birdied the hole, he would have finished T-9 and earned $706,250 – $287,500 more than he actually took home.

Two balls colliding while both are in motion is highly unusual—unless you're at Topgolf—but it does happen. Perhaps the most ...

In 42 years at Sawgrass, that's an average of 24 golf balls going splash down each tournament. The field of 144 will hit about 430 tee balls on the 17th hole over the course of four days in 2026, so ...

The Rules of Golf are tricky ... You still get the reasonable time to reach the hole and the 10 seconds to see if the ball falls in. While there is no penalty on your opponent for making the ...

Jim "Bones" Mackay said J.J. Spaun purposely dropped his golf ball on a sprinkler head to get relief from the rough into the ...

There are very few holes in golf that make ... Many a ball have been lost to the waters that surround the island green, and when the elements come into play, seasoned vets on the PGA Tour can ...

The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is famous for the par-3 17th, the island green. The hole measures a mere 141 yards but strikes fear into those who play it. The Players Championship has ...