Jonathan Byrd’s Hole in One Wins in Vegas

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Published: October 27, 2010

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“I was kind of in a daze and confused when it happened,” said Jonathan Byrd, regarding his hole-in-one that ended the playoff of the Justin Timberlake Shriner’s Hospital for Children Open on Sunday.

“I didn't see it go in and then didn't know really how to react to it. I'm still kind of dazed and confused now taking a red eye home and reuniting with my family and just kind of taking it all in.”

Byrd was finishing off what he called a difficult season, where he was 130th on the money list coming into the Vegas event.

“I've learned a lot,” he said. “But then to kind of play well in the fall and win this week, it's just a lot of emotions going on.”

When the PGA Tour official asked them if they wanted to continue playing with darkness looming, Byrd said, “ We all kind of hesitated. I initially was wanting to play for the fans and felt like we could get one more hole in.”

They decided to, at least, hit their shots to the 17th green and then make the decision as to whether it was too dark to putt out.  

“We went to the hole, and I was glad we were going to play one more hole, because at that moment I had a red eye flight trying to get home that night,” Byrd added.

Then he described the situation.

“I mean, there is nobody, hardly anybody on the green,” he explained about the hole-in-one. All the fans are behind us on the hill or at 18 green, so the fans are yelling up the hill trying to tell us it went in.”  However, the fans were not loud enough for them to know for certain.

“After what felt like a minute, we finally realized it was in,” Byrd continued. “And my first response was like these guys still have to hit. I don't want to jump around on this tee box like a mad man. I just felt like it would be disrespectful. I wanted to give them the op...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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