The 14th Hole at Pebble Beach Is a Money Eating Machine

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Published: February 15, 2010

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Golfers were hemorrhaging money faster than Wall Street yesterday afternoon on the 14th hole at Pebble Beach.

In no more than 45 minutes, three golfers lost a combined $1.23 million (at the least) courtesy of Pebble Beach’s par-five 14th.

First came Alex Prugh.

In case you haven’t heard, Prugh has gotten off to the best start of any rookie in recent memory and was on pace for his fourth consecutive top-10 finish yesterday.

In fact, based on last year’s money list, a top-10 finish yesterday could have virtually secured Prugh’s 2011 PGA Tour card with six months still remaining in the 2010 season.

Prugh came to the par-five 14th within the top-10 on the leaderboard before coming up short and right with his approach shot.  Prugh then spent an agonizing seven minutes watching his golf ball roll up and down the steep, slick, undulating green several times before finally finding the bottom of the cup with his ninth stroke.

The 14th hole likely cost Alex Prugh somewhere in the vacinity of $185,000.

Next came Bryce Molder.

Molder was within the top-five when he approached the 14th.

Molder must have known he was in trouble as he watched his approach shot fly long and left of the green, but he probably didn’t know he was in the $160,167 kind of trouble.

Molder would also make a nine while the leader at the time, Paul Goydos, was standing in the fairway watching Molder’s nightmare unfold right before his eyes.

Tack on another $160,167 for the 14th.

Once Molder and playing partner J.B. Holmes finally cleared the 14th green, Goydos attempted to hit a low drawing seven iron into the back left pin location.

Unfortunately, Goydos’ ball came to rest in almost the exact same spot that had just cost Molder more than $100,000.

Goydos would also make a nine and potentially lost a whopping $889,700 (consider...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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