{"id":995,"date":"2011-04-16T12:30:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T12:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=995"},"modified":"2011-04-16T12:30:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T12:30:18","slug":"lets-talk-about-big-numbers-and-bad-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/lets-talk-about-big-numbers-and-bad-holes\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Talk About Big Numbers and Bad Holes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>14, 15, 16&#8230; what&#8217;s the worst you&#8217;ve ever played on a golf hole?<\/p>\n<p>By now you&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/thebiglead.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/15\/watch-kevin-na-card-a-16-on-one-disastrous-hole-at-the-valero-texas-open\/\" target=\"_blank\">seen the video <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/04\/16\/sports\/16golf.html\" target=\"_blank\">heard the news <\/a>about Kevin Na&#8217;s epic 16 on a Par 4 at this week&#8217;s Valero Texas Open. Na went into the trees and never really come out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s laughable, but it can happen to any of us at any time. One of the biggest flaws in my game and many other amateurs is that we have &#8220;blow up&#8221; holes. In my first round of the year I had two holes where I just lost my mind and my swing. It got ugly. Fortunately,\u00a0I wasn&#8217;t mic&#8217;d up and playing in a professional tournament.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are voices in the golf media who talk about how humbled Kevin Na must feel. Maybe, but I don&#8217;t think so. It&#8217;s a bad hole. It happens. He&#8217;s already moved on.\u00a0Kevin Na laughed about the whole thing the very next day <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TheKevinNa\" target=\"_blank\">via his Twitter<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s remarkable is that Na managed to shoot 12-over on that hole and still card an 80.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weiunderpar.com\/post\/just-how-slow-is-kevin-na\" target=\"_blank\">We probably should feel worse for his playing partners than\u00a0Na<\/a>.\u00a0Rarely are average players like the rest of us so lucky. Holes like this prove much more costly.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a couple questions&#8230; 1) What&#8217;s the worst hole you&#8217;ve ever had? Do you just pick up after 10? Would you be able to laugh off a 16? Post your thoughts below.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14, 15, 16&#8230; what&#8217;s the worst you&#8217;ve ever played on a golf hole? 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