World’s Worst Golf Shots

photo credit: nsaplayer   During the 1954 Masters, Jack Nicklaus hit a shank which flew directly over the heads of Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, who were watching Nicklaus.  Embarrassed,  Nicklaus finished the hole with a par.  

Another bad shot occurred at Kingsmill G.C., when Kenny Perry, with his ball resting in the rough next to the green, cold shanked a chip shot which hit someone in the gallery standing to his right.  “You don’t ever imagine doing that,” Perry said afterwards.

In his first World Series of Golf appearance, Jeff Sluman topped his opening tee shot.  “There was a fly on the ball and I stayed too long over it, I don’t know how I even made contact.”  The ball rolled only forty yards.  “I hit the next one on the run, I was so embarrassed.