Chris Kirk’s exhilarating hole-in-one provides him early FedEx St. Jude lead
Chris Kirk had a strong round going on Thursday when he came to the par-3 14th, the most tough hole on the course. He had actually carded 5 birdies currently and sat at the top of the leaderboard early at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at 5-under-par.
His round would rapidly get much better.
Kirk took out a 6-iron and knocked in his tee shot for an ace, the ninth hole-in-one he has actually ever had, so he states. It likewise marked his 4th profession hole-in-one on the PGA Tour.
With the pin on the best side of the green, approximately 6 speeds from the water, Kirk began his right-to-left ball flight over the charge location on this challenging 205-yard par-3. His ball then drew back towards the flag, took a number of bounces, and dropped into the bottom of the cup.
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