Name: Andrew Magee tells story of the only ace on a par 4 in PGA TOUR history
Uploaded: 2021-02-01T23:22:21.136Z
Duration: 135 s
Description: In the first round of the 2001 Waste Management Phoenix Open, Andrew Magee sent his tee shot on the 332-yard par-4-17th onto the green, which bounced off of Tom Byrum’s putter in the group ahead, and into the hole. Hear from Magee and Jerry Smith, with whom he was paired with that day along with Steve Pate, who was on the green at TPC Scottsdale.

The only hole-in-one on a par 4 in PGA TOUR history happened in 2001 at TPC Scottsdale when Andrew Magee holed out on the 17th at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. On the debut episode of ‘The Bunker,’ watch this come to life through an animation, archival video and a discussion with the team behind the project featuring Sam Davis, Kevin Prise, Alex Turnbull, and Luis Rivera.

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In the first round of the 2001 Waste Management Phoenix Open, Andrew Magee sent his tee shot on the 332-yard par-4-17th onto the green, which bounced off of Tom Byrum’s putter in the group ahead, and into the hole. Hear from Magee and Jerry Smith, with whom he was paired with that day along with Steve Pate, who was on the green at TPC Scottsdale. 

Andrew Magee tells story of the only ace on a par 4 in PGA TOUR history

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