Name: Justin Hicks hits 159-yard approach to 14 feet, sets up birdie on No. 15 at Cognizant Classic
Uploaded: 2026-02-27T18:07:09.000Z
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Description: In the second round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic, Justin Hicks's drive on the 163-yard, par-3 15th hole travels 159 yards and lands on the right green, leaving him 13 feet 11 inches from the hole, and he made the 13-foot-11-inch putt for birdie.

In the second round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic, Justin Hicks's drive on the 163-yard, par-3 15th hole travels 159 yards and lands on the right green, leaving him 13 feet 11 inches from the hole, and he made the 13-foot-11-inch putt for birdie.

Justin Hicks hits 159-yard approach to 14 feet, sets up birdie on No. 15 at Cognizant Classic

In the opening round of the 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship, Justin Hicks hits a great approach shot, which leads to birdie on the par-5 12th hole.

Justin Hicks's great approach shot leads to birdie at Corales Puntacana

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Justin Hicks dials in tee shot and birdies at Cognizant Classic

In the second round of the 2016 Shell Houston Open, Justin Hicks pulls off a very creative shot from the edge of the bunker hitting it 97 feet to within inches on the par-5 4th hole, resulting in birdie.

Justin Hicks hits a very creative shot at Shell

Following an opening-round 66, Justin Hicks reflects on his play in the 2016 Shell Houston Open with John Walls from PGA TOUR Radio. 

Justin Hicks interview after Round 1 of Shell

In the opening round of the 2016 Shell Houston Open, Justin Hicks hits his 31-yard pitch shot to 2 feet, then converts the putt for par on the par-4 17th hole.

Justin Hicks gets up and down for par at Shell

In the opening round of the 2016 Shell Houston Open, Justin Hicks hits his 126-yard approach shot on the par-5 15th hole to 4 feet, then jars the putt in for birdie.

Justin Hicks approach gets close at Shell

In the opening round of the 2016 Shell Houston Open, Justin Hick two-putts from 35-feet for par on the par-3 14th hole.

Justin Hicks makes par on No. 12 at Shell

In the opening round of the 2015 Frys.com Open, Justin Hicks sends his 85-yard approach into within 14 inches from the cup for an easy tap-in birdie on the par-4 17th hole.

Justin Hick’s solid approach sets up tap-in birdie at Frys.com Open

In the second round of the 2015 Valero Texas Open, Justin Hicks rolls in a 24-foot birdie putt from off the green on the par-4 6th hole.

Justin Hicks holes his 24-foot putt from fringe at Valero

Following his opening-round 64 at the 2015 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Justin Hicks meets with the media and talks about the help he’s received from chiropractors recently.

Justin Hicks news conference after Round 1 at AT&T Pebble Beach

In the opening round of the 2015 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Justin Hicks drains an eagle from 18 feet for a share of the lead on the par-5 18th hole.

Justin Hicks’ closing eagle putt is the Shot of the Day

Following his opening-round 64 at the 2015 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Justin Hicks talks about having fun playing such a beautiful place and fortunate to finish with an eagle.

Justin Hicks comments after Round 1 of AT&T Pebble Beach

Justin Hicks drops in an eagle on his closing hole at AT&T Pebble Beach

In the opening round of the 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship, Justin Hicks rolls in a 14-foot putt for birdie on the par-5 18th hole.

Justin Hicks closes with birdie on No. 18 at Deutsche Bank

In the final round of the 2014 RBC Canadian Open, Justin Hicks sticks his 162-yard approach close to 4 feet and converts the putt for birdie on the par-4 18th hole.

Justin Hicks’ beautiful shot earns birdie on No. 18 at RBC Canadian

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Justin Hicks converts his 15-foot birdie putt on No. 15 at RBC Canadian

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Justin Hicks sticks tee shot close at RBC Canadian

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Justin Hicks interview after Round 2 of RBC Canadian

Following an opening-round 66, Justin Hicks reflects on his play in the 2014 RBC Canadian Open with Gary Christian from PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.COM.

Justin Hicks interview after Round 1 of RBC Canadian

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Justin Hicks’ slick hole out from rough for birdie at THE PLAYERS

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Justin Hicks drains a 36-foot putt for birdie at Valero

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Justin Hicks dials in his tee shot on No. 3 at Valero

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Adam Scott extends his lead at Arnold Palmer

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Justin Hicks holes out for birdie on No. 2 at Arnold Palmer

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Justin Hicks sinks 21-foot putt at Waste Management

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Justin Hicks makes 26-foot putt at Humana Challenge

In the final round of the 2013 OHL Classic at Mayakoba, Justin Hicks hits his approach shot on the par-4 11th hole to a foot and would go on to make the putt for birdie.

Hicks birdies No. 11 in Round 4 of OHL Classic

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In the second round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, Robert McIntyre fired the round of the day with an 8-under 64 to get to 14-under after 36 holes. He takes a four-shot lead into Saturday.

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Check out all the best shots from the second round of the 2026 Valero Texas Open, featuring Tony Finau, Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel and Jordan Spieth, among others. Round 2 was suspended Friday due to lightning and will conclude Saturday.

Highlights | Round 2 | Valero

In the second round of the 2026 Valero, Zachary Bauchou's 244-yard drive on the 246-yard, par-3 13th hole landed on the left green, finishing 6 feet 8 inches from the hole. Bauchou made the 6-foot 8-inch putt for birdie.

Zachary Bauchou hits tee shot to 7 feet, sets up birdie on No. 13 at Valero

In the second round of the 2026 Valero, Michael Kim's drive on the 550-yard, par-5 14th travels 285 yards and ends in the right rough, leaving 254 yards to the hole. His 242-yard shot from the primary rough ends in the left rough, with 61 feet remaining to the hole. Kim makes a 61-foot eagle putt from the primary rough, moving to 3-under for the round.

Michael Kim drains 61-foot eagle putt on No. 14 at Valero

In the second round of the 2026 Valero, Maverick McNealy's drive on the 359-yard, par-4 17th travels 304 yards, landing in the left fairway and leaving 56 yards to the hole. His 55-yard approach shot from the fairway lands on the right side of the green, finishing 5 feet from the hole. McNealy makes a 5-foot putt for birdie.

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William Mouw hits tee shot to 8 feet, sets up birdie on No. 7 at Valero

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Bud Cauley's 263-yard shot from the fairway sets up birdie on No. 18 at Valero

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Thorbjørn Olesen holes 92-foot birdie shot on No. 13 at Valero

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Sudarshan Yellamaraju drains 10-foot birdie putt on No. 12 at Valero

In the second round of the 2026 Valero, Tony Finau's drive on No. 14, a 550-yard par 5, travels 304 yards and lands in the left fairway, with 247 yards remaining to the hole. His 234-yard shot from the fairway lands in the right bunker, finishing 44 feet 11 inches from the hole. Finau's 51 feet 11 inches shot from the greenside bunker lands in the left green, finishing 7 feet 9 inches from the hole. He makes a 7-foot 9-inch putt for birdie.

Tony Finau drains 8-foot birdie putt on No. 14 at Valero

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Max Homa gets up-and-down from 64 feet for birdie on No. 14 at Valero

In the second round of the 2026 Valero, Bud Cauley's 173-yard drive on the 172-yard, par-3 16th hole landed on the right green, finishing 5 feet 3 inches from the hole. Cauley made the 5-foot-3-inch putt for birdie.

Bud Cauley hits tee shot to 5 feet, sets up birdie on No. 16 at Valero

In the second round of the 2026 Valero, Hideki Matsuyama's drive on the 550-yard, par-5 14th hole travels 289 yards and ends up in the right rough, with 249 yards remaining to the hole. His 252-yard shot from the rough lands on the right green, finishing 12 feet 11 inches from the hole. Matsuyama makes a 12-foot 11-inch putt for eagle, remaining at 3-under par for the round.

Hideki Matsuyama's 252-yard shot from rough sets up eagle on No. 14 at Valero

In the second round of the 2026 Valero, Marco Penge's drive on the 421-yard, par-4 12th hole travels 338 yards and lands in the right fairway, finishing 82 yards from the hole. His 71-yard approach shot from the fairway lands on the left green, finishing 34 feet 8 inches from the hole. Penge makes a 34-foot 8-inch putt for birdie, remaining at 2-under par.