David Duval Has 13 On Par-5 Seventh At The Open

Jul 18, 2019

After starting well the American had a poor stretch of holes that included a 13.

David Duval Has 13 On Par-5 Seventh At The Open

Former world number one and 2001 Open Champion David Duval can be forgiven for thinking he was in for a good day during the first few holes of the first round at Royal Portrush. He birdied the first two holes and then had a couple of pars to be two-under par after four holes. His mind was probably wandering and dreaming of a fairytale finish of lifting the Claret Jug come Sunday.

How quickly he was bought back down to earth if that was the case. On the par-4 5th Duval undid all of his good work with an eight. A bogey followed on the par-3 6th but things went from bad to worse for the American at the new par-5 7th.

To many this is a birdie opportunity but Duval managed to walk off the green with what was originally scored as a 15 on the leaderboard. However this was quickly brought down to a 13.

How exactly this happened we are yet to confirm but we believe he played the wrong ball at one stage during the hole. As soon as we know what happened exactly we will update you.

David Duval is now down for a 13 on the seventh hole.

That is the highest score at The Open since at least 1983 (when the TOUR started keeping hole-by-hole records).

The previous high was 11. That was accomplished by four players. Henrik Stenson (2011) was the most recent.

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What can be confirmed is that this was the highest score at The Open since the PGA Tour started tracking hole-by-hole records in 1983. Duval then rounded out the front nine with a par and another bogey to post 48.

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