Tin Cup! Matt Every Describes How He Made An 11 On A Par-3

The American made an 11 on the par-3 5th at the Honda Classic last week on his way to shooting 19 over for two rounds

Tin Cup! Matt Every Describes How He Made An 11 On A Par-3
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The American made an 11 on the par-3 5th at the Honda Classic last week on his way to shooting 19 over for two rounds

Tin Cup! Matt Every Describes How He Made An 11 On A Par-3

Matt Every shot a 65 to lead the Arnold Palmer Invitational after day one, which was an incredible 20 strokes better than his last round on Tour.

The American missed the cut at the Honda Classic last week by some way, finishing dead last at 19 over par for two rounds.

That number may make it seem like he had an injury or something, but the score was made much worse by an eight-over-par 11 on a par-3.

Every told reporters at Bay Hill this week how his 11 came about after being asked about the 20 shot difference in between rounds.

"I wouldn't read too much into that last round," he said before explaining how he made an 11 on a par-3.

Watch the video and read his quotes below:

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"Okay, I'll tell you what happened," he said.

"It was a back left pin. I was already going to miss the cut.

"The wind was off the right.

"I had been having problems all week holding the wind and I normally can hold the wind.

"And I'm not going to learn anything by skanking one out to the right and bailing out. I know I can do that.

"So I wasn't leaving that tee until I hit the shot I wanted and I flushed every one of them, like, exactly in the same spot in the water.

"And then finally I hit one that held it."

He explained how he hit four 5 irons into the water on the hole at PGA National before taking out a 4 iron.

The two-time Arnold Palmer Invitational winner said he took out 4 iron because he only had two balls remaining.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV