Hahn (69) survives Shriners cut despite quintuple bogey

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LAS VEGAS – Coming off an injury to his right triceps tendon and making his first PGA Tour start since February, James Hahn was cruising along at 7 under par for the week when disaster struck.

With five holes to play in his second round at the Shriners Open, Hahn hit his tee ball at the par-3 fifth into the rocks short and right of the green.

Rather than take a drop, he elected to play from the desert, but his second shot went mostly sideways.

“From there it was a big blur,” he said.

His third shot sailed over the green and lodged into a rock wall.

So he found himself taking a drop after all – now from the sixth tee box, perched high above the fifth green.

From there, his fifth shot…