Golf Channel · Jul 20, 2023
Pot bunker KO's player, who makes 10 on Royal Liverpool's 18th
Every score, from 3 to 10, was recorded Thursday on Royal Liverpool’s par-5 18th hole.
Unfortunately for Taichi Kho, he was the guy who made the 10.
Kho, the 22-year-old Notre Dame product who turned pro last January and quickly won on the Asian Tour to punch his Open Championship ticket, was one hole away from capping an impressive back-nine rally following a front-nine, 8-over 43. He made seven straight pars before notching his first birdie of the day, from 27 feet at the par-3 17th hole. He also found the fairway at No. 18 and then a left greenside, pot bunker with his second shot, avoiding the hole’s internal out of bounds on both attempts.
Easy up-and-down birdie? Well…