LOS ANGELES – The PGA Tour tracks what is called a bounce back statistic, which is basically a guide to what a player does after they make a bogey or worse.
Luckily for Tyrone Van Aswegen there is no statistic tracking how a player responds after, say, a hole in one; otherwise his Saturday at the Northern Trust Open might haunt him.
With a 9-iron from 150 yards at the 16th hole, Van Aswegen spun his tee shot into the hole for his first ace on Tour.
“I said, ‘Come down,’ because I hit it really sweet.