Sungjae Im is the defending champion at this week’s Shriners Children’s Open, but he didn’t hit a single shot in 2021 that could rival what the Korean star pulled off Thursday afternoon at TPC Summerlin.
Im pulled his tee shot well left of the fairway at the 480-yard par-4 third, finding his ball resting against a cart path among the rocks and bushes that cover the Nevada desert.
With the aid of a rules official, Im began the process of taking relief from the cart path, but there was no great place to take a drop. A bed of what can best be described as loose, fine stone was surrounded by rocks ranging from skipping-stones to boulders.