Who says golf can’t be fun? Certainly not Sam Ryder.
The 32-year-old may only have two career PGA Tour wins, but he was a part of one of the best moments the sport has seen in recent memory on Saturday in Round 3 of the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale.
Sitting at 4-under for the tournament, Ryder needed some momentum, and he found it on the famous 16th hole when his tee shot on the Par 3 landed on the green and rolled perfectly into the hole for an ace.
The fans sitting around the hole in the grandstands — which seat 20,000, creating one of the wildest atmospheres of the entire Tour — absolutely lost their minds in response, showering the green with a sea of brews.
Just look at the insanity of this scene.
SAM RYDER! ACE ON 16!
WHAT A MOMENT. pic.twitter.com/bY3oSFM4nx
— GOLF on CBS ⛳ (@GOLFonCBS) February 12, 2022
I mean, seriously, this looks like something out of a Premier League game. Who knew golf fans had it in them?
Hard-core followers of the sport are almost certainly familiar with the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale, as it’s most famous for another ace, which was hit by a young Tiger Woods at the Phoenix Open in 1997.
Ryder still has some work to do on Sunday if he’s going to catch leader Patrick Cantlay, who sits at 13-under for the tournament as of when we published this post. His incredible shot moved him to 6-under in total, but that’s good for just a tie for 29th place right now.
But regardless of how things play out, it’s hard to imagine anyone else will be able to top that wild moment.
