The dreaded double hit: We’ve all been there. The embarrassing mishap—in which one’s golf club accidentally makes contact with the ball not once but twice during the same swing—classifies as nightmare fuel for any golfer. Now Hideki Matsuyama, in contention after the first round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, can join the club.
During Thursday's opening round, the former Masters champion was stunned when he heard his ball click against his wedge a second time when chipping from beside the 15th green at Bay Hill.
There was more than one reason for Matsuyama’s bewildered reaction. First, the double-hit was simply too shocking to comprehend, even when chipping from Bay Hill’s infamously thick rough.
