World No. 4 player Patrick Cantlay pulled off one of the rarest feats in golf Friday when he aced the par-3 seventh at Harbour Town Golf Links for the RBC Heritage.
The hole-in-one contributed to a 6-under 65 score for the day and put him at 8-under through two rounds, which was tied for fourth and kept him in the running to win with +900 odds at DraftKings.
It was the third ace of Cantlay’s PGA Tour career, however, golf fans were left unimpressed. Instead of lauding the shot, they roasted Cantlay’s embarrassingly slow pace of play that annoyed so many during the Masters Tournament last week.
Here was the shot:
🚨 ACE ALERT 🚨@Patrick_Cantlay drains his tee shot at the 7th @RBC_Heritage pic.twitter.com/Vz4fjiMsKr
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 14, 2023
And this was the reaction on Twitter:
That should speed up pace of play. https://t.co/9EolFh6xqI
— Steve Reed (@SteveReedAP) April 14, 2023
Still took him 45 mins https://t.co/NXMMipG8Pu
— Kyle (@pipeitup55) April 14, 2023
And probably still finished the hole after his playing partners https://t.co/i5nReyTHyW
— David Ball (@dball86) April 14, 2023
Yeah, but how long did it take him to hit that shot? https://t.co/HWNVumOZuk
— jay (@jay_bird1492) April 14, 2023
Took him 5 mins to hit it though https://t.co/pLvPGVsqHT
— Fish 2.0 (@Fishse7uk) April 14, 2023
That’ll speed things up https://t.co/FaKMnoW21e
— Jake (@loonygooners) April 14, 2023
Technically its not an ace, beacuse it took him so long to pull the trigger hes got a 2 shot penalty so its a par.
— Harry Burgoyne (@BurgoyneH1) April 14, 2023
He’d buy a round of beers but he won’t be back to the clubhouse before closing time
— Andrew T (@dwmpandrew) April 14, 2023
Should be an Ace every shot taking 30 min to hit
— DustyPicks (@DustyTrout) April 14, 2023
That ball took FOREVER to get in the hole pic.twitter.com/IFfvxUlNJj
— BJ (@SportswithBJ) April 14, 2023
Is this a record for the “longest” time to sink an ace? I’m sure Cantlay Candelay will be ruling such a Top 10.
— Kartz (Also: @kartz@mastodon.social) (@Lord_Kartz) April 14, 2023
Finally Cantlay can slowly stroll up to the green and not feel rushed 😂😂😂
— Lucky Lepps (@LuckyLepps) April 14, 2023
