LOS ANGELES – Doug Ghim was firmly in control of his Round of 16 match Thursday when he sailed his drive into the right rough on Riviera’s 13th hole.
Sizing up his options, he determined that he needed to hook his 200-yard second shot up and around a row of trees. It was his only chance of holding a green that slopes severely from back to front and right to left.
Ghim’s father and caddie, Jeff, handed him a 5-iron.
“Too much,” Doug said.
Hooking a 5-iron, he explained, would de-loft the club too much and send his ball screaming over the green.