SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Branden Grace stood on the tee box at the 193-yard, par-3 seventh hole at TPC Scottsdale on Friday and asked his caddie, Craig Connelly, for his 7-iron.
Connelly, though, had a different thought.
“I think it’s a perfect number for a flush 8(-iron),” Connelly told Grace.
It was enough to change Grace’s mind.
“I said, ‘OK, if that’s what you think then I’m going to go for it,’” Grace said. “I felt really good over the shot, hit a great shot and the guys behind the hole actually started jumping up before the ball actually went in.