Ricochet off television tower costs Palmer, who regrets nothing

While Brendan Steele was granted free relief from the grandstands of the 72nd hole at the Sony Open on Sunday, Ryan Palmer wasn't so lucky in his encounter with a temporary immovable obstruction.

Playing in the second-to-last group and trailing by just one, Palmer pulled 3-wood from the fairway bunker. His ball sailed to the right and ricocheted off the top of a very large, very tall television screen, never to be seen again.

After his three minutes of search time elapsed, Palmer took a long cart ride back to the fairway bunker, where we played his fourth shot to short of the green. Although he nearly holed his pitch shot for par, he was left to settled for a bogey, a round of 68 and a tie…