Justin Lower miraculously saves par on infamous 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass after hitting tee shot into water

Justin Lower made par connected the 17th spread successful the The Players Championship Thursday but achieved it successful an unconventional way. 

Lower, 35, had his tee changeable sail implicit the celebrated land greenish 137 yards distant and into the h2o and needed a occurrence to prevention par.

From the driblet country astir 80 yards away, Lower deed a wedge that took 2 large hops connected the greenish and slowed earlier dropping into the hole, redeeming par without his putter. 

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Justin Lower plays a changeable from the 2nd tee during the archetypal circular of the Farmers Insurance Open astatine Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course - South Course, Jan. 22, 2025. (Abe Arredondo/Imagn Images)

The 17th spread astatine TPC Sawgrass is known to beryllium difficult, and this twelvemonth has been nary antithetic with galore players already having recovered the h2o astir the land green. 

However, nary 1 recovered arsenic good arsenic Lower did.

Lower began his circular Thursday with 11 consecutive pars, including his par save, and was 1-over done 13 holes aft helium treble bogeyed the 4th hole. 

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Justin Lower putts connected the 4th greenish during the archetypal circular of the Farmers Insurance Open astatine Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course - South Course Jan. 22, 2025. (Abe Arredondo/Imagn Images)

As of this writing, Lucas Glover is successful the pb astatine 4-under par done 10 holes. 

Lower turned pro successful 2011 and joined the PGA Tour implicit a decennary aboriginal successful 2022. 

The Akron, Ohio, autochthonal has made 60 of 102 cuts successful his PGA Tour vocation but is yet to station a victory. 

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Justin Lower lines up his putt connected the archetypal spread during the 2nd circular of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am play tourney astatine Spyglass Hill Golf Course Jan. 31, 2025. (Kyle Terada/Imagn Images)

Lower came adjacent to his archetypal triumph with 1 runner-up and 2 third-place finishes. He has 1 apical 10 decorativeness successful the 2025 PGA Tour season.

Scottie Scheffler entered The Players Championship seeking his 3rd consecutive triumph astatine the tourney aft winning the past 2 years. 

Scheffler became the archetypal subordinate to successfully support his rubric past play and volition instrumentality his changeable astatine much past erstwhile helium tees disconnected Thursday astatine 1:29 p.m. ET with Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. 

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