There’s a good chance no one has ever played the seventh hole at TPC Sawgrass like Tom Hoge played it on Friday. At least, in the Players Championship.
There are plenty of recreational golfers who can probably relate to Hoge’s struggle at this difficult Pete Dye par 4. But you don’t see PGA Tour winners make quintuple bogeys often. And even as quintuples go, this one was particularly wild.
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OK, let’s get to it. Hoge was playing good golf at one under through six holes and even for the tournament when he got to No. 7 during his second round. But things quickly got away from him as you will see in the following montage of shots clipped by Fried Egg Golf’s social media manager Austin Sapin.
As you can see, Hoge found the water with his tee shot then topped his third after dropping. He took off his shoes to play an awkward fourth and hit a shank. Then after a couple poor iron shots, he hit a great bunker shot, but missed a three-footer. Just a total disaster.
Even crazier? Hoge has actually played well at TPC Sawgrass. He has a pair of T-3s at the Players (2023 and 2025) and he entered the week with the most consecutive cuts made in the event with seven.
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But that streak ended on Friday, because things didn’t get much better after No. 7 as Hoge added a couple more bogeys and a double on his way to shooting 80. On the bright side, well, um, so there’s not much bright side here. Hoge will definitely want to forget this ever happened.
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