If the best shots in golf are rarely the most decisive, it sometimes happens that they coincide with a key moment in a tournament. Here are the 5 shots that made the difference during the 2022 season.
Golf, Top 5
With this exceptional shot 3 of more than 250 meters facing the sun, Hideki Matsuyama is close to perfection in the play-off of the Sony Open.
On the course of the Waialae Country Club in Hawaii at the beginning of the year, the Japanese offers himself a magic eagle by depositing his ball 60 centimeters from the hole which leaves no chance to his opponent Russel Henley!
Australian Cam Smith has been close to the summits almost all year. Winner of the Tournament of Champions in January, he won again in March at the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra on the course of the TPC Sawgrass and its famous green on the island of hole n°17.
With two shots ahead and two holes to play, we expect to see the mule-cut player calmly aiming for the middle of the green on this terribly stressful shot. The Australian’s ball comes out slightly to the right towards the flag placed in the right corner and flirts with the water hazard before coming to rest less than 2 meters from the hole.
Gorgeous. When Matt Fitzpatrick slightly rolls his last faceoff at Brookline 18 in the US Open, we…
