Golf star emulates Tiger Woods and sparks absurd crowd scenes with epic hole-in-one at WM Phoenix Open
Emiliano Grillo sparked bonkers scenes on the sixteenth hole at the Waste Management Open with a slam dunk hole-in-one. Fans on perhaps the rowdiest hole in golf had not witnessed the iconic feat since 2022, but the Argentinian gave them something to shout about at TPC Scottsdale. PGA TourGrillo sent the fans into a frenzy after hitting a hole-in-one on the 16th[/caption] Sitting at one-under par, Grillo fired his 155-yard shot directly into the hole on the par-three 16th. Upon draining his shot, fans in the stands overlooking the hole hurled their empty beer cups onto the green in sensational scenes. As for Grillo, it took him a second to realise what he’d done. But upon hearing and seeing the reaction of fans at the other end of the hole, he tossed his club into the air and hugged everyone within near distance. After hitting his shot, Grillo could barely speak to a PGA Tour reporter. “It was perfect,” Grillo said. “It was a little bit of a delayed reaction because we don’t see it well. Then the crowd went nuts. “Obviously, you dream of this. I’ve been playing here ten years and I got to see a couple. It was just perfect. “I don’t care what happens for the rest of the day.” By drilling the ball into the hole on the 16th, Grillo joined an elite club of players to have accomplished the exact same feat. View Tweet: https://twitter.com/GrilloEmiliano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw @ElliottPolakoff on XThe green on the 16th was showered with beer cups from fans[/caption] One of which is golfing great Tiger Woods. The 15-time major winner sent fans into delirium at the 1997 edition of the tournament when he hit a hole-in-one. Broadcaster Jim Kelly revealed the noise generated by fans rocked the clubhouse from 600 yards away. “It was instant bedlam,” Kelly said. “I mean instant pandemonium. The roar was so loud it actually rattled the windows at the clubhouse.” Fellow pro Allen Doyle, who was in the group two holes ahead of Woods, echoed Kelly’s sentiment. Woods is one of a select few who have hit a hole-in-one on the 16th in PhoenixGetty “The roar was unlike anything I’ve ever heard,” Doyle told ESPN in 2022. “It was the loudest roar I’ve ever heard in sports.”
Emiliano Grillo sparked bonkers scenes on the sixteenth hole at the Waste Management Open with a slam dunk hole-in-one.
Fans on perhaps the rowdiest hole in golf had not witnessed the iconic feat since 2022, but the Argentinian gave them something to shout about at TPC Scottsdale.
Sitting at one-under par, Grillo fired his 155-yard shot directly into the hole on the par-three 16th.
Upon draining his shot, fans in the stands overlooking the hole hurled their empty beer cups onto the green in sensational scenes.
As for Grillo, it took him a second to realise what he’d done.
But upon hearing and seeing the reaction of fans at the other end of the hole, he tossed his club into the air and hugged everyone within near distance.
After hitting his shot, Grillo could barely speak to a PGA Tour reporter.
“It was perfect,” Grillo said.
“It was a little bit of a delayed reaction because we don’t see it well. Then the crowd went nuts.
“Obviously, you dream of this. I’ve been playing here ten years and I got to see a couple. It was just perfect.
“I don’t care what happens for the rest of the day.”
By drilling the ball into the hole on the 16th, Grillo joined an elite club of players to have accomplished the exact same feat.
One of which is golfing great Tiger Woods.
The 15-time major winner sent fans into delirium at the 1997 edition of the tournament when he hit a hole-in-one.
Broadcaster Jim Kelly revealed the noise generated by fans rocked the clubhouse from 600 yards away.
“It was instant bedlam,” Kelly said.
“I mean instant pandemonium. The roar was so loud it actually rattled the windows at the clubhouse.”
Fellow pro Allen Doyle, who was in the group two holes ahead of Woods, echoed Kelly’s sentiment.
“The roar was unlike anything I’ve ever heard,” Doyle told ESPN in 2022.
“It was the loudest roar I’ve ever heard in sports.”
