Tons of tree trouble lead to octuple-bogey for Wi

Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Monday, Mar. 19, 2012

PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- Charlie Wi gave new meaning to the term "going backward" Sunday in the Transitions Championship.

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- Charlie Wi gave new meaning to the term "going backward" Sunday in the Transitions Championship.

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Charlie Wi gave new meaning to the term “going backward” Sunday in the Transitions Championship.

Three straight shots caromed off a tree and went behind him and onto the practice range at Innisbrook. It led to a 13 on the par-5 fifth, the second straight week on the PGA Tour someone made an octuple-bogey.

“It was pretty easy,” said Wi, still able to laugh about such a high score.

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FULL CLOSE CUT CLOSECUT - Charlie Wi reacts to a missed birdie putt on the third green at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Golf Championship in Pebble Beach, California, on Sunday, February 12, 2012. (Nhat V. Meyer/San Jose Mercury News/MCT) — Tribune Media MCT FULL CLOSE CUT CLOSECUT - Charlie Wi reacts to a missed birdie putt on the third green at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Golf Championship in Pebble Beach, California, on Sunday, February 12, 2012. (Nhat V. Meyer/San Jose Mercury News/MCT)

His troubles began with a tee shot into the right rough. There was a wood chip next to the ball, which caused his 6-iron to come out to the right into the trees. From there, Wi had a tree in front of him with a trunk about three feet high until it split into two limbs, leaving a four-foot gap.

Wi tried to hit 5-iron through the gap, but it struck the tree and went onto the range. He tried it again and got the same result.

“I said, ‘OK, that’s not getting up. Give me the 6-iron,”‘ he said.

He hit the tree and saw a third ball go back onto the practice range.

“It was right next to the range. The range just stopped,” Wi said. “Everybody was looking at me.”

All that kept him from trying again were the divots he created. Instead, he chipped sideways toward the fairway, but didn’t hit it far enough and wound up behind another tree. He chipped out sideways again, then hit 5-iron to 12 feet and missed the putt.

— The Associated Press