Shank

July 20th, 2025

Open Championship 2025: Justin Rose narrowly avoids disaster after hitting (two!) stone-cold shanks into gallery

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June 21st, 2025

Rickie Fowler has hilarious reaction after hitting shank at Travelers Championship

Fowler’s reaction to the miscue was classic, including the introduction of a new term in the golf lexicon.

February 27th, 2025

Watch Kevin Kisner hit the first shank in TGL history, then give a hilarious reaction

Kisner continued to add to his growing blooper reel in the new simulator golf league.

October 11th, 2024

Come for Matthieu Pavon’s gruesome shank, stay for Wayne Riley’s hilarious description of it

The shank. Golf’s most-dreaded and gruesome shot scares some golfers to the point of refusing to even utter the S-word. And one Aussie announcer did his best to avoid it as well.

September 3rd, 2024

Scottie Scheffler explaining how a shank works was way funnier than it should be

One reporter was curious enough to ask Scheffler what happened on the eighth hole, and it led to an incredible exchange.

August 16th, 2024

CADDIE SHANK: Watch Cam Smith’s bagman Sam Pinfold take out a house with an epic hosel rocket

March 2nd, 2024

Anthony Kim’s rusty return to pro golf includes full-bore shank as he gets off to last-place start

Golf fans waited nearly a dozen years to watch Anthony Kim play again. They’ll have to wait at least a bit longer to watch him play well.

February 16th, 2024

‘Oh, definitely, I shanked it’: Tiger Woods didn’t hide from shocking moment at Riviera

Woods, who finished with a one-over 72, said he experienced back spasms late in his round that may have factored in to the shank seen ’round the world.

September 23rd, 2023

Lexi Thompson shanks chip shot in crucial Solheim Cup moment, almost hits her teammate and their caddies

The matchplay format dictates that you should always expect the unexpected, but when it comes to what happened on the 18th hole with Lexi Thompson in the afternoon four-ball session, it would be tough to fathom what happened greenside for the American side.

July 14th, 2023

Watch Donald Trump hit an absolutely brutal shank

This is a textbook hosel rocket.

Shank it on command

Marc Leishman’s hilarious explanation for huge shank that nearly ‘nailed’ Corey Conners

Watch: Zach Johnson could have actually killed someone with his latest practice swing shank

Former US “Bachelor” nearly kills photographer with shank at TPC Scottsdale’s stadium hole

Watch golfer suffer an absolutely brutal shank on Augusta National’s 12th hole

John Deere Classic 54-hole leader Sebastian Munoz hits obscenely bad shank on the first hole of the final round

March 15th, 2021

Players 2021: Brendon Todd absolutely shanks one on 17, gives priceless reaction

Brendon Todd picked the wrong time (not that there’s a right time) to hit one off the hosel, nearly hitting his golf ball unto that other island you see on TV.

March 15th, 2021

Bryson DeChambeau and Lee Westwood top, slice and otherwise butcher TPC Sawgrass’ fourth hole

Last week, Bryson DeChambeau drew gasps at Bay Hill with a 377-yard drive. This week, he drew gasps at TPC Sawgrass with a cold-top fairway wood into the water.

March 5th, 2021

This Justin Rose shank was so pure it may have hit a parked truck

The man who possesses an Olympic gold medal managed to hit one of the purest-sounding shanks you’ll ever hear.

January 29th, 2021

Henrik Stenson hits the worst shot of his career, still manages to make par

Unfortunately, though, pars aren’t getting the job done this week in Dubai.

October 23rd, 2020

Jon Rahm shanks one off the planet at Sherwood, still makes miraculous bogey

Not even Rahm, who could take over the World No.1 ranking with a win this week, could save himself after this shot, right?

February 25th, 2020

Do you have to quit golf forever if you hit a shank this bad on the first hole at the Old Course?

Good on this kid for being able to laugh it off, though we’d love to know how the rest of the round went.

Leaderboard

Hero World Challenge - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Hideki Matsuyama	-22	F	401
2	Alex Noren	-22	F	401
3	Sepp Straka	-21	F	4
T4	J.J. Spaun	-20	F	4
T4	Scottie Scheffler	-20	F	4
6	Justin Rose	-18	F	4
7	Corey Conners	-17	F	4
T8	Harris English	-15	F	4
T8	Wyndham Clark	-15	F	4
10	Cam Young	-14	F	4
11	Sam Burns	-12	F	4
12	Robert MacIntyre	-11	F	4
13	Keegan Bradley	-10	F	4
14	Akshay Bhatia	-9	F	4
15	Billy Horschel	-7	F	4
16	Brian Harman	-6	F	4
17	Andrew Novak	-4	F	4
18	Aaron Rai	-3	F	4
T19	Jordan Spieth	E	F	4
T19	Chris Gotterup	E	F	4