The 17th at TPC Sawgrass is one of, if not the most exciting hole of the PGA Tour season. While it’s a raucous amphitheater-style setting, it does not match the madness and the party of the 16th at TPC Scottsdale. But on the golf side, it’s a much more entertaining hole with players’ nerves fully exposed on what should be an easy wedge shot from 135 to 140 yards.
The Johnny Manziel money sign celebration has made its way to golfers on the PGA Tour
Johnny Manziel owned the sports world this week, even at th famous island hole at TPC Sawgrass during The Players Championship.
So when you are able to stick one up on the green, and close to the pin, there’s not only an opportunity to exhale but also to strut a bit for the large crowd surrounding the hole. Late on Friday, when the crowd is its most hydrated, Luke Donald tucked one close and then celebrated with an homage to the star who sucked up all the oxygen in the sports world the previous night, Johnny Manziel (via PGATour.com).
Donald is one of the more enjoyable players on the Tour and that was pretty good, although one could argue that this celebration seeping into the golf world means it has truly run its course (Is it even a money sign? Or something more illicit? A deeper dive trying to explain the now-ubiquitous gesture).
The Englishman and Chicago resident was obviously aware of the Manziel drama, but probably wasn’t following it as closely as Jason Dufner, a Browns fan who lost his mind during the wild up-and-down first round.
Donald would tap in the birdie putt from one foot out, and that would pretty much lock up his spot on the right side of the cut line.
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