Scottie Scheffler stole the headlines on day two of the Houston Open with his course record-equalling 62.
The world number finally returned to top form after his injury layoff earlier in the season and asserted himself at the top of the leaderboard after 36 holes.
But everyone come to expect excellent performances from Scheffler, who won nine times on the PGA Tour last year, and what another player did was more eye-catching.
It’s fair to say that golf fans were blown away by Keith Mitchell’s amazing bunker shot at Memorial Park.
Keith Mitchell plays incredible bunker shot at Houston Open
Mitchell produced an impressive five-under-par 65 in the opening round of the Houston Open, and he shot 68 on Friday.
He’s put himself in a strong position to contend for the win over the weekend, but that’s not what caught golf fans’ attention.
Mitchell hit an unbelievable bunker shot, known as a ‘Thai Spinner’, to tap-in range and it’s the first time many people have seen anything like it.
A PGA Tour fan tweeted: “What in the world! Never seen such a short backswing from a bunker. A little stabby bump and run from a bunker, filthy stuff.”
Another added: “Thai spinner from a BUNKER. This is complete and utter sorcery and I demand answers.”
“The Thai Spinner out of the bunker is madness,” one commented. “Just filthy stuff here. Never seen a shot like that,” said another.
A golf fan wrote: “I had to watch three times before my brain fully processed what I was seeing. Filthy stuff.”
“Keith Mitchell’s Thai spinner from the bunker was the sickest thing I’ve ever seen,” replied another person.
Keith Mitchell learned ‘Thai Spinner’ from Kiradech Aphibarnrat
The shot, which most people have never even heard of, is called a ‘Thai Spinner,’ and it’s been popularized in recent years by Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
Aphibarnrat is a Thai professional golfer who has won four events on the DP World Tour and three on the Asian Tour.
Mitchell admitted in his post-round interview that he learned the shot from the 35-year-old: “So, Kiradech kind of hits this shot where he takes a 60-degree and stabs it, and it kind of skits and then just has a tone of spin and stops.
“I was in the back of the bunker, and I had the lip behind me, so I couldn’t really get a straight up-and-down back swing enough to hit the ball high, land it on the green and stop it.
“There was water on the other side. Pretty much had everything going against me, and the only shot that I could think of was just kind of stab it, catch the ball first and then try to scoot it up on the slope and then make it spin when it got on top.
“I don’t know how I did it, but it was probably one of the best shots I’ve ever hit and came out exactly like I wanted and almost went in the hole.”
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