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If he didn’t have count the short par-4 14th hole at Black Desert Resort, PGA Tour pro Davis Thompson would have had an opening round to be proud of on Thursday at the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship.

But an unfilmed chipping disaster at 14 turned Thompson’s scorecard upside down, and left golf fans scratching their heads at the bizarre Shot Tracker results for the hole.

Here’s what we know happened.

Davis Thompson makes ugly 8 at Bank of Utah Championship

Most of Thompson’s scorecard for the first round looked agreeable. Three bogeys were offset by five birdies, putting him at two under. But that doesn’t take into account the horror show that unfolded on 14.

Starting his day on the back nine, Thompson made four steady pars on holes 10-13. Next was the par-4 14th. Playing only 308 yards, most pros stand on the tee hoping for a birdie or better on what is the second-easiest hole on the course.

Thompson was likely thinking the same, more so when his tee shot ended up just short and left of the green. But four shots later, and Thompson had barely moved his feet.

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Kevin Cunningham

While there is no video of the incident, PGA Tour’s Shot Tracker allows us to get a good idea of what happened. While the 14th is short, its green is raised and its edges are shaved down, causing any balls hit short to roll off the front of the putting surface.

This appears to be what happened to Thompson.

Making matters worse on Thursday was a pin placement on the front left edge of the green. So the pro, who won last year’s John Deere Classic, was left with a tricky chip with little room to work with.

According to Shot Tracker, Thompson’s second shot from 55 feet ended up just 6 feet from where it started, most likely after rolling back off the front of the green. His third shot advanced another 6 feet.

But the disaster was just getting started. His fourth shot, and presumably third chip, ended up 6 feet farther away from the hole. Shot No. 5 seems to have ended up right back at his feet, with Shot Tracker recording only 6 inches of advancement.

With his sixth shot, Thompson decided to give up on getting it close, sending it 26 feet beyond the hole. But at least he was finally putting.

Two putts later, he wrote down a quadruple-bogey 8.

A Tour Cast video rendering posted on X.com by @TheModelManiac shows Thompson’s struggles on 14 in more detail.

While the snowman was devastating to Thompson’s scorecard, he rallied on his second nine, making four-straight birdies to close out a round of two-over 73.

Jey Uso is heading to Saturday Nightâ€s Main Event for a shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship—but not everyone is thrilled about it.

After winning a battle royal on the October 20, 2025 episode of WWE RAW in Sacramento, California, Jey Uso secured a spot opposite CM Punk to crown the next champion. WWE stripped Seth Rollins of the title due to injury, and while the match sets up a major showdown, fans online were not having it.

One fan summed up the mood in just a few words, “Nobody wants to see Jey Uso. F** this. #WWERawâ€*

Others pointed out the awkward booking logic. CM Punk pinned Jey just one week ago to become the #1 contender—so having Jey now positioned as his opponent raised eyebrows.

“CM Punk pinned Jey Uso last week to become No.1 contender and what does Triple H do? Letâ€s Jey Uso win the #1 contender match the following week. Good things come to those who wait my ass. Now was the best time to crown LA Knight. 🖕ðŸ»Triple H #WWERawâ€

The pacing of the show didnâ€t help either. Some fans were frustrated they sat through the entire segment only to see Jey come out on top yet again, “Wasted 30 minutes just to see Jey Uso get ANOTHER title shot #WWERawâ€

Others were hit with disappointment as soon as they tuned in, “Turned on raw and the first thing I see is Jey Uso winning the Battle Royal.â€

One fan called on WWE to give someone else a chance and stop circling back to Jey, “Absolutely so sick of this, STOP GIVING HIM TITLE CHANCES! Dear God LA Knight, Dom, AJ or Jimmy were RIGHT THERE.â€

The message is clear—some fans are exhausted with Jey Uso getting constant title opportunities. But WWEâ€s creative direction is set, and now Jey will go head-to-head with CM Punk on November 1 in Salt Lake City for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship.

Do you think Jey Uso deserves this WWE title shot or should have they gone with someone else? Please share your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below.

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With the likes of Rory McIlroy, eventual winner Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry teeing it up at the 2025 DP World India Championship, another PGA Tour star in the field flew under the radar: Brian Harman.

But the 2023 Open champion is receiving plenty of attention after the tournament. That’s because Harman uncharacteristically lost his cool and violently smashed a club in disgust during the final round… only to watch his ball end up right near the hole.

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Despite receiving second billing this week, Harman looked like he might win for much of it. At the halfway point, Harman had strung together a 68 and 65 to get to 11 under. That put him in a tie for second with Lowry, one shot behind Fleetwood with 36 holes to go.

But Harman, who won the 2025 Valero Texas Open in April for his first victory since the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, took a step back in Saturday’s third round.

Two bogeys and only four birdies left him with a 70, putting him four shots behind 54-hole leader Keita Nakajima.

The biggest change on Harman’s scorecard from the first two rounds came at the par-5 1st hole. Harman birdied the narrow, tree-lined hole on Thursday and Friday. But on Saturday, Harman was forced to hit three tee shots at the 1st. He hit his first tee shot into the trees. When his provisional tee shot also found the trees, a mad search ensued.

Eventually, Harman found both balls. So he took an unplayable on the first ball, then zipped back to the tee on a golf cart to hit a third tee shot. Somehow, he came away with a bogey-6.

On Sunday, it would get worse.

Brian Harman sticks tee shot, smashes club in disgust

Four shots back to start the final round, Harman still had a chance to pull off a come-from-behind victory. But only if he went low early and often.

Unfortunately, those chances blew up at the 1st hole, where Harman hit his tee shot into a fairway bunker, then his second shot into the bushes to incur another penalty. A double-bogey 7 was the result.

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Harman is known for his calm demeanor, rarely letting positive of negative emotions overtake him on the course. But the frustration from the 1st hole eventually boiled over on the par-3 5th.

The 161-yard 5th requires another careful tee shot through a gauntlet of trees beyond the tee. Making matters nervier on Sunday was a difficult pin cut close to the front of a tilting green. A bad tee ball could easily lead to a big number.

One over on the day and well off the lead, Harman chose his iron, stepped up and took a swipe at his ball.

In a video of the shot, Harman momentarily holds his finish, but then turns and violently tomahawks his iron into the ground, sending the club bouncing across the tee box.

A TV analyst can be heard saying, “I’ve never seen him do that before.”

Harman was apparently convinced that he’d hit another squirrelly tee shot. But he was wrong. Very wrong. Just after Harman smashed his iron, the camera cut to his ball, catching the end of its flight as it crashed down on the green, coming to rest 6’10” from the pin.

Check it out below.

In fact, it was Harman’s best shot on the hole all week. He hit it to 36 feet at in the 5th in Round 1, 18 feet in Round 2 and 23 feet in Round 3.

But Harman couldn’t sink his short birdie chance, settling for a par. He would trade three birdies for four bogeys the rest of the way, eventually signing for a two-over 74. His Sunday struggles dropped him into a T26-finish, 11 shots behind Fleetwood.

Earlier this year, Keith Mitchell stunned golf fans when he nearly holed a gutsy greenside bunker shot during the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open. The risky shot in question? A Thai spinner — a shot made famous by Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who’s from Thailand.

For many golfers, it was the first time they had seen this shot executed from the sand. But, according to Parker McLachlin, a GOLF Teacher to Watch, it might be the key to improving your greenside bunker game.

In a recent Instagram post, McLachlin—also known as Short Game Chef—revealed that hitting Mitchell’s unique shot from the bunker is a great way to train a shallow arc depth and low point control—one of the most important keys in the sand.

Why the Thai spinner can boost your bunker game

The reason it works is because it teaches you to enter the sand at the right time. If you watch Mitchell in the clip above, you’ll see that his club enters the sand directly under the ball, not behind it — a common mistake amateurs make from the bunker.

“Watch how little sand he takes,” McLachlin says. “It’s basically a pitch shot out of the bunker.”

As nerve-wracking as it may be to hit a pitch shot from this lie, practicing it can also help you understand if you’re utilizing the bounce of your club correctly and help you avoid digging the leading edge.

To copy what Mitchell is doing above, set up to the shot with a slightly narrow stance. Play the ball in the middle of your stance. Notice how his wrists are relatively straight as he lets his body and arms turn back and through to power the motion.

“It’s like a putting stroke,” Mitchell says.

If you’re doing it right, the ball should come out low yet controlled with a lot of roll. With enough practice you can hit greenside bunker shots with more confidence, knowing you have your low point dialed in.

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While the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs ended months ago, another pro-golf post-season is about to begin: the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Playoffs. The regular season ended on Sunday at the SAS Championship, the last chance pros had to sneak into the top 72 to earn a spot in the first playoff event.

Former PGA Tour and current PGA Tour Champions players Kirk Triplett and Brandt Jobe ended up on opposite sides of the bubble, at 72 and 73, respectively. It was a tough reality for Jobe, made tougher still by the shockingly low amount of earnings that kept him from a playoff spot: just $201.

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Jobe has had a long career on the PGA Tour Champions. He acknowledged as much is his post-tournament press conference on Sunday at Prestonwood C.C. in the aftermath of his painful playoff ouster.

“This is my 10th year, so I’m pretty lucky. Tenth year without really having a clear path and I’ve had a clear path, so I can’t be disappointed,” Jobe said on Sunday. “I remember coming out here saying if you give me five years, that would be great, and I got 10. If next year’s 10 tournaments, 12 tournaments, whatever it is, embrace it and hopefully build on the last couple few months of what I did.”

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His frustration at getting knocked out of the Charles Schwab Playoffs before they even began was more apparent with the first words he uttered in his press conference.

“Can I cuss?”

His mood was understandable. Jobe, who is 60, collected four runner-up finishes and $9 million in earnings during his PGA Tour career. He added two wins on the PGA Tour Champions, most recently at the 2019 Boeing Classic.

But this season, and this week, did not go as Jobe had hoped it would. He played in 17 tournaments in 2025 and earned only one top-10 finish. A T61-finish (eight over) at the SAS Championship left him with $221,861 in official money for the year.

On the PGA Tour Champions, each dollar won accounts for one point in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. So Jobe’s $221,861 equated to 221,861 points. That put him in 73rd place, one spot out of making the first playoff event, next week’s Dominion Energy Charity Classic.

Triplett, the last man in at 72nd, finished with $222,062 in official money, or 222,062 points. Jobe was just $201 dollars short of making the playoffs, a 0.1% difference.

Kirk Triplett narrowly sneaks into PGA Tour Champions playoffs

Triplett, 63, has eight career PGA Tour Champions victories, though he hasn’t entered the winner’s circle since a two-win stint in 2019. In total, he’s pulled in $11,972,995 on the senior circuit.

In his PGA Tour career, Triplett won three times and finished with over $14 million in on-course earnings.

But his winnings in 2025 were minuscule in comparison. In 22 starts, Triplett failed to record a top 10 and took home $222,206. But it was good enough to pip Jobe and make the Charles Schwab Playoffs, and the importance of that achievement was clear from his post-round comments on Sunday.

“I hate to say it, but it’s like the most meaningful golf I played this season,” Triplett said. “I’ve just been 40th, 50th. My best finishes are in the 20s and 30s. I’m not playing well but I’m not managing my game well and I’m not competing well and all of those things are snowballing. I look around, I don’t see too many guys older than me doing it, so you know that here’s a reason, right, because otherwise, whether you get tired — I think it’s just energy. You’ve done it for so long, you’ve been successful.”

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The tiny margin by which he overcame Jobe was not lost on Triplett, either, which over the course of the season he said boiled down to “one stinking shot.”

“This is the thing, right?” Triplett said. “You play 22 events. $200? My partner and I are sitting at the team championship and I decide — he says, ‘I’m going to go catch a flight,’ right? I decide to withdraw because it’s just inconvenient, I don’t want to miss my flight. There’s a couple grand right there that would throw me up three places. So the little decisions that you make like that. And if you’re a Monday morning quarterback in this game, man. I tell all these young players I talk to a lot of times, I say, ‘You want to really, really see something interesting? Take one shot off every day’s score and see how much money, what a difference that makes at the end of the year. One stinking shot, one stinking shot.’”

The competition between Triplett and Jobe ultimately came down to Sunday’s final round. Whoever finished higher would take the final playoffs spot, and the other would head home with no chance of earning their PGA Tour Champions card for next season.

“Hey, it’s gritty out there, go out there and whoever gives up first is probably going to lose. I don’t think either Brandt [Jobe] or I gave up,” Triplett said on Sunday. “You should have seen us, we played together on Friday, we did not look like two guys who could break 80 two days in a row. I mean, we were awful. So both of us summoned up something at least coming down the stretch.”

While Jobe’s 2025 campaign is over, Triplett plays on. But he still has plenty of work left to earn his playing privileges for 2026. Triplett will have to play well enough next week to improve his ranking to 54th to qualify for the Simmons Bank Championship, the second playoff event.

The task gets harder from there. Only the top 36 players in the standings will qualify for the playoff finale Charles Schwab Cup Championship and, in doing so, earn their 2026 PGA Tour Champions cards.

The Call Your Shot Gauntlet match at TNA Bound For Glory 2025 lit up the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts, but fans werenâ€t thrilled with how it ended — and they werenâ€t quiet about it either.

TNAâ€s annual spectacle went down on Sunday, October 12, with the intergender Call Your Shot Gauntlet match once again offering the winner a future title shot of their choosing. The rules were clear: survive the battle royal, make it to the final two, and win by pinfall. But this yearâ€s match took a left turn nobody saw coming.

Léi YÇng Lee entered the match at #1, followed by Mara Sade. The early minutes were full of surprises — Ryan Nemeth entered third, but quickly got jumped by both women. Nic Nemeth entered fourth to back up his brother, and Cedric Alexander hit the ring next in his Bound For Glory debut.

As more names entered — including Rich Swann, AJ Francis, Eric Young, Jake Something, and even YouTuber BDE — the eliminations piled up. The Rascalz stormed in as a unit, while Dani Luna, Rosemary, and hometown surprise entrants added even more chaos.

One moment drew major heat: Jody Threat was scheduled to enter at #17 but never made it to the ring. Frankie Kazarian ambushed her and stole her spot. Santino Marella came out next, Cobra in hand, and dropped Kazarian before being swiftly tossed out by Nic Nemeth.

Then Matt Cardona entered at #19 to a thunderous ovation and quickly cleared house, only to be double-teamed by the Nemeth Brothers. Mance Warner was the final entrant, taking the match down to the final stretch.

It all came down to Kazarian — who was never officially eliminated — and Nic Nemeth. After both men appeared to score a pin at the same time, the referees couldnâ€t come to an agreement. In the end, TNA declared them both winners.

That announcement set the crowd off. Fans erupted in boos, chanting “bullsht!â€* as both Kazarian and Nemeth celebrated their dual victory. Social media lit up with fans calling the decision a “joke†and demanding TNA make it right.

The Call Your Shot Gauntlet may have produced two winners, but it left the audience with zero satisfaction. Now the big question is — will both men actually get a title shot, or will TNA be forced to revisit this messy finish?

What did you think of the double win at TNA Bound For Glory? Should there have been a clear winner? Drop your comments below and let us know how youâ€d fix this finish.

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Oct. 9, 2025 10:46 pm EST

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Through the partnership between TNA and “WWE NXT,” a number of former WWE stars have recently returned to the company for matches and appearances. This includes former Intercontinental Champion Matt Cardona, who departed from WWE in 2020 following a 14-year run. Looking ahead, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T hopes to see Cardona (formerly known as Zack Ryder) back in WWE in a more permanent capacity.

“I’ve been so invested in the TNA-NXT crossover that they’ve been doing,” Booker said on “The Hall of Fame” podcast. “It’s been so good for both sides to see so many different guys get to come up. Seeing Matt Cardona back in the building. I don’t know, he, Matt Cardona, might have got a raw deal his first time around. I’d love to see Matt Cardona get another shot in WWE and doing his thing. Then seeing guys like Moose, a guy who I had talked about for quite some time. I was just like, man, I wish this guy could get a shot. I’m hoping we can figure out how we can get him in there somehow.”

Since leaving WWE, Cardona has worked on and off for TNA, with his current run beginning earlier this year and including shots at the TNA X-Division and International Championships. Despite this, reports indicate that Cardona is not officially signed to TNA, meaning he is technically a free agent.

Next Tuesday, Cardona will return to the “NXT” ring when he takes on Josh Briggs in singles competition. This comes after the veteran cost Briggs a match against Myles Borne on the September 30 episode of “NXT.”Â

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit “The Hall of Fame” with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

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LeBron James gave a shoutout to Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson in a post on X after she connected on a game-winning shot to defeat the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of the 2025 WNBA Finals on Wednesday night.

With the score tied 88-88 near the end of the fourth quarter, Wilson buried a turnaround jumper with 0.3 seconds left that gave the Aces a two-point win as well as a 3-0 series lead.

She finished with 34 points and 14 rebounds to go along with three blocks, shooting 11-of-20 from the field and 1-of-2 from three-point territory. Wilson also racked up four assists.

Her last-second shot helped the Aces avoid a potential fourth-quarter collapse at the hands of the Mercury. Las Vegas led by 17 points through three quarters but was outscored 29-14 by Phoenix in the fourth.

The Mercury tied the game multiple times near the end of regulation, although Wilson’s clutch jumper kept them from stealing a win.

The seven-time All-Star is in the midst of a dominant 2025 campaign, ending the regular season with averages of 23.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.3 blocks per game on 50.5/42.4/85.5 shooting splits.

Wilson earned her fourth MVP award for her efforts and received a congratulatory message from James for doing so.

The NBA’s all-time leading scorer is an open fan of Wilson’s, calling her “the head honcho” of the WNBA in Oct. 2024.

James is currently preparing for his 23rd year in the association, as the Los Angeles Lakers open the regular season on Oct. 21.

As for Wilson and the Aces, they’ll look to clinch a championship in Game 4 on Friday at 8 p.m. ET.

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Great Britain’s Aled Davies secured his seventh consecutive F63 shot put title on the final day of the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi.

The Welshman, 34, threw a distance of 16.44m in his fifth attempt to finish ahead of Kuwait’s Faisal Sorour, who won silver with an effort of 16.28m, and clinch the 11th world title of his career.

Brazil’s Edenilson Floriani took bronze with a throw of 14.07m.

“It’s quite surreal to be honest,” Davies told BBC Sport.

“Faisal is coming along and he has been pushing me. But I haven’t been able to respond to him in the last few years. It feels good to be back but I still feel there’s so much more to come.”

Davies had missed out on gold at a fourth consecutive Paralympics last year as Sorour threw 15.31m to win in Paris.

F63 is a classification for athletes with a single leg amputation above the knee who use a prosthesis.

In recent years, Davies has been hampered by a condition called osteitis pubis, which causes pain and swelling in the groin and has needed surgery, but has vowed to break his own world record at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

“After last year’s heartbreak, the pain of the last four or five years with my injuries, and finally accepting that I needed to have a few repairs,” Davies said.

“I had to have a reconstruction of my hip and I was told I might not come back to the standards I was at.

“I’ve done that. I’ve come back, rebuilt in the silence and I’ve come here and competed again.

“I’m building towards LA. I’m going to break my world record.”

Meanwhile, Britain’s Victoria Levitt won silver in the T44 200m, the Englishwoman clocking a personal best of 27.46secs as the United States’ Annie Carey won gold in 27.31secs.

Levitt’s team-mate Bebe Jackson finished third but was not awarded bronze as the final was competed by only three athletes – with four being the requirement for one.

Great Britain finish the championships seventh in the medal table with seven golds, five silvers and 13 bronzes.

“It has been a positive experience,” said Katie Jones, head of Paralympic performance at UK Athletics.

“The athletes have all come together, the team spirit has been fantastic and we have come away with 25 medals. We couldn’t have asked for more than that.

“We are at the start of the LA cycle. We have had lots of athletes within the top eight, top four and within medals here.

“Moving on to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the European Championships will give us the chance to allow new athletes to come in and embed what they have achieved here.”

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HONOLULU — Akie Iwai fought through gusting wind Friday at Hoakalei Country Club to take the third-round lead in the LOTTE Championship, with eight players a stroke back and Nelly Korda two behind.

Iwai, the 23-year-old Japanese player who won the Portland Classic in August for her first LPGA Tour title, shot a 1-under 71 in the difficult afternoon conditions to get to 13-under 203.

“No change. Just keep going,” Iwai said. “Have smile and have fun.”

Second-round leader Youmin Hwang followed her career-best 62 on Thursday with a 75 to drop into a tie for second with Minami Katsu (66), Hyo Joo Kim (66), Megan Khang (67), Peiyun Chien (68), Brooke Matthews (69), Pornanong Phatlum (69) and Jessica Porvasnik (72).

“I’m sure there will be a lot of wind tomorrow, too,” Katsu said. “Hopefully, just try to be patient.”

The second-ranked Korda birdied the 18th for a 69 to get to 11 under.

Coming off a seven-victory season, Korda hasn’t won this year and has lost her No. 1 ranking to Jeeno Thitikul. The tour has had a different winner in all 24 of its official tournaments this year.

“For me the most important thing is giving 100% to every shot.” Korda said. “That’s what I’m going to do tomorrow. You never know. Golf is a crazy sport. Sports are crazy.”

Nasa Hataoka also was 11 under after a 71. Defending champion A Lim Kim shot a 66 to get to 10 under.

Iwai steadied herself after a bogey on the par-3 12th, making a sensational up-and-down on No. 13 for the first of six straight pars. She missed a chance to double the lead on the par-5 18th, blasting out of a bunker to 6 feet and failing to get the birdie try to fall.

“I forget what happened today and get ready for tomorrow,” Iwai said.

On the par-4 13th, Iwai avoided a second straight bogey after hitting into a massive fairway bunker and leaving her approach 56 yards short in the right rough. She hit a wedge to 3 feet to start the par run, and has hit 46 of 54 greens in regulation in three days,

“I would say I’m a shot-maker,” Iwai said.

Iwai shot a 64 on Wednesday to take the first-round lead, then had a 68 on Thursday to fall three strokes behind Hwang, the Korean LPGA star playing on a sponsor invitation.

Iwai’s twin sister Chisato, also has won this year as a tour rookie, taking the Mayakoba event in May. On Friday, Chisato was 9 under after a 71.

After the event, the LPGA heads to Asia for tournaments five straight weeks in Shanghai, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan.