In the second round of The American Express 2025, William Mouw recorded a 13 on the par-5 16th hole. Mouw hit his second shot into the infamous 18-foot tall bunker on No. 16 and attempted several unsuccessful escapes. Mouw ultimately signed for a second-round 81 to finish at 5-over.
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The PGA TOUR heads to California’s Coachella Valley for The American Express, the third event of the 2025 season and the first in the continental United States. The long-running TOUR stop features a three-course rotation, with a cut after Saturday’s third round. The top 65 and ties will play the Pete Dye Stadium Course in Sunday’s final round. Nick Dunlap will defend his title after winning in 2024 as an amateur, the first to do so since 1991. Dunlap, a college sophomore at the time, carded 29-under 259 for a one-stroke win over Christiaan Bezuidenhout. He turned pro less than a week after his victory and finished No. 49 on the 2024 FedExCup, adding a second title at the Barracuda Championship. Major champions Wyndham Clark and Justin Thomas are also among notables set to compete in the TOUR’s first California stop of 2025. The American Express also allows players to improve their position in the Aon Swing 5 to qualify for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational, the next two Signature Events of the 2025 season. Other names to look out for include Patrick Cantlay, Nick Taylor, Sungjae Im and Tom Kim.
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30 Comments
The poor caddie raking the bunker saying, “get the ball on the green right mouw!”
I feel bad for the caddy.
good putt, though
i'd still rather have his job !
Too bad he's not sponsored by southwest Airlines. #wannagetaway
So painful to watch. Anyone that has played tournament golf feels for him
Big respect to the fans applauding at the end
You don’t get a shot at every duck you call at but you’re darn happy to be huntin.
Gonna suck when this kid is scrolling through YouTube and comes across this one..
This is hazing 😭
holes like this make you want to quit golf.
I always knew i could watch a video of a tour player and say. Reminds me of myself
Used to play with him and his pops years ago. How time flies.
Expensive bunker😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@PGATOUR you know what else is massive?
Hindsight is 20/20 but his caddy should’ve had him play back to the fairway after about two or three of those bunker shots
I disliked this video, not because of Mouw's performance, but because the PGA likely posted, without Mouw's consent, what is undoubtedly one of the most embarrassing moments of his career. This seems to have been done purely for exposure to their channel.
Definition of insanity
Still easier to watch than Vander Veld crumbling while his wife laughed at him.
Respect for the way he maintained composure and acknowledged the crowd after holing the putt. We learn more from failures than success. Sincerely hope he can put this episode behind him. He was six under before this disaster so he is a heck of a player.
Camera doesn’t do justice on how hard this up and down is….
He did not tip his cap 😭
This is my home course, played here for 25 years. That bunker is deep yes, but this has a lot to do with these pros not just trying to get out but get it close too. That bunker is not that punishing if your just trying to get it anywhere on the green. BUT… This year they recontoured the green and that entire left side now slopes to the bunker when it didn't before. Certainly makes it tougher.
Sheesh..i do that regularly😅
Why is it such a sin for a pro golfer to declare an unplayable?
From 6-to 7 over on one hole?..oych!😅
A legendarily stupid hole
Brutality, with how the scoring is at this tournament that's tantamount to making a 26.
I remember hearing a market trader talking about meeting Luke Donald once when they were both guests at a tennis tournament about 15 years ago, and brazenly asking Donald why Tiger was better than his opponents. Donald's frank answer was that Tiger had the ability to forget his mistakes and move on, a great lesson. (This was before Donald went on to be ranked world #1). Much respect here for Mouw's composure and professionalism dealing with a hole like that.
That hole is brutal. My brother a 6hcp got out in one.