TV camera controversy after astonishing golf feat

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Dylan Wu overnight (AEST) made the archetypal albatross – a people of three-under connected a azygous spread – of his PGA Tour career, and conscionable the 3rd of the twelvemonth connected tour.

And it was wholly missed by TV cameras.

Wu started his archetypal circular of the Rocket Mortgage Classic astatine the Detroit Golf Club from the 10th tee. He arrived astatine the par-five 14th astatine one-under aft back-to-back birdies.

His tee changeable recovered the close fairway, and his 240m 2nd changeable with a hybrid recovered the hole.

Dylan Wu during the archetypal circular of the Rocket Mortgage Classic successful Detroit. (Getty)

The smoky conditions caused by the monolithic Canadian bushfires meant Wu didn't spot the shot drop.

To hitch brackish into the wound, the TV camera successful the operation down the greenish was not manned arsenic the broadcast didn't commencement until hours later.

"We were walking up to the green, I'm like, 'I'm beauteous definite the camera's not on,'" Wu said.

"I deed it cleanable I thought, but I benignant of mislaid it halfway due to the fact that of the haze and the grandstand and everything.

"So I looked astatine my caddie and I'm like, 'Where'd that go?' And helium said, 'It's going beauteous adjacent to the pin.' And past I didn't spot it onshore and past similar a mates seconds aboriginal the assemblage went wild.

"It was beauteous surreal."

Only 18 Albatrosses person ever been made successful Majors. All barroom 1 were made connected par-fives – Young Tom Morris made a 3 connected the par-six archetypal spread successful the archetypal circular of the 1870 British Open astatine Prestwick.

The lone different notable albatross connected the PGA Tour that didn't hap connected a par-five was that of Andrew Magee successful 2001, who deed a hole-in-one connected the par-four 17th astatine TBC Scottsdale. That shot ricocheted disconnected the putter of a subordinate successful the radical up and rolled into the hole. While helium remains the lone 1 to bash it connected the PGA Tour, respective person been recorded connected the LPGA.

Wu carded a seven-under 65 to beryllium a changeable down co-leaders Taylor Moore and Peter Keust – a Monday-qualifier ranked 789th successful the world.

In a stat not often seen adjacent connected the PGA Tour, his paper included an albatross, an eagle, birdies, pars and bogeys.

Cam Davis is the champion of the Aussies successful a necktie for 39th astatine three-under.

- With AP

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