Cink's second career ace on 16 was the first ace of this year's Masters Tournament.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Stewart Cink knew the shot had a chance, the way so many shots seem to on No. 16 at Augusta National Golf Club. So did his youngest son, ...
“It’s very special,” Tommy Fleetwood said after he holed a tee shot on No. 16 last year. “When they got up, I knew it wasn’t missing.” “Usually a lot of times anyway, you hear it was kind of a mis-hit or whatever,” Stewart Cink, 48, said. But the shot was a bit of a balm. It was the exact right curve, perfect contact.” “It’s a pretty good present.”
Cink, playing in his 20th Masters, struck an 8-iron and then enjoyed watching a magical moment.
Cink lifted both arms in the air and hugged his caddie, his son, Reagan. It just so happened to be Reagan’s 24th birthday and father and son continued their celebration by slapping both hands. That’s tied for the eighth-most aces on Tour since 1983 when hole-by-hole tracking started. We recommend interesting sports viewing and streaming opportunities.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Stewart Cink aced the 166-yard 16th hole in the second round of the Masters on Friday.
It was the 24th ace on 16 in tournament history, and the first since Tommy Fleetwood last year. Turning more serious, he said, "I knew it was going in because the patrons in the front left all were watching it (from a perfect vantage point) and they knew it was in, and they all got up. Harry Higgs also went in for an embrace, and Brian Harman offered a congratulatory knuckle-bump.
Stewart Cink made a hole-in-one at the 16th hole on day two of the Masters, but was it the shot of the day?
He (Watson's caddie) is, like, 'all right.' Then it went to a foot, so worked out." "My ball was two inches in the air. Stewart Cink made a hole-in-one at the 16th hole on day two of the Masters, but was it the shot of the day?
Does it get much better than hitting a hole-in-one and celebrating with a family member?
It left Cink six over for the tournament, a couple of shots off the projected cut line. The hole-in-one means that Cink now has an ace in four different decades as a professional player, beginning in the 1990s. The 48-year-old, after a tough opening round and a half at the Masters
Golf veteran Stewart Cink produced one of the best moments of the tournament as he nailed a hole-in-one and celebrated with his son Reagan.
He still needed another birdie from one of the final two holes, but suffered a bogey on the 17th leaving him with too much to do to avoid the cut. As it dropped, those spectators let out a huge roar and the beaming 48-year-old punched the air in delight. The 48-year-old will not be in contention for a green jacket at Augusta this weekend, but may have produced the best moment of the tournament on Friday.
SALT LAKE CITY – 48-year-old Stewart Cink made an ace on the 16th hole in the second round of The Masters sending the gallery into a frenzy.
Cink’s ace was played perfectly, as the ball ran down the slope and into the center of the cup. Cink’s son, Raegan, is on the bag, and the reaction was priceless. It is the only ace of the 2022 Masters to date.
Stewart Cink was 8-over and on his way to missing the cut when he stepped to the 16th tee and made a lifetime memory for both himself and son Reagan.
We’re going to be full family, I think, so I think it will be the end of the day.’’ “It doesn’t look like I’m too far out of it.”I don’t know if you’re asking me what the winning score’s going to be, but if you have two more days of this, it’s not going to be double digits (under par).’ … Stewart Hagestad, who was the first Mid-Amateur champion to make a Masters cut, in 2017, missed this cut when he shot 16-over for two days. The neat part about it was, as the ball got closer down to the hole I knew it was going in because the patrons in the front left all were watching it online and they knew it was in, and they all got up. “That stings more than the hole-in-one [helps]. It doesn’t boost my spirits like missing the cut hurts my spirits. “I gave him the ball.
Stewart Cink might miss the cut at the 2022 Masters, but he made a memory to last a lifetime.
Amidst all that it can be easy to forget what the Masters is truly about. After all, family or no family, what golfer has ever complained about a hole in one? Each and every Masters, there’s a lot of noise about the pimento cheese, about the concessions prices, about the lawncare, about the merch, about the sartorial choices.