Amateur Caleb Surratt of the United States plays his shot from the tenth tee during the third round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on October 29, 2022 in Southampton, . (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Caleb Surratt is going to have plenty of memories from his first Tour start.
The freshman at Tennessee, who was named to the final fall Haskins Award watch list earlier this week, had a memorable second round when he shot 7-under 64 to make the cut by one shot, the only amateur in the field to play the weekend. However, his third round went quite a bit different.
In fact, the par-4 14th hole is the one thing Surratt will want to forget from his PGA debut. The 393-yard hole is playing as the toughest this week at Port Royal, and it proved that way for Surratt, who took 12 strokes to complete the hole.
His tee shot went out of bounds, and his third ended up in the rough. His next three shots from the rough also found the penalty area, and then he was sitting nine and not on the green. Two more shots from the rough before he found the green, and he made his 12th stroke.
Four penalty strokes. Eight over on the hole. He shot 85 on the day, 21 strokes worse than his second round.
Surratt making the cut is a big deal, and it’s likely he’s competing for an NCAA title come the spring. But he has plenty to take away from his PGA Tour debut.
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