Kevin Na makes a 16 on the 9th hole of the Valero Texas Open

Kevin Na is notorious for being one of the slowest players on the PGA Tour. He's one of the guys who would take almost two minutes to line up a 8 foot putt. Throughout the years, a lot of people have complained about his slow play. He's one of the players whom, because of his slow play, there had been difficulties trying to finish up rounds on the PGA Tour. Example is that in the 2011 Northern Trust Open, there were no weather delays in the first two rounds. But not everybody was able to finish their rounds by the end of the day. Reason? Slow guys like Kevin Na taking up lots and lots of time.

Na is also one of the more hot-headed guys on Tour. He often tosses the club after a bad shot (including today), and he occasionally swears after bad shots. But a lot of fans are oblivious to that because he doesn`t get as much TV coverage.

So, back to the story:

It was the first round of the Valero Texas Open, and Kevin Na was cruising along (slowly), 1 under par through 8 holes, and then, on the 9th hole, it happened....

Really? Making a 16 on a hole? I could literally play this hole with only a putter and no other club, and I would still be able to make at least a 15. This is what happened:

Hit his drive way left deep in the trees in the lateral hazard, 40 yards left of the fairway. Had no chance to play any shot. So he had to re-tee with a 1 stroke penalty. His next drive (his 3rd shot), expectedly, leaked to the right. That`s another area that`s deep in the trees. He tried to hack the ball out of there but it hit himself. So he had to take a two-stroke penalty. Now it`s time for his 7th shot. He had to take six more hacks before finally hitting it out of the trees, on his 13th shot. He`s in the right rough, in which he hit his 14th shot over the green. He pitched to 6 feet, and made that putt for that nifty 16. +12 over par in just one hole.

He left that hole 11 over par. He didn`t give up afterwards. He actually grinded it out and ended up with a 8 over par 80 when he birdied 3 of his last 5 holes.

So, what hole was the toughest hole (i.e. highest scoring in relation to par) for that round? You guessed it -- the 9th hole. Before Na made that 15 on the hole, the 9th hole was only the 5th toughest. But after that, it became the toughest hole of the round by a landslide.