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Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:49 am EDT

Meet the guy who makes more per hole than Tiger Woods

By Jay Busbee

Tiger Woods has played 1,044 holes of golf this season and has earned $9.7 million, or approximately $9,300 per hole.

Jason Hargett laughs at that figure. Laughs, I say!

On Tuesday, Hargett participated in one of those "hole-in-one for big bucks" contests as part of the Mark Eaton Celebrity Classic in Utah. Hargett hadn't planned on playing because of a sore wrist. But since even a bad day golfing is better than a good day doing anything else, he manned up, borrowed his brother's clubs, and ventured onto the course at the Red Ledges Golf Club. And then this happened:

That hole was a 150-yarder, and Hargett used a nine-iron for a $1 million stroke. Only question now is, how much of a cut does his brother get? Those were his clubs, after all. Bet that won't make for some awkward Thanksgiving dinners at all.

Golfer hits $1 million shot [USA Today]
Visor tip to The Big Lead for the vid.

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  1. Smart arack
    1. Posted by Smart arack Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:43 am EDT

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    Finally! Photographic proof! No fudging this one.........no free publicity here. The real thing.
    Looking at this tape you can see how lucky it was to go in the hole. Also,notice the divot the guy took when he took his shot. It wasnt small.
    I wonder how much they charged for shot?
    Usually you paid in installments over 20 years but the end of the film shows the guy with a check for the whole thing.
    NOW I'm jealous. I had one in a hole in one tournament 20 years ago and I was supposed to win a TV. Instead they gave me $100. Wish I had invested that in Microsoft back then........
  2. Smart arack
    2. Posted by Smart arack Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:45 am EDT

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    Finally! Photographic proof! No fudging this one.........no free publicity here. The real thing.
    Looking at this tape you can see how lucky it was to go in the hole. Also,notice the divot the guy took when he took his shot. It wasnt small.
    I wonder how much they charged for THE shot?
    Usually you GET paid in installments over 20 years... but the end of the film shows the guy with a check for the whole thing.
    NOW I'm jealous. I had one... in a hole in one tournament 20 years ago and I was supposed to win a TV. Instead they gave me $100. Wish I had invested that in Microsoft back then........
  3. Larz
    3. Posted by Larz Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:23 pm EDT

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    lamecity
  4. Charles S
    4. Posted by Charles S Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:24 pm EDT

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    Virtually nothing is ''''photographic'''' proof, if you mean cgi. The author of this article says 150ft. sorry it is 150yd and I would fire you on the spot.
  5. david
    5. Posted by david Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:24 pm EDT

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    looks more like 150 yards to me...
  6. mitch
    6. Posted by mitch Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:24 pm EDT

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    wow
  7. WilliamB
    7. Posted by WilliamB Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:25 pm EDT

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    The USA Today story is more accurate. Yards, not feet. It was a contest - the guy didn't actually play in the classic.
  8. jam
    8. Posted by jam Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:26 pm EDT

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    Congrats to this guy!! I've played in tournaments that give out a porsche for a hole in one- but $1 million is way better! I saw on espn that it is enstallments over a number of years.
  9. Deidre
    9. Posted by Deidre Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:26 pm EDT

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    Great....but technically a bummer. Not a hole-in-one because they didn't pull the flagstick before taking the ball out of the hole......
  10. Craig D
    10. Posted by Craig D Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:26 pm EDT

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    All I can say is wow
  11. Kimberly
    11. Posted by Kimberly Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:26 pm EDT

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    well.. that will make my former boss happy to hear.. he loves golf... and he's the type to have that sort of luck..
  12. Dennis Green
    12. Posted by Dennis Green Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:26 pm EDT

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    A million $ for a nine-iron shot? That's great, but sorry, that's an easy 3-par as 3-par's go.
  13. Justin H
    13. Posted by Justin H Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:27 pm EDT

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    150 yards
  14. fred l
    14. Posted by fred l Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:27 pm EDT

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    Very good it couldnt happen to a better guy and that means he could use the money i am very happy for him i wish him all the luck in the world hope he can do it again
  15. NorCal530
    15. Posted by NorCal530 Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:27 pm EDT

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    150 feet? that looks farther than 150 feet to me....dumb Yahoo journalists and their lack of English skills....I made probably a half dozen 150 foot putts in high school.......
  16. Jeris
    16. Posted by Jeris Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:27 pm EDT

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    I was the 2 minutes of my life back now...what a waste...
  17. quincy1775
    17. Posted by quincy1775 Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:28 pm EDT

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    I had a hole in one once, but didn't win anything. My friend and I were the only 2 people stupid enough to be playing that day. It was 25 degrees, breezy, and the ground was frozen like a brick. My shot landed a good 20 yards short of the green but bounced because of the frozen ground. It bounced some more and rolled onto the green and then dropped. I didn;t see it either, I was just happy that it looked like I made it to the green despite wearing a big goose down winter coat. My friend watched and told me I aced it. I thought he was joking until I couldn;t find my ball on the green. I was pretty stoked. I did get my name in the paper though, and I saved that golf ball. A good old Maxfli 100.
  18. raiders510
    18. Posted by raiders510 Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:28 pm EDT

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    i think it 150 yards, not feet
  19. Winston
    19. Posted by Winston Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:29 pm EDT

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    That looks like a lot more than 50 yards (150 feet).
    Looks closer to 150 yards!
    Just saying
  20. David C
    20. Posted by David C Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:29 pm EDT

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    so if anyone makes a hole in one they get 1 million dollars? or does it have to be at an event?
  21. Dr. Proctor
    21. Posted by Dr. Proctor Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:30 pm EDT

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    Since when did we start talking about golf hole lengths in feet?
  22. Tylerp
    22. Posted by Tylerp Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:31 pm EDT

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    congrats dude that was amazing
  23. fryemadi
    23. Posted by fryemadi Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:31 pm EDT

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    holy crap

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