“Beer hole” gets plenty to cheer about, including one of the best shots of the day

The beer was flowing Saturday and the cheers were loud.
Never did it get louder than when Vijay Singh bombed a drive that landed on the back of the green and rolled to within a foot of the pin.
As the ball inched closer, the crowd of more than 100 people grew louder with anticipation. The ball came to a stop and there was a short sigh of disappointed that was quickly replaced by the cheers of the group eager for $3 beer.
“The wind died a little bit, and it was just a nice smooth driver and it came out perfect,” Singh said.
Singh will be remembered for one of the shots of the day, but Jeff Overton made that group memorable.
Singh’s shot came within a foot. Overton’s followed a similar path and rolled within a foot of the hole as well, but had a bit too much speed and rolled within seven feet of the hole.
The beer booth was rocking.
“I didn’t see it roll back, but I heard the crowd,” Singh said.
Even though Overton’s shot missed by 11 inches, Singh just gave his a little tap that sent the booth into loud cheers.
Then was the rush for the beer.
And the beer kept flowing.
A total of 31 people made birdie with another three others scoring eagle, not that all of those birdies led to 10 minutes of $3 beer.
The first eagle came courtesy of the first group of the day. Ben Crane nailed a shot from 68 yards out.
He raised his hands and gave the crowd a wave. He then tried to toss his ball into the view box, but misjudged the height and he had to give it a second try.
For the most part, the beer booth was behaved, though there were some trouble keeping it quiet while people were putting.
Volunteers said Friday was more rowdy, but it cleared out quickly.
The bar tender quipped Saturday that he was surprised so many people were sticking around for the final group.
It might have had something to do with who was playing among the final golfers.
Chants of “Go Bears” and “Da Bears” echoed while Charlie Wi strolled through.
It was no coincidence that there was such good scores on 17.
The pin was placed forward on the hole, meaning attacking it from the tee box was doable.
“On 17, I never once thought about laying up,” said leader Brooks Koepka.
He birdied 17 after driving the green.