Having been notified of the mistake, the pair — both former winners of the Tiger Woods-hosted event — walked back to the correct tee and drove off the correct marker.
Both were handed a two-shot penalty for the mistake, but had they not noticed and completed the hole, they would have been disqualified.kkkokokokokokikikil
Stenson would eventually finish with a 72 for a second-from-last 19th place finish, while Spieth shot 76 to finish 20th.
Despite the mix up, the pair were able to laugh about the event afterwards.
“My question was if we could just finish 19th and 20th and leave after nine (holes),” Stenson
said, “but that wasn’t an option, either.”
Spieth
added: “He asked them if we could just go to the airport and I said: ‘I’m down.'”
Spieth
explained the comedy of errors. “I teed it up first and it wasn’t my tee,” the 28-year-old said. “So Michael [Greller, his caddie] told me it’s not my tee. Then Henrik hit. Then I teed up too far in front and he told me to scoot back.”
Realizing Spieth had just given it all away, Stenson
said to Spieth: “You just spoiled the whole thing. Like, look at these guys; they don’t know who’s going to hit. Once they figured out who’s hitting, one guy’s trying to tee up in front and then they both hit from the wrong tee box. I guess we got what we deserved.
“Let’s just leave it that a little note on the tee box would have been helpful and I will make sure I tee it up on the right tee box in the future because I don’t think I’ve ever done this before. Have a nice Christmas everyone and we’ll see you in the new year.”