Dave Hill Inches Past Palmer in Senior Shoot-Out

About three hours after Tuesday’s senior shoot-out at Wood Ranch Golf Club in Simi Valley had started, the field had been reduced to two--Arnold Palmer, a four-time winner of the Masters, and Dave Hill, four-time winner of the Memphis Open.

Both hit booming tee shots on the par-5, 513-yard 18th hole, their golf balls stopping near the 300-yard markers. Hill’s approach stopped 35 feet short of the pin, and Palmer’s went right, settling in the fringe. Both got down in two.

According to shoot-out rules, both marched 40 yards back down the fairway, dropped their golf balls and chipped back to the pin. Palmer’s ball rolled 16 feet past the pin and stopped. Hill’s rolled 18 feet past but caught one of two hills on the giant green and rolled back toward the cup, squeezing past Palmer’s ball by an inch.

The inch was worth $2,500 to Hill. Palmer earned $2,000.