Sindelar records double eagle at Medinah

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MEDINAH, Ill. -- Joey Sindelar holed out a 3-wood from 241 yards on the par-5 fifth hole Saturday for a double eagle, the rarest shot in golf and only the third in PGA Championship history.

Sindelar was 2 over for the tournament when he made the albatross.

It was the first double eagle at the PGA Championship since Per-Ulrik Johansson at Riviera in 1995. The only other was by club pro Darrell Kestner at Inverness in 1993.

Gary Evans was the last player to make an albatross in any major, in the first round at Royal Troon two years ago in the British Open.

The most famous double eagle in any major came at the 1935 Masters, when Gene Sarazen holed out with a 4-wood from the 15th fairway at Augusta National, a shot that enabled him to get into a playoff and beat Craig Wood the next day.

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