Golfer Isaiah Salinda strips for wild water shot at Cognizant Classic
Isaiah Salinda is having every week to overlook.
He opened his week at the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches with a 6-over 77 and issues did not get any higher throughout Friday’s second spherical.
Well, they briefly did, as Salinda opened with a birdie on the tenth gap. But on the eleventh, catastrophe struck within the type of a quadruple bogey 8 on the par-4 gap.
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A wayward drive led to a 50-something-yard punch out and a 3rd that went into the water. His fourth cleared the lake however simply missed the inexperienced and from 25 ft, he wanted 4 extra photographs to search out the jar. Oy.
If that wasn’t fascinating sufficient, on the par-3 seventeenth, enjoying 171 yards on Friday, Salinda missed the inexperienced, his ball settling barely within the greenside lake. Like a couple of others who tried comparable photographs this week (see: David Ford, Nico Echavarria, KH Lee), Salinda took off her footwear and socks and rolled up her pants. He then took it one step additional, additionally taking off his white shirt, when he proceeded to blast away at the ball.
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Already 9 over on the week, this did not assist. While his water ball did discover the inexperienced, he missed the par putt, shirt nonetheless not tucked again in. A bogey there dropped him to 10 over, three photographs forward of last-place.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 27: Isaiah Salinda of the United States performs a shot from a bunker on the 18th gap in the course of the second spherical of the Cognizant Classic 2026 at PGA National Resort And Spa on February 27, 2026 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
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