Watch 'the Great One' take his skills from the ice to the greens
With a hockey stick in his hands, Wayne Gretzky was known as “the Great One.”
With a putter, he’s not too shabby either, as he showed in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Thursday.
Playing with his son-in-law, Dustin Johnson, Gretzky drained a long putt on the first hole at Spyglass Hill.
On the ice and on grass, @WayneGretzky has some skills.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/L3ibCefU6y
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 8, 2018
The Great One rolled it in from about 30 feet out, traversing a small rise into the bottom of the cup.
DJ, who’s married to Gretzky’s daughter, Paulina, was pretty impressed with the old man.
It’s not the first time Gretzky has dropped a long birdie putt at Pebble Beach.
He did it a couple years ago, playing with Johnson.
It’s that kind of eye and touch that allowed him to score 894 goals in his NHL career, the most ever.
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Meanwhile, DJ is off to a good start at Pebble Beach at 4-under through 12 holes.
Johnson, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, has won twice at Pebble Beach and is looking for his second win of the season and third at Pebble Beach.
Power Rankings for @attproam
5. Jon Rahm
4. Phil Mickelson
3. Jordan Spieth
2. Dustin Johnson
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“If I keep playing well and keep winning then, no, I’m going to stay No. 1,” Johnson said before the tournament via Golf Week.
“But, yeah, I mean, if I don’t play well, there’s a lot of really good players that are playing really well right now. So it’s going to be tough for me to keep it, but if I keep playing like I am and how I should, then, yeah, I’ll be there at the end of the year,” he added.
Johnson was one shot behind leaders Kevin Streelman, Patrick Cantlay and Troy Merritt, all of whom were at 5-under early Thursday afternoon.
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