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In case you somehow missed it, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers played his first round of golf since undergoing surgery for a torn Achilles suffered in Week 1 of the NFL season.
Not only that, Rodgers supposedly sank a hole-in-one.
The miracle shot supposedly occurred on the 17th hole at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas during a round with Jets offensive linemen Max Mitchell, Chris Glaser, and Connor McGovern.
“O-Line Trip. First round post surgery. Las Vegas. Shadow Creek #17,” Aaron Rodgers wrote alongside a photo of himself and the group supposedly taken just before the shot. “‘Let’s take a photo boys,’ moments later … Hole in One!!!
The reason why the word “supposedly” keeps being used is because there wasn’t actually any video of the ball going into the hole.
There was video of Aaron Rodgers looking amazed and his boys laughing about it.
There was video of the quarterback walking up to the hole to retrieve his golf ball from the cup.
But the actual shot? Unfortunately, no.
maybe @AaronRodgers12 actually isn’t human ⛳️
🎥 @McGovenator60 pic.twitter.com/sv3ehRofCl
— New York Jets (@nyjets) January 21, 2024
Now we’re not saying Aaron Rodgers didn’t make a hole-in-one. I mean, it’s not as if he is the kind of guy to manufacture drama or fuel conspiracy theories, after all. Oh… wait…
The internet remembers…
Notice there is no video of the actual shot
— KJ (@Mr_Blonde2) January 22, 2024
“Aaron Rodgers really out here faking hole in ones?” read another comment on X.
Sure he did. Unless there’s video there is zero reason to believe him
— ImFinallyFamous (@MrMeTui) January 21, 2024
“This looks like some North Korea propaganda type of stuff to me at this point,” someone else wrote.
not a chance he actually got a hole in one 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
— Frank_Christiano (@Frankie_C98) January 21, 2024
“What do we think. Is this one of those Donald Trump/Kim Jong-Un holes-in-one? Or an actual hole-in-one?” another viewer asked.
Just saying. If anyone were to fake a hole in one, it would probably be Aaron Rodgers https://t.co/18pqPue9NJ
— JACKMERIUS TACKTHERITRIX (@PhilaciousPhil) January 21, 2024
Ironically, Aaron Rodgers’ partner in the 2022 version of The Match, Tom Brady, was accused of faking a hole-in-one last year.
After further review (and much speculation), it turned out that Brady’s shot, which he claimed was real (despite the fact that it was used to try and sell some of his branded clothing), reportedly wasn’t actually a hole-in-one.
According to sports reporter Tom VanHaaren in a mysteriously since-deleted tweet, “Tom Brady … doesn’t consider it a hole-in-one, because they put the ball in the middle of the fairway in a created tee box on a par four. Still calls it a ‘once in a lifetime shot.'”
Sure it was, Tom… and Aaron.