“It’s Karma”: Analyst Debutant Kevin Kisner Reveals the Ridiculous Consequences of His New Stint Amid Sony Open Struggle

“Just knock it in bud,” wise words from Kevin Kisner to Jordan Speith last week at the Sentry. And now it seems that Kisner needs those five words more than ever. After making his debut as a golf analyst for the Sentry, the Sony Open is Kisner’s first stop for the 2024 season.

As he shifts from his golf analyst to golfer role, Kisner says he is having a hard time. Although through only one gig of analyzing golf, the 39-year-old is struggling to play golf and has experienced one grave issue with his clubs.

Kevin Kisner struggles through the Sony Open

The South Carolina native has made his first start of the 2024 season at the Wai’alae Country Club. However, the start was short-lived, as Kevin Kisner is through the 18 holes with 1 over par for the second round and T136 with 6 over par overall. Kisner had made his return to the golf course after becoming an analyst for one day.

He is making his 300th start on the PGA Tour and he jokingly attributed his last week’s schedule to his struggling play at the Sony Open. Talking to his fellow hosts, Kisner said that he has not recovered from last week’s stint and stated, “You boys put me through too much ringer,” as he was five over.

At round two, the four-time PGA Tour winner agreed that he didn’t get much chance to practice before reaching Honolulu. Consequently, he struggled through rounds one and two, scoring +5 and +1, respectively. Kisner said, “Yesterday [round one] was tough. I really got off to a bad start.” Furthermore, he compared the two rounds and declared the second one the “wild” round.

The reason behind this is that at the sixth tee, Kisner was trying to hit it far and better, but an unexpected accident occurred. He said, “My driver shaft snapped” in his grip. Thus, he had to switch to a “random driver” now, and that became the reason for his ordinary performance. Although Kisner also hinted at Jordan Spieth for his mediocre performance.

Karma follows Kiven Kisner in Honolulu

Last week at the Sentry, Jordan Speith was playing the par-5 15th and missed a 3-foot putt, compelling a hilarious 9-word response from Kisner. As Spieth was taking a long time to putt, Kisner said, “That’s 3 feet, Jordan. Just knock it in, bud.” The advice looked simple at the time, but the 39-year-old now faced the same dilemma on the Hawaiian greens.

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Before breaking his shaft at the 6th hole, Kisner missed a par-4 fourth hole, but just how? He missed a 4-foot putt to miss the birdie and then missed the 3-foot put to make a bogey. As per Kisner, it is his karma from taking a jibe at Spieth that he could not play better.

He said, “I think it’s Karma. Jordan Spieth at home scratching on that dollar getting me.” The fun banter displayed Kisner’s gleeful nature amidst the crisis. The results of Kisner’s first event in 2024 might not have yielded the result he wished for, but for the next event, hopefully, there will be no karma to follow him around.

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