{"id":449630,"date":"2026-02-05T02:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/449630\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T02:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:04:08","slug":"travis-kelce-ignites-wm-phoenix-open-crowd-with-brilliant-tee-shot-birdie-putt-on-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/449630\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce ignites WM Phoenix Open crowd with brilliant tee shot, birdie putt on 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Super Bowl week, so that must mean that Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are preparing for the big game, right?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2naim9F4010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eeegh<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p>With the most free time he\u2019s had in February over the last four years, Kelce played in the WM Phoenix Open pro-am on Wednesday and amazed the crowd by almost jarring his tee shot on the par-3 16th hole.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRAVIS KELCE WITH AN ABSOLUTE DART ON THE 16TH. \ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udfaf<\/p>\n<p>The 3x Super Bowl champ sticks it to within a few feet and wins the gold WM chain! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H3YubtWgo2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/H3YubtWgo2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfChannel\/status\/2019147583768125743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The three-time Super Bowl champion, and Taylor Swift\u2019s fianc\u00e9, landed his shot a few feet from the pin. He made the birdie putt to claim the WM\u2019s gold chain moments later, and turned his putter into an electric guitar in a celebration move that generated a lot excitement from the raucous fans at TPC Scottsdale. <\/p>\n<p>They weren\u2019t the only ones impressed: Kelce\u2019s quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, chimed in via X to show love and to let his favorite pass-catcher know he was watching from home.<\/p>\n<p>After winning the AFC five out of six seasons, the Chiefs finished 6-11 in 2025 and wound up missing the playoffs for the first time in Mahomes\u2019 career. <\/p>\n<p>Kelce, 36, not only has an upcoming wedding to plan with the world\u2019s biggest pop star\u2014 he also has a decision to make about whether he\u2019ll play next season.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes surely would love to have him back but the golf course might be too much of an alluring pull. Only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"WM Phoenix Open 2026: First-round tee times, groupings, how to watch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golfchannel.com\/pga-tour\/news\/wm-phoenix-open-2026-first-round-tee-times-groupings-how-to-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"WM Phoenix Open 2025 - Round Three\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770257048_686_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tee times, groupings and how to watch the first round of the WM Phoenix Open.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Mahomes and golf fans everywhere can tune in to Golf Channel\u2019s coverage of the WM Phoenix Open beginning Thursday at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>                                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Super Bowl week, so that must mean that Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are preparing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-449630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}