After 19 years of professional golf, Graeme McDowell – 2010 major US Open champion – had just the first hole-in-one on April 23.
McDowell latched a 17 par3 hole, 216 yards long, after a fourth iron tack in the second round of Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana. After finishing the broadcast, he followed briefly and picked up the tee-tee. The ball goes green, bounces a few times and then rolls to the target’s mouth. It touched the rim before entering.
McDowell didn’t know the hole-in-one header until teammate Matthew Wallace shook his shoulders in the news. He was briefly surprised and frantically pounded with everyone around.
“It’s fun to not go into the lake. Who would expect a stick,” McDowell said in front of a nearby camera. The first ace at the PGA Tour helped McDowell – Wallace jump 20 steps to T9 at -8 after 36 holes of Zurich Classic 2021. It was even more valuable when it happened in the toughest hole in the field. The second round of statistics recorded hole 17 with four birdies, 35 par and 19 bogeys or worse.
McDowell (white-and-middle-hat blue shirt) happily shared with his partner Wallace and the caddy after his first ace in his career. Image: Golf Digest
Yesterday, Team McDowell fought foursome on its first fourball day. They are five strokes away from the top of the board. This position belongs to Cameron Champ – Tony Finau and Viktor Hovland – Kris Ventura. The defending champion Jon Rahm – Ryan Palmer jumped seven steps to T9. Last year, Rahm – Palmer failed to defend the title because the award was canceled because of Covid-19. In 2019, they won at -26, each with $ 1,051 million. Bonus fund this year reached 7.3 million USD.
McDowell was born in 1979 and entered professional golf since 2002. He won four PGA Tour championships and 11 European Tour Cups, including the 2010 major US Open. at the same time, ending 40 years of non-crowning European golf at the prestigious event organized by the American Golf Association (USGA).
Zurich Classic is the only team match event in the PGA Tour schedule. The tournament brought together 80 teams, two members each, fourball competitions in the first round and penultimate, foursome competition for the remaining two legs.
In a fourball team stroke play, each player bounces separately and takes only the member’s best hole score to aggregate round performance.
As for foursome teammate club fighting, the two members share the same ball. If one member takes a tee shot on the odd numbered hole, the other plays on the even hole. They take turns to hit the ball until the ball enters the hole, thereby deciding the final round.
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