Beau Hossler has been on the PGA Tour for six years now. This week, the World Wide Technology CChampionship marks his 204th start. Most avid tour fans will know that despite being a junior golf sensation and college star at the University of Texas, Hossler has yet to win in golf’s major leagues.
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Heading into the second round in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on Friday, he also had another zero on the board; he’d never had a hole-in-one in tour competition. And if you only saw his reaction to his shot on the par-3 11th, you might still think it hadn’t happened.
In the midst of a hot run that saw him birdie five of the first 10 holes, Hossler used an 8-iron the 179-yard hole. Everybody on the tee saw Hossler absolutely cover the flag, but because the group couldn’t the surface of the elevated green, no one saw the ball land and scoot quickly into the cup. Unfortunately, it appears on the video that there were no fans around the green to produce any kind of affirmative roar.
So Hossler, who didn’t even produce a smile, simply turned to hand his club to his caddie. “Go in?” somebody asked. Said another, “It’s got to be really close.”
There is no follow-up highlight, but it figures Hossler was thrilled to retrieve the ball from the hole—especially because the ace for an eagle put him at eight under for the day. Hossler made three subsequent birdies and a bogey at the last to score 62 and climb 64 spots on the day and into a tie for 35th after he opened with a 76.
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
