With a shiny new Porsche beckoning behind her, Jodi Ewart Shadoff watched as her ball took one almighty kick off the right fringe and made a beeline for the bottom of the cup.
When you come to the final hole needing a hole-in-one to make the cut at the US Open, you come to the final hole without a prayer. There’s no chance you’re going to walk off with an ace, right?
While playing in the pro-am at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship, Mike Weir struck a perfect tee shot on the par-3 17th hole and then watched as the whipping wind pushed his ball right into the cup.
Sharon Lowden lived out every golfer’s dream by acing the par-3 15th hole. But it was only a couple of hours later the same feat would be achieved again… by her husband!
Travis Smyth, the 28-year-old Asian Tour pro from Kiama in New South Wales who played part of last year on LIV Golf, may not claim the claret jug this year, but he can always claim a Hoylake tournament first.
Australian Golf Digest
