Golf
Van Zyl scores hole-in-one at SA Open─── MORGAN PIEK 10:23 Fri, 13 Jan 2017
The 37-year-old Jaco van Zyl was the talk of the town at the 2017 South African Open at the Glendower on Friday morning.
Van Zyl shot a hole-in-one at the 222-yard par three 17th this morning to score the first of the 105th SA Open.
While an ace is special, it was made even more special with the world number 105 achieving the feat on the sponsors’ hole.
This sees the golfer one of the most elegant swings in the game driving away with a brand new BMW i8 valued at R1 945 000.
Last year during the Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, Van Zyl became just the second ever golfer to score a hole-in-one at the games after the South African-born Englishman, Justin Rose, aced the par three 4th the previous day.
Van Zyl ace in Rio was scored on the par three 8th.
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