Law claims Challenge Tour Shot of Year crown

Hot on the heels of announcing that he’s set to become a dad for the first time later this year, David Law has been handed another reason for a celebration.

His feat in holing out for an eagle during the Terre dei Consoli Open has been voted the 2016 European Challenge Tour Shot of the Year after taking more than a quarter of the public vote.

The Aberdonian’s effort, which came in the final round and helped him secure a top-15 finish in the event at Monterosi in Italy, saw him send a wedge shot into the hole from 115 yards on a sloping green at the par-4 third.

“When you hit a shot like that you never really believe it is in until you get to the green and see it for yourself,” admitted Law, a double Scottish Amateur champion. “I hit a 54 degree wedge. It was a blind shot but I knew that the slope took the ball to the right.

“There were about ten people behind the hole watching but I couldn’t hear them, so it was only when I heard Duncan Stewart shouting from the tee box on the next hole when I knew it was in.”

Law, who received 26 per cent of the vote, came out on top ahead of 2016 Road to Oman No 1 Jordan Smith, whose eagle at the Cordon Golf Open and pinpoint tee shot at the Red Sea Egyptian Challenge were voted as the second and third best shots of the season respectively.

“It was great to get off to such a good start after making the eagle so early on, and it set me up really well for the rest of my last round,” added the Scot, who is the second winner of the Challenge Tour Shot of the Year, after Spain’s Nacho Elvira claimed the title in 2015 with an albatross en route to winning the Challenge de Madrid.

Law finished 72nd in the Challenge Tour’s Road to Oman rankings last season before missing out on a main Tour card in the Qualifying School final in Girona. “My season on the whole was pretty disappointing, but I’m looking forward to getting going on the Challenge Tour again next season,” he said in a Team SSE Scottish Hydro blog.