Jamieson explains hole-in-one ‘confusion’
Scott Jamie son said" confusion" was the reason why he didn't instantly celebrate a hole -in- one during the first round of the Italian Open.
The Scot made his ace at the second hole at Chervo Golf Club in Brescia, holing a 6-iron from 191 yards, on his way to carding a fourunder-par 68.
There was no reaction from either Jamieson or his two playing partners, with the Florida-based player revealing afterwards why that had been the case.
“We had a good number and I made a good swing and the ball actually disappeared," he said. "I said to Richie (Blair, his caddie) ‘did that go in ?’ because no- one around the green reacted, and none of the other guys in the group reacted.
“There is a ledge behind the hole so we figured maybe the ball dropped off the back. Then, as we were down to the green, I saw a pitch mark in front of the flagstick and I thought then it may have gone in, and, thankfully, it had."
In a later post on Twitter, Jamieson added: “My reaction is confusion as what I thought was a perfect shot wasn’t. Turns out it was!”
While Jamie son won himself a £40,000 BMW M2 for a hole-in-one at the tenth at Wentworth in the second round of the BMW PGA Championship four years ago, this effort went unrewarded.
Using that flying start as a springboard, he birdied the fourth and fifth before adding an eagle at the sixth to move to six-under before undoing some of his good work thereafter.
“It was pretty frustrating to finish on four-under," he admitted.