PGA Tour event sees two hole in ones on same hole as golf stars left stunned
Not one but two PGA Tour players hit a hole in one on the same par three hole during the opening round of the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson. Mississippi dot dot Lightning struck twice at the Sanderson Farms Championship as not one but two PGA Tour players aced the same hole on the same day. Matt Cuchar and Nicholas Norgard were the men to do so on the 183yard par 34th at the Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi. for the latter. It was his first hole in one on the PGA tour, but the DNE did not get to watch his ball go in due to the hidden putting surface on this particular hole. As such, relatively restrained celebrations followed, although Norog did eventually lift both arms aloft after picking his ball out of the cup, receiving a warm response from the gallery. Kuchar then hit an almost identical shot to the player 14 years his junior, also landing his T-shot in a similar spot around 12 yards from the hole before the ball rolled up the green and into the hole. The veteran also birdied the previous par five hole and ended his opening round with back-to-back birdies to finish four under at tied for 13th Norard. However, followed up his ace with a bogey with another coming on the eighth hole to finish the front nine even. He also played the back nine even after a pair of birdies and bogeies. Finishing the opening day tied for 88th. The DNE is just over a year removed from winning the British Masters at the Belelfrey. His first victory on the European tour. Cuchar meanwhile is a much more experienced campaigner. He came second to Jordan Spe at the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Burkedale a year after winning the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The American is a former world number four and a veteran of four RDER Cup teams between 2010 and 2016 with the latter being his only success.
