Munich/Wilmington. Viktor Hovland hit the shot of the tournament on the final Sunday at Wilmington Country Club. The 24-year-old world number ten aced the second hole. The Norwegian sank his six-iron from 203 yards (186 metres). This was his third hole-in-one on the PGA TOUR and his second this year, having previously achieved the feat at THE PLAYERS Championship (round 3, hole 8).
As Hovland and the spectators celebrated the hole-in-one, so too did a caddie. This is because this was the first ace of the tournament – and, on behalf of the accurate player, BMW traditionally donates a four-year Evans Scholarship, full tuition and a housing grant, worth 125,000 US dollars, to the Evans Scholars Foundation (ESF), which also receives all proceeds from the BMW Championship. This is the sixth time in the history of the BMW Championship that this has happened.
“That’s incredible. That hole-in-one obviously was nice for me, and it helped me out a little bit, but it didn’t move me up the leaderboard that much,” Hovland said. “For it to actually mean something is really cool. I hope that goes a long way.”
Meanwhile, the 2022 BMW Hole-in-One Car is yet to be won. The first player to hit a hole-in-one on this hole during a tournament round will be rewarded with a fully-electric BMW i7 (combined power consumption, acc. WLTP: 19.6 – 18.4 kWh/100 kM; CO2 emissions: 0 g/km; specifications acc. NEDC: -). As the world’s first thoroughbred luxury limousine with 100% electric drive, the BMW i7 brings innovative driving pleasure to the streets with a range of more than 600 kilometres.
BMW i7 (Stromverbrauch kombiniert gemäß WLTP: 19,6 – 18,4 kWh/100 kM; CO2-Emissionen: 0 g/km; Angaben gemäß NEFZ: -)