Chilean star Joaquin Niemann sinks hole-in-one at Australian PGA
Joaquin Niemann has become the second player to sink a hole-in-one at this year’s Australian PGA.
Chilean star Joaquin Niemann sunk the second hole-in-one of this year’s Australian PGA at Royal Queensland on Sunday.
The LIV golfer, who was playing in the same group as Australian star Marc Leishman, aced the par-three, 160m fourth hole, much to the delight of a host of spectators.
It came just two days after Western Australia’s Curtis Luck achieved a hole-in-one on the par-three, 17th “party hole”.
Niemann’s ace moved him up the leaderboard to 11-under after starting the day at nine-under.
He eventually finished in fifth place on 13-under – seven shots behind winner Min Woo Lee – after a closing round of 67.
“Australia’s been awesome – it’s been a lot of fun,” 25-year-od Niemann said.
He described the hole-in-one as the “perfect shot”.
“I was in between clubs. I hit in the air, a little softer. It started a little left, that way the wind could move it, and it was exactly how I visualised the shot, so it was pretty cool,” he said.
“It was looking good all the way and … it went in. I got pretty excited.”
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