Hitting a hole from over 100 meters is truly unusual in golf, but doing it twice in just three holes is nothing short of a miracle. It's no surprise, then, that Nicolai Højgaard celebrated his feat in style in the first round of the Danish Golf Championship, which began today at the Furesø Golf Club in Copenhagen.
Nicolai Hojgaard, results
The Danish golfer, fourteenth in the recent British Open and a member of the European team that won the 2023 Ryder Cup, wasn't having a great first round—he had three bogeys and just one birdie—when he left his ball in the fairway of the par-4 12th hole off the tee.
Nicolai, twin brother of fellow golfer Rasmus Højgaard, then hit a powerful 111-yard (101.498 meters) iron shot, and although the ball bounced past the hole, it bounced back and landed inside, to the delight of the crowd.
Just two holes later, the Dane achieved another, even more complicated eagle shot because the ball was 144 yards (131.674 meters) from its final target. This time, the shot was so precise that the ball landed directly in the hole, to the surprise of the fans.
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