Thomson walks tall with Open ace
England's Jonathan Thomson, the tallest player on the European PGA Tour, made a hole-in-one at the par-three 16th in the Open Championship second round on Friday.
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The six foot nine 25-year-old, who recovered from leukaemia as a child, sent his tee shot straight into the cup at the 162-yard hole before raising his arms to the skies in celebration.
A big man with the big moment ??
6' 9" @jigger_thomson sends the crowd wild at 16 with the first ace of the week ?? #TheOpen pic.twitter.com/FAnBYb3boV— The Open (@TheOpen) July 16, 2021
Thomson, ranked 889th in the world, also birdied the 17th to move to two under par and barring a collapse on the last hole will comfortably make the halfway cut in his first major championship appearance.
At the same hole in the 1967 Dunlop Masters, England's Tony Jacklin, the former British and U.S. Open champion, made the first hole-in-one shown on live television.
"Phenomenal" ??@jigger_thomson talks through his hole-in-one at #TheOpen pic.twitter.com/IP9I7hiISy— The Open (@TheOpen) July 16, 2021
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