The rain at Leopard Creek has done little to put a damper on the golf, with two holes-in-one scored in Saturday’s third round. Dutch professional Joost Luiten hit the shot of a lifetime when he scored a hole-in-one to win an Audi TT Roadster. Luiten aced the par-three 12th hole, hitting a seven-iron on the 176-metre hole to win a car valued at over R500 000 (roughly €56 000). And Audi have agreed to have the car delivered to Luiten’s home in The Netherlands, sparing him the cost of transporting the car to Rotterdam. “It’s my first hole-in-one in a tournament so I’m delighted,” said Luiten, who played on the European Challenge Tour and qualified for the main European Tour in 2008. Luiten made the halfway cut in this tournament right on the mark of two over par, and then produced a superb third round of 64 to surge into contention on six under par. “I felt really good and felt like I could go for every pin, which is what I did,” he said. Luiten wasn’t even aware there was a hole-in-one prize on the 12th hole. “I watched the ball go in and then my caddie and I turned around and saw a sign on the tee box advertising the car. I’m going to drive my girlfriend around in it. I’ve already got a car in The Netherlands, but I think I’ll change it now. And when I’m away my girlfriend can drive it,” he said. And English professional Oliver Wilson scored a hole-in-one on the par-three 16th, hitting a five iron 190 metres and winning himself 190 cases of Terra Del Capo wine. |
