Bhullar shoots hole-in-one to win a new car in Munich
Munich, Germany, June 22: India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar sank a spectacular ace at the European Tour’s BMW International Open and won himself a new BMW M8 Coupé, which is slated to make its official world premiere next week.
Bhullar, a nine-time Asian Tour winner, holed a six-iron from 196 yards to win the incredible €194,000 car, which was on offer to the first player to ace the 17th hole at the Golfclub München Eichenried.
The 31-year-old Indian would go on to sign for a second round one-under-par 71 and grab a share of 25th place on four-under-par 140 total, seven shots behind leader Martin Kaymer of Germany.
“This is my second hole-in-one in a professional golf tournament,” said Bhullar. “Before starting this year, I discussed with my caddy one of my dreams, I said I need to make at least one hole-in-one and choose the right one.
“I am glad we made that commitment. It is a great moment. BMWs are some of my favourite cars and I would love to drive that car,” added Bhullar.
American duo Kurt Kitayama and John Catlin carded rounds of 68 and 66 respective to settle six shots off the pace in tied-14th place.
Malaysia’s Gavin Green, who topped the Asian Tour Merit rankings in 2017, battled to a 72 to tie in 37th place with a host of other players, including Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura (71) and S.S.P. Chawrasia (68) of India.
Americans Paul Peterson, David Lipsky and Sihwan Kim survived the halfway cut on the mark after posting rounds of 69, 68 and 69 respectively for matching 142s.
Over in the United States, Thai ace Kiradech Aphibarnrat (74) and Anirban Lahiri (77) of India uncharacteristically failed to advance into the weekend rounds at the Traveler’s Championship on the PGA TOUR.
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