And that proved the case as Louis Oosthuizen grabbed an ace at the 14th while the Open was still in its first morning.
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In glorious sunshine but with stiff breezes coming in off the Firth of Clyde, scoring has proven far tougher into the wind on the back nine than on the front nine. A closing 69 left him tied on 10 under par with Bubba Watson, who won his first green jacket on the second hole of a play-off.
Oosthuizen’s hole-in-one was the first on the 14th hole since 1997.
A hole in one is something all golfers dream of achieving, but not many have the skill to put it into practice.
Admittedly, it wasn’t quite as fortuitous as the hole in one he registered at Augusta – the ball didn’t go in after making contact with another golf ball – but it’s impressive nonetheless.
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He then added birdies at the fourth, sixth and seventh to reach the turn in 31, but then had a bogey five at the hard 10th. The pro dropped one in the hole earlier this year at The Masters.
