The nightmare seventeenth gap already claimed one Australian sufferer on the primary day of motion on the 151st Open Championship, with Lucas Herbert struggling a crushing triple bogey.
It was significantly merciless given Herbert held a share of the lead earlier than he confronted the controversial new 136-yard gap.
Fellow Australian Travis Smyth wasn’t underneath the identical strain as Herbert when he got here to the notorious gap, three over for the spherical and 10 over for the event.
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That, nevertheless, didn’t make what he achieved any much less spectacular as Smyth shocked the golf world to enter the historical past books by turning into the primary participant to ace the brand new gap.
What made the shot much more unimaginable was the actual fact Smyth had made a double bogey on the identical gap the day earlier than.
“It was wonderful, a bit bittersweet truly,” Smyth stated.
“I had a shocker the day earlier than, made double-bogey and I used to be simply actually joyful I hit an excellent shot as a result of I used to be simply so disenchanted from the day earlier than.
“It was an enormous shock went within the gap. It was simply the right distance, the wind and the membership and all of it got here collectively. It was a second I’ll always remember.
“About midway by means of the flight I believed ‘that is going to be good’. It regarded wonderful.”