Owings Mills, Maryland – Akshay Bhatia made an ace on the seventeenth gap of the BMW Championship on Saturday, profitable the automotive and growing the possibilities of competing within the Tour Championship subsequent week.
The highest 30 of the FedEx Cup reached the Tour Championship, and Batia was good for the bubble that took half within the occasion on the twenty ninth. His hole-in-one appeared on an intimidating 227-yard par-3 on the inexperienced proper aspect, with tees and water rising. The pin was going through the inexperienced entrance, with a bunker on the left.
The ace received the BMW IX M70 on show subsequent to the seventeenth tee. It additionally signifies that $125,000 can be handed from BMW to the Evans Students Basis.
“I do not essentially want a brand new automotive. I am fairly happy with what I’ve,” stated Batia, 23. “I believe both I will give it to my caddy or I will perceive one thing in a spot the place I can donate to a charity or one thing.”
Batia shot 5 over 75 within the first spherical on Thursday, leaving 13 strokes behind the chief. Nevertheless, he shot a 3rd spherical 66 on Saturday, drilling a wedge of sand from 93 yards for the par fourth. When his 5 irons of No. 17 rolled into the opening, it moved him additional to par for the event.
