Dane ace Kjeldsen Scores stunning Abu Dhabi hole in one

Denmark’s Søren Kjeldsen got his Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship campaign off to a flying start on Thursday after shooting a stunning hole-in-one in his opening round.

The 35-year-old triple European Tour winner achieved the feat on the par-3 seventh to record the fourth hole-in-one in Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship’s six-year history, after Darren Fitchardt, Alvaro Quiros and Francesco Molinari achieved the feat in 2006, 2009 and 2010 respectively.??“It felt good,” said Kjeldsen after completing a round of 69 to end the day on three-under.

“I hit it 173 yards to the pin; it came in off the right and then rolled nice and gently into the hole. I wasn’t thinking about it until my partners [Scott Strange and John Bickerton] started shouting, ‘Go in! Go in!’”??Kjeldsen not only recorded an eagle in his scorecard as a result of his inch-perfect shot; he also takes home a Cadillac CTS as a reward from one of the Championship’s sponsors. “It’s a very nice car,” he said after his round.

The Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship runs until 23rd January at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club and boasts it strongest-ever line with six of the world’s top 10 battling it out for a shot at the coveted Falcon trophy.