Alejandro Tosti jumps into water at the player championship after making hole-in-one

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Alejandro Tosti on the legendary Iceland Green at the Player Championship fell for a sensation before the tournament even started-in the truthful sense of the word.

The 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass is famous to deliver moments of the drama, and Tosti continued this tradition at this year’s tournament when he shot an ace during his training round on Wednesday and then celebrated by jumping into the lake.

The tea of ​​the Argentine tee landed about 15 feet behind the hole before slowly rolling back into the cup and immediately prompted wild celebrations.

Tosti threw his club down and made himself directly to the water, paused temporarily before daring to jump. Fortunately, his caddy was at hand to help him on his way with an encouraging boost.

“I told people that when I manage it into the hole of 17, I went into the water, so I had to go 100% into the water,” said the 28-year-old later, according to the PGA tour. “I was so happy and really cool to have this moment today.”

Tosti, a rookie on the PGA tour last year and kept his tour card with a top 5 finish in the last phase of the Q school. He earned a place among the players – the flagship of the PGA Tour and the most lucrative event – via his FedExcup from No. 116.

On Wednesday, Tosti was impressive his practice round, apparently unimpressed by moving around the 18th hole in soaked clothing.

“I saw so many things. I saw lip-outs, climbed the ball into the hole and went out of the hole, ”he said about his hole in one. “I have been playing at the highest level for 20 years and today is the first day when the ball is going. I couldn’t have wanted a better place than the 17th hole at TPC.”

The 17th hole in TPC Sawgrass is the most famous feature of the Florida course. Countless golfers have either bounced off their shots from the island green and the water, while others were more lucky on the 137 yard hole. In 2023, three player-Hayden Buckley, Aaron Rai and Alex Smalley-Lieben of the tournament made all on the island green.

Tosti was not the only player on Wednesday on 17th on 17th Ace Ace. Previously, JJ Jakovac, who wears the bag for Collin Morikawa, who wears bag No. 4, had shot back into the hole during the annual Caddy competition of the tournament.

The first hole-in-one in the caddy competition marked and of course the moment was celebrated with screaming and cheering for the discount. But in contrast to Tosti after him, Jakovac may have decided carefully to stay dry on this occasion.