Chad Ramey cards his first ace on TOUR on the 13th hole @THEPLAYERS!
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“It was great, especially in the moment,’’ Ramey said afterward. “I couldn’t get any putts to fall, so to not have to putt, that was nice. I was hitting kind of a smooth 7-iron and it landed perfectly, almost pin-high right on the slope and fed right down to the hole.’’
Ramey was even-par for the round and 2-under for the tournament when he made the ace. He finished 3-under for the week.
It was the 41st hole-in-one in the history of the Players Championship during its time at the Stadium Course. The last hole-in-one at the Players was made by Keegan Bradley in the final round last year, also occurred on No. 13. In all, it was the 14th ace on 13 in tournament history.
One of the most improbable stories at the Players was Sudarshan Yellamaraju, a 24-year-old Canadian PGA Tour rookie.
He learned to play golf by watching YouTube. Yet in Sunday’s final round, he vaulted himself into contention, climbing to within four shots of Åberg’s lead.
Yellamaraju was born in India and emigrated with his family to Winnipeg at age four. He took up golf at age 6 at a local indoor golf center where he used adult rental clubs because that’s all that was available.
He got the first of his own at age nine and entered his first tournament. By 16, he was the Ontario Amateur Champion. At 19, he skipped the U.S. college route and turned pro despite never having had a lesson.
“I’d just watch YouTube videos of Tiger, [Woods] Rory [McIlroy], Adam Scott, anybody really,” he told the Toronto Sun. “I’d watch on TV too, but when you’re watching live you can’t really stop it and watch it over and over I just like to watch various players and just find little tidbits to see what I can do and just feel it out and see what works for me.”
Not only has he never had a lesson, has never had a coach, saying he corrects his game on a “trial and error’’ basis.
“I’m a feel player,” he said.
