OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Akshay Bhatia made an ace on the seventeenth gap of the BMW Championship on Saturday, successful a automotive and boosting his probabilities of qualifying for the Tour Championship subsequent week.
The highest 30 within the FedEx Cup advance to the Tour Championship, and Bhatia is correct on the bubble, having entered this occasion in twenty ninth. His hole-in-one got here on an intimidating 227-yard par-3 with an elevated tee and water to the precise of the inexperienced. The pin was towards the entrance of the inexperienced, with a bunker to the left.
The ace earned Bhatia the BMW iX M70 on show subsequent to the seventeenth tee. It additionally means $125,000 will go from BMW to the Evans Students Basis, which oversees a scholarship program for caddies.
“I do not actually essentially want a brand new automotive. I am fairly pleased with what I’ve acquired,” 23-year-old Bhatia mentioned. “I feel both I will give it to my caddie or determine one thing out to the place I can donate it to charity or one thing.”
Bhatia shot a 5-over 75 within the first spherical Thursday, leaving him 13 strokes behind the chief. However he shot a third-round 66 on Saturday, holing out a sand wedge from 93 yards for an eagle on the par-4 seventh. When his 5-iron on No. 17 rolled into the opening, it moved him to even par for the event.
