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With only the third albatross in the history of the BMW PGA
Championship, Ross Fisher won a BMW i8 Roadster* worth 150,483 euros. -
In the third round, the Englishman found the hole from a
distance of 199 metres on the 18th hole.
London. The 15th edition of the BMW PGA
Championship doesn’t end until tomorrow, but the shot of the
tournament is already clear. With a 4 iron, Ross Fisher circled his
ball on the 478-metre 18th hole (par 5) into the hole
with his second shot. The 38-year-old’s reward for the albatross
rarely seen in golf is the hybrid sports car
BMW i8 Roadster Rosso Corsa*.
“I was just trying to hit it just a little bit right of the pin, and
actually tugged it a little bit left. I wasn’t sure whether it was
going to the flag and sort of looked away. The crowd’s reaction told
the rest of the story, the massive roars and cheers. To win the BMW i8
is still a bit shocking. Just surreal,” said Fisher, after receiving
the keys to his new dream car. “This is our Flagship Event, our most
prestigious tournament to play in all year round, so it’s pretty cool.”
In the history of the BMW PGA Championship, only Miguel Ángel Jiménez
(2009) and Tommy Fleetwood (2012) have previously achieved an
albatross, both of them on the fourth hole. However, no player has
ever achieved this feat on the last hole before.
But Fisher is not the first professional to leave the Wentworth Club
as the proud owner of a new vehicle. James Morrison (ENG, 2016, BMW i8
Protonic Red Edition, Scott Jamieson (SCO, 2016, BMW M2 Coupé), Chris
Wood (ENG, 2015, BMW i8) and Andrew “Beef” Johnston (ENG, 2015, BMW M4
Coupé) have all won the BMW Hole-in-One Award.