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20-Year-Old Notches British Open First By Holing Eagle Shot to Qualify

The 2025 British Open will feature its first-ever Estonian. | Jack Gruber-Imagn Images

Calling it one of the most improbable golf shots ever isn’t being hyperbolic. 

On Tuesday, 20-year-old Richard Teder was in a 4-for-2 playoff at West Lancashire Golf Club just outside of Liverpool in final qualifying for the British Open. The world’s 91st-ranked amateur, on the third extra hole, hit a 340-yard drive and then holed a 90-yard eagle chip to earn a spot in the year’s final major. 

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