The final round of the Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl has delivered one of the most extraordinary moments in modern major history after the English golfer Mimi Rhodes produced a hole-in-one which bore remarkable resemblance to an in-off snooker shot.
Australia’s Steph Kyriacou had already hit her shot to within inches of the hole at the 184-yard 5th when Rhodes stepped on to the tee. The 23-year-old’s iron shot bounced from the front of the green towards the hole. The ball duly kissed off that of Kyriacou and into the bottom of the cup for an ace.
