LONGEST HOLE IN ONE IN ENGLAND

Matt Vigurs has made what could be the longest hole-in-one in England!

A mere 411-yard ace on the 3rd hole at Great Barr Golf Club near Birmingham, yes 411-yards!!!!

Vigurs, a +1 handicap, has been enjoying a remarkable run of form.

He already had three aces to his name, including two as a junior at Gaudet Luce. Then a few weeks ago he added another during the Droitwich Club Championships. He went on to win the stroke play event in a play-off.

In June, he claimed the Worcestershire County Championship too. “It’s been a good year really,” he said, “especially considering I didn’t really pick up a club for eight years when I was living abroad.”

That form clearly travelled with him into the scratch match at Great Barr.

The 3rd at Great Barr is a 411-yard par-4, framed by an oak tree that Vigurs used as his line. “I played a little cut off the oak tree,” he explained. “We all hit good drives and we found three of them down there. Then we were looking for mine.”

His playing partners’ drives were grouped together, but Vigurs’ was missing. He checked left of the fairway, about 50 yards short of the green, where he expected to find it. Nothing. He checked behind the green. Still nothing.

Vigurs, who started playing golf aged 11, explained: “At that point I looked a bit silly, so I thought I might as well check the hole – and there it was, nestled in the bottom. I had to take two or three looks. I couldn’t believe it. They didn’t believe me till I pulled it out of the hole and we just went mad!”

The adrenaline rush was immediate. “It was so weird – I couldn’t concentrate for the next hole!”

He went on to win his match, and Droitwich Golf Club sealed promotion by winning the league on the same day.

Vigurs, who works as a product and training manager at McLaren, has kept the ball and is hoping Great Barr might help him commemorate the achievement.

“I’m trying to get in touch with Great Barr so they can give me a flag – I want to get it framed. They were talking about putting a plaque on the hole as well, which would be nice!”