Spaniard Jon Rahm sent a message to his rivals at The Masters with a glorious hole-in-one during his practice round at Augusta National.
On the par 3 16th hole at the iconic course in Georgia, the world No.2 cleverly skipped the ball across the water hazard.
The ball popped over the surface of the water and onto the green before rolling all the way to the hole, where it hit the pin and dropped into the cup.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHbE5wLJO5Y/The spectacular highlight was made that much sweeter as it was Rahm's 26th birthday and it was his second hole-in-one in two days, having achieved the same feat on the par 3 fourth hole yesterday.
Rahm attempted the shot as it is one of the bizarre traditions at Augusta National during the practice rounds before The Masters.
Players drop a ball before the hazard and deliberately hit their ball low and hard, with the goal for it to skip over the water and onto the green.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHYqBsiJxtt/Few have made a hole-in-one from there, but remarkably, Rahm's effort is not the first time the shot has been seen at Augusta National.
Back in 2009 during his practice round, Fijian golf star Vijay Singh also attempted an almost identical shot successfully.
https://twitter.com/funsportsgifs/status/599217146523168768"I can't lie," Rahm said ahead of the first round of the 2020 Masters tournament later this week.
"I'm feeling pretty confident.
"I hit it about as good as I hit it tee to green really in the tournament, especially on Sunday and the weekend.
"Happy where I'm at, and I think the best way I can explain it, I'm simply happy. Outside the golf course, I'm happy, within the limits of this pandemic, and I'm also happy on the golf course.
"I've been putting in the work and golfing well. Hopefully something special happens this weekend.
"There's [a] Spanish history of champions here, with three great champions and three idols of mine, that I would love to be able to add my name to that list," Rahm said.
"This is the 40th anniversary of [Seve Ballesteros'] first win here at Augusta… Five green jackets go out to Spain. Hopefully, I can be the sixth."
Rahm will be competing for the fourth time at Augusta National this week. Last year he finished ninth and a year earlier he was fourth.
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