Will Wilcox does not resemble a golfing superstar but the little-known American has sparked the loudest roars at the Players Championship in Florida with a hole-in-one.
The 29-year-old from Alabama, who has never won on the PGA Tour, aced the infamous par-three 17th during the second round at the TPC Sawgrass, his bright yellow ball pitching five yards short of the hole before rolling into the cup.
As the massive galleries erupted with deafening applause, Wilcox dropped his club in celebration, then leapt into his caddie's arms before dancing across the 17th tee in unbridled excitement.
It was the first ace on the 147-yard hole at the Players Championship since Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez during the first round in 2002.
"I was kind of hovering around the cutline at that point and for it to happen right there on 17 is pretty surreal," Wilcox told the Golf Channel.
"My whole family is here ... I just can't believe that happened.
"To have everybody there with me is really cool. In the last 10 years, I have come a long ways and this is another stepping stone ... maybe a couple more people know who I am now," he grinned.
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