First golfer from Estonia to make British Open did so after holing out for eagle in playoff
Especially at the West Lancashire qualifier in Liverpool, England, where Richard Teder, an amateur, became the first golfer from Estonia to make it to a British Open.
Teder, ranked 91st in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, did it in one of the more interesting, and heartstopping, ways. Coming down the stretch, he seemed pretty safely in at 7 under. Lucas Herbert won this qualifier at 8 under but disaster struck Teder on the 18th hole when he made double bogey.
That dropped him to 5 over, but all was not lost. That sent him to a 4-for-2 playoff.
So what did he Teder do on the first playoff hole? After hitting driver close to 340 yards, when his competitors chose to hit 3-wood, Teder holed out his second shot from 80 yards for eagle.
What a cool story...Estonian Richard Teder looked set to book a spot at @TheOpen but double-bogeyed the last hole at final qualifying.Into a 4-for-2 playoff...Then holed out for eagle on the first playoff hole.Will now be the first Estonian golf ever to play in an Open. pic.twitter.com/FFgKnsxWdV
It was a remarkable rollercoaster of events that led the amateur do what no one from his country had done before. Playing out of Estonian Golf & Country Club, Teder is now in the history books.
His club is one of seven golf courses in Estonia, according to visitestonia.com. The first one in the country was built in 1993.
Estonia, a nation of 1.3 million people, is located south of Finland across the gulf in Northern Europe. It was formerly a part of the Soviet Union.
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