DETROIT (AP) — Akshay Bhatia had a hole-in-one of sorts when his golf ball fell into a hole in a fairway drain at Detroit Golf Club in the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Friday.
Bhatia’s 315-yard drive on the 579-yard, par-5 17th hole ended up underground after it made its way into one of five holes in the drain that were just big enough for a golf ball to fall into.
“Fairly certain that’s a Callaway at the bottom,” Bhatia told a PGA Tour rules official.
Bhatia got a free drop and a memorable moment. He ended up making par on the way to a 5-under 67 that put him atop the leaderboard at 13 under among the early finishers.
“That was wild,” Bhatia said. “No, never seen it. Rules official (had) never seen it.
“It was kind of one-in-a-million chance that ball goes in that small …