Royal Troon Golf Membership is enjoying brutally tough on Thursday attributable to windy, wet situations in Scotland, however nobody informed beginner golfer Jaime Montojo. The 19-year-old Spaniard cut up the green together with his opening tee shot and holed out for an eagle on the par-4 first gap — the primary gap in his British Open profession.
His jubilant response says all of it.
Montojo, a rising junior at Texas A&M College, is enjoying in his first profession main championship. He certified for the 152nd British Open with a T2 end at a qualifying occasion at Royal Cinque Ports in early July — together with his mom serving as his caddie.
The Madrid, Spain native ranked third on the Texas A&M males’s golf staff in scoring common (71.31) final 12 months, and he gained the Aggie Invitational for his first collegiate victory. A couple of months later, he is holing out from 132 yards in his first-ever begin at a serious.
It took Montojo solely two pictures to leap to second place on the British Open leaderboard at 2-under par. It is unlikely he’ll keep there for the remainder of the week, however what a reminiscence that will probably be for the proficient teenager.