01쌍둥이 형제 대결서 먼저 터진 공식 대회 첫 에이스
덴마크의 골프 스타 니콜라이 호이고르가 투어 공식 대회에서 자신의 생애 첫 홀인원을 터뜨리며 감격스러운 순간을 맞이했다. 완벽한 궤적을 그린 그의 샷은 그대로 홀컵으로 들어갔고, 현장을 찾은 갤러리들의 뜨거운 환호를 이끌어냈다.
이번 홀인원은 단순한 기록 달성을 넘어 쌍둥이 형제인 라스무스 호이고르와의 유쾌한 자존심 대결에서 판정승을 거두었다는 점에서 더욱 특별하다. 투어 무대에서 늘 선의의 경쟁을 펼쳐온 두 형제 중 니콜라이가 먼저 공식 대회 에이스를 작성하며 확실한 자랑거리를 선점하게 됐다.
생애 첫 대회 홀인원의 기쁨을 누린 니콜라이는 이번 기록으로 형제간의 라이벌전에서 한발 앞서나가게 되었다. 골프 팬들과 동료들 역시 두 형제의 독특하고 유쾌한 경쟁 구도에 뜨거운 관심을 보이고 있다.
02Original (English) — DP World Tour
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On Friday at the Open de España presented by Madrid, Nicolai Højgaard made his first hole-in-one in competition.
It comes hot on the heels of his first ever since picking up the clubs as a child, making an ace during the Pro-Am at the DP World Tour's Omega European Masters last month.
As DP World Tour and Ryder Cup winners and dual members on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour, there isn't much one Højgaard has over the other.
But when it comes to holes-in-one, Nicolai has the advantage.
"We had a massive competition over who would make the first one [a hole-in-one]," he said.
"Now I’ve got two. So, he needs to up his game to keep up. It's a nice feeling."
Nicolai holed his tee shot at the par-three third, measuring 217 yards, at Real Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.
Despite that moment of excellence, the 25-year-old is set to miss the cut in the Spanish capital after a second-round one-over-par 72 dropped him back to four over.
"You want a shot like that to obviously be the highlight of your week, but the poor play has overshadowed everything," he added.
"So, the feeling of making the hole-in-one is nice, but not as good as I wanted."
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