As a caddie, you could be certain JJ Jakovac had a fairly good concept as to the yardage and membership for use whereas standing on the tee field on the famed par-3 “Island Inexperienced” gap at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Florida, on Wednesday.
But it surely’s not typically that it is the caddie — and never the skilled — making the hole-in-one in entrance of a raucous crowd.
However Jakovac, who’s the caddie for world No. 4 Collin Morikawa, did simply that. Utilizing a pitching wedge from 131 yards, his ball landed on the downslope of the inexperienced and rolled again into the opening for a memorable ace.
“It needed to experience the wind to get there,” Jakovac stated, in response to Golfweek. “Proper because it got here off, I used to be like, that is an ideal line if it lands the best distance. It began spinning, and I used to be like, ‘This has a heckuva probability.'”
🚨 CADDIE ACE ON 17!!! 🚨
JJ Jakovac, @Collin_Morikawa‘s looper makes a hole-in-one on the Island Inexperienced! pic.twitter.com/I4fRVhZzS5
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 12, 2025
All of it occurred as a part of the annual “Caddie Contest,” which has been held on the Wednesday earlier than the Gamers Championship since 2000 and permits caddies to take a shot on the famed gap. It is the primary time within the historical past of the competition {that a} caddie has made a hole-in-one, in response to The Florida-Instances Union.
Along with Morikawa, the opposite gamers within the group — Jason Day, Min Woo Lee and Isaiah Salinda — and their caddies chased down Jakovac, who was operating round in celebration after the ball went within the gap.
“Any hole-in-one is particular,” Morikawa stated of Jakovac, a veteran caddie who was a two-time Division II nationwide champion and two-time nationwide participant of the 12 months at Chico State. “A hole-in-one on 17 in opposition to each different caddie …”
The winner of the closest-to-the-pin contest receives an undisclosed prize fund consisting of donations made by the professionals within the subject, a $10,000 sponsor award, a VIP parking area for the remainder of the week, an engraved cash clip and their identify on a plaque contained in the Tunnel of Champions.
Come for the ace … Keep for the swim! 💦
Alejandro Tosti makes a ONE on the Island Inexperienced! pic.twitter.com/0p19iEz4og
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 12, 2025
Whereas he was the one caddie to search out the underside of the cup on his tee shot, Jakovac wasn’t the one golfer to attain the feat on Wednesday.
Tour professional Alejandro Tosti, who can be competing Thursday within the Gamers Championship for the primary time, additionally had a hole-in-one, capped by a celebration that discovered him being pushed into the lake simply off the elevated tee field.
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