An amateur golfer faked a hole-in-one during a competition and has now resigned from his country club after the truth emerged.
Most golfers dream of securing an ace and could spend a lifetime chasing that high, but Zach Holland appeared to have done just that when he claimed to sink a hole-in-one during a tournament recently.
However, it has since been revealed that Holland had put together an elaborate plan to fake the hole-in-one before the tournament began, and he has now quit in disgrace after viral security footage revealed what really happened.
Zach Holland resigns from golf club after fake hole-in-one lie uncovered
At WingHaven Country Club in Missouri, former collegiate golfer Holland was part of the first group to go out and, knowing there was a prize pot for a hole-in-one, he cooked up a cheeky plot.
Telling his playing partners he was expecting a phone call from the hospital, Holland proceeded to the fourth tee box alone and played his shot. What he didn’t tell anyone is that, the morning of the event, he turned up early and placed a ball in the hole there, as well as faking a ball mark on the green.
After celebrating when he and his playing partners found the ball in the hole, Holland’s plan was scuppered as other members asked the country club to check CCTV footage to verify the achievement. Obviously, that led to outrage as the truth emerged.
Naturally, Holland has been heavily criticized for his actions and is no longer a member of the club. He has since spoken on the matter publicly on The Morning After show on 101 ESPN (via Toronto Sun).
Full of remorse, Holland said: “You do something as dumb as I did, there are consequences for that. There’s no excuse for what I did and I was completely in the wrong.
“There’s really no motivation. Just complete stupidity and we were giving two shots back to the field and that’s not an excuse. There’s no excuse for what happened.”
On the impact this will have on him and his family, Holland added: “I made a terrible mistake. The lack of moral character — I can take the banter and the chatter and the heat because I deserve that from a golf perspective.
“What I am most worried about is my family… It’s not fair to them for me to put them in that situation where when they walk through a room, there is a stigma there that your dad is a cheater. So, questions that they may get asked or be getting asked down the road, that’s the worst part. The golf is secondary.”
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