TOMMY Fleetwood hit a hole-in-one but missed out on a place in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play semi-finals after defeat to eventual champion Billy Horschel in a play-off on Saturday.
An ace helped the Englishman get the better of Dylan Frittelli in the morning with a 4&3 win but he could not build on his last-16 success against American Horschel.
The 30-year-old Holmes Chapel held a slender advantage at the turn and moved two up at the 11th with another birdie.
🗣 TOMMY FLEETWOOD HOLE IN ONE!
— TaylorMade Golf (@TaylorMadeGolf) March 27, 2021
Spun back to perfection. #TP5x pic.twitter.com/FVu5sqeU1q
After achieving the feat, the Englishman's celebration was muted and he explained to reporters following the last-16 win: "The thing about match play is I might have won (the hole), but it was just on to the next hole and try and kick on.
"I might think about it later. But, yeah, it was a great shot."
However, he was edged out in the quarter-finals to Horschel, who went on to see off Victor Perez in the last four before beating Scottie Scheffler to take home the £7.6million prize.
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